Mawr
Mawr is a community of the City and County of Swansea, in south Wales, U.K. Mawr has its own elected community council. Its name simply means "large", and it was given the name because it was the largest piece of land in the former parish of Llangyfelach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lliw Lower and Pentwyn Mawr.
Cwm Clydach RSPB Reserve
Nature reserve
Cwm Clydach is a nature reserve on the outskirts of Clydach, Swansea, Wales. It is run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. It is ancient broadleaved woodland and is home to breeding pied flycatchers, redstarts, dippers and buzzards. Cwm Clydach RSPB Reserve is situated 2 miles southeast of Mawr.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clydach and Craig-cefn-parc.
Clydach
Town
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clydach is a village and community in Swansea, Wales, within the Clydach ward and the Llangyfelach parish. It is located 6 miles northeast of Swansea city centre. Clydach is situated 3½ miles southeast of Mawr.
Craig-cefn-parc
Village
Craig-cefn-parc is a village near Clydach, outside Swansea, Wales. It falls within the Mawr ward of Swansea. The name means "park ridge rock". Cwm Clydach RSPB nature reserve is located at the south of the village, near the New Inn Public House, at the boundary between Craig-cefn-parc and Clydach. Craig-cefn-parc is situated 2 miles southeast of Mawr.
Felindre
Village
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Felindre is a rural village in the City and County of Swansea, south Wales. Felindre is located in the far north of the city of Swansea, in the electoral ward of Mawr.
Mawr
- Type: Locality with 1,830 residents
- Description: community in Swansea, Wales
- Category: community
- Location: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Mawr” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Mawr”
- Cebuano: “Mawr”
- Chinese: “Mawr”
- French: “Mawr”
- Irish: “Mawr”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Mawr”
- Swedish: “Mawr”
- Welsh: “Mawr”
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