Llanrhidian Higher
Llanrhidian Higher is a community in Swansea, Wales. The community has its own elected community council. The area covered by the community council includes the villages of Penclawdd, Crofty, Llanmorlais, Blue Anchor and Wernffrwd.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include WWT Llanelli Wetlands Centre and Loughor Castle.
WWT Llanelli Wetlands Centre
Nature reserve
Photo: Lesbardd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales is one of ten wetland nature reserves in the UK managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, a nature conservation charity.
Loughor Castle
Ruins
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loughor Castle is a ruined, medieval fortification located in the town of Loughor, Wales. The castle was built around 1106 by the Anglo-Norman lord Henry de Beaumont, during the Norman invasion of Wales. Loughor Castle is situated 2½ miles northeast of Llanrhidian Higher.
Capel Y Crwys
Church
Photo: Alan Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Capel y Crwys is an Independent chapel located on the Gower Peninsula in the village of Three Crosses, Swansea. It is the largest chapel on the Gower earning itself the colloquial name of Gower's "Cathedral".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanelli and Gorseinon.
Llanelli
Photo: Lesbardd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Llanelli is a large town in Carmarthenshire that sums up everything that South Wales was historically about: Rugby Union, religious nonconformity, proud preservation of the Welsh language, metal-bashing of steel for car production and tinplate for tin cans — and brownfield desolation when this industry declined.
Gorseinon
Town
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gorseinon is a town within the City and County of Swansea, Wales, near the Loughor estuary. It was a small village until the late 19th century, when it grew around the coal mining and tinplate industries. Gorseinon is situated 3½ miles northeast of Llanrhidian Higher.
Penclawdd
Village
Photo: Eagle Owl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Penclawdd is a village in the north of the Gower Peninsula in the county of Swansea, Wales. Historically, it was part of Glamorgan. Penclawdd is most famous for its local cockle industry which goes back for many years to Roman times.
Llanrhidian Higher
- Type: Locality with 3,550 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—“Llanrhidian Higher” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Llanrhidian Higher”
- Cebuano: “Llanrhidian Higher”
- Chinese: “Llanrhidian Higher”
- French: “Llanrhidian Higher”
- Irish: “Llanrhidian Uchaf”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Llanrhidian Higher”
- Swedish: “Llanrhidian Higher”
- Welsh: “Llanrhidian Uchaf”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pen-clawdd and Hen Gastell.
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