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Birchgrove

Birchgrove is a suburb and community in Swansea, , . It is situated about 4.5 miles north-east of city centre, between the flood plain of the and .
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  • Type: Suburb with 7,900 residents
  • Description: village and community in Swansea, Wales
  • Also known as: “Birchgrove, Swansea”, “Gellifedw”, and “Y Gellifedw”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skewen railway station and Llansamlet railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Kevin Trahar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the village of , south Wales. It is located below street level at Station Road in Skewen, 210 miles 26 chains from .

Railway station
Photo: Kevin Flynn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a minor station in , , south Wales. The station is located below street level at Frederick Place in Peniel Green, 212 miles 8 chains from .

Nature reserve
is a 160-acre mixed used recent suburb development site in , . The area is bounded east by Birchgrove; south by Swansea Enterprise Park, west by the and north by the M4 motorway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neath and Clydach and Pontardawe.

Photo: Robert Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in in . Although it lacks any specific tourist attractions, its location near the stunning Swansea and Valleys make it a convenient, if not overly inspiring, base for touring these places.

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Pontardawe is a town and a community in the lower Swansea Valley. It had a population of approximately 7,172 in the 2021 Census for Pontardawe Parish, and forms part of the county borough of .

Town
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and community in , , within the ward and the Llangyfelach parish. It is located 6 miles northeast of Swansea city centre. is situated 2 miles northwest of Birchgrove.

Birchgrove

Latitude
51.6678° or 51° 40′ 4″ north
Longitude
-3.8719° or 3° 52′ 19″ west
Population
7,900
Elevation
220 feet (67 metres)
Open location code
9C3RM49H+47
Open­Street­Map ID
node 883397380
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7300391
Wiki­data ID
Q4915735
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Birchgrove” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Birchgrove”
  • Bulgarian: “Бирчгрове”
  • Catalan: “Birchgrove”
  • Cebuano: “Birchgrove”
  • Chinese: “Birchgrove”
  • Dutch: “Birchgrove”
  • French: “Birchgrove”
  • Irish: “Birchgrove”
  • Irish: “Gelli Fedw”
  • Irish: “Y Gellifedw”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Birchgrove”
  • Swedish: “Birchgrove”
  • Welsh: “Gelli Fedw”
  • Welsh: “Gellifedw”
  • Welsh: “Y Gellifedw”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Birchgrove Primary and Birchgrove Comprehensive School.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Birchgrove”. Photo: Chris Eilbeck, CC BY-SA 2.0.