Sketty
Sketty is a surburban district and community in Swansea, Wales, about 2 miles west of the Swansea city centre on Gower Road. It falls within the Sketty council ward of Swansea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Diane Rawlings, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb with 14,800 residents
- Description: district and community of Swansea, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Sgeti”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Paul’s Church and Singleton Park.
Singleton Park
Park
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Singleton Park is the largest urban park in the city of Swansea. It is located in Sketty and is listed on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.
Bishop Gore School
School
The Bishop Gore School is a secondary school in Swansea in Wales, founded on 14 September 1682 by Hugh Gore, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore. It is situated in Sketty, close to Singleton Park and Swansea University.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tycoch and Brynmill.
Tycoch
Suburb
Tycoch is a suburban district in the community of Sketty, in the City and County of Swansea in Wales. It is situated in the Sketty ward of the city, north-west of Sketty Cross.
Brynmill
Suburb
Photo: Swanseatilidie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brynmill is a suburb of the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. It lies about two miles to the west of Swansea city centre. It is a residential area forming the southern part of the Uplands electoral ward.
Uplands
Suburb
Photo: Wiccasha, Public domain.
Uplands is a suburb and community of Swansea, Wales. It lies about a mile to the west of Swansea city centre, and falls within the Uplands electoral ward.
Sketty
- Categories: village, community, residential area, and locality
- Location: Sketty, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.61821° or 51° 37′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.98635° or 3° 59′ 11″ westPopulation
14,800Elevation
203 feet (62 metres)Open location code
9C3RJ297+7FOpenStreetMap ID
node 11291081396OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Sketty” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Sketty”
- Bulgarian: “Скетй”
- Catalan: “Sgeti”
- Cebuano: “Sketty”
- Chinese: “Sketty”
- Cornish: “Sgeti”
- French: “Sketty”
- Irish: “Sgeti”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sketty”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sgeti”
- Swedish: “Sketty”
- Welsh: “Sgeti”
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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 “Sketty”. Photo: Diane Rawlings, CC BY-SA 2.0.