Pennard
Pennard is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It is coterminous with the community of Pennard. The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following places: Bishopston, Fairwood Common, Kittle, Parkmill, Pennard and Southgate in the parliamentary constituency of Gower.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Swansea Airport and Pennard Castle.
Swansea Airport
Aerodrome
Swansea Airport is located in the middle of Fairwood Common on the Gower Peninsula 6 miles to the west of Swansea, Wales.
Pennard Castle
Castle
Photo: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pennard Castle is a ruined castle, near the modern village of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, in south Wales. The castle was built in the early 12th century as a timber ringwork following the Norman invasion of Wales.
Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb
Archaeological site
Photo: Daicaregos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parc Cwm long cairn, also known as Parc le Breos burial chamber, is a partly restored Neolithic chambered tomb, identified in 1937 as a Severn-Cotswold type of chambered long barrow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bishopston and Southgate.
Bishopston
Village
Bishopston is a large village and community situated on the Gower Peninsula, 6 miles west south west of the centre of Swansea in South Wales. It is partly within the Gower Peninsula Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Southgate
Village
Southgate is a village in the community of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, Swansea, Wales. It is also a community electoral ward for Pennard Community Council. The population in 2011 was 2,004, making up most of the population of the community.
Pennard
Village
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Pennard is a village and community on the south of the Gower Peninsula, about 7 miles south-west of Swansea city centre. It falls within the Pennard electoral ward of Swansea.
Pennard
- Type: Locality with 2,690 residents
- Description: ward or electoral division in Swansea, Wales
- Category: ward or electoral division of the United Kingdom
- Location: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Pennard” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Пенард”
- Cebuano: “Pennard”
- French: “Pennard”
- Swedish: “Pennard”
- Welsh: “Pennard”
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