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Gowerton (Welsh: Tre-gŵyr ⓘ) is a large village and community, about 4 miles (6 km) north west of Swansea city centre, Wales. Gowerton is often known as the gateway to the Gower Peninsula . Gowerton's original name was Ffosfelin.
Gowerton station was opened as Gower Road by the South Wales Railway on Tuesday 1 August 1854. [2] It was later renamed Gowerton, following a request to the railway company by the parish vestry, and from 1950 became known as Gowerton North to distinguish it from the Gowerton South railway station which served the now closed Pontarddulais to Swansea Victoria section of the Heart of Wales Line ...
The inland village of Gowerton (Welsh: Tregŵyr), about 4 miles north west of Swansea city centre, is a gateway to Gower. Its original name was Ffosfelin; it has also been known as Gwter Felen. (The village falls within the Gowerton electoral ward of Swansea.) In 1980, the Welsh National Eisteddfod was hosted on the 'Elba' area of the village.
Gowerton (Welsh: Tregŵyr) is an electoral ward in the county of Swansea, Wales, UK.It is named after Gowerton village which falls within the ward. The Gowerton community boundaries are coterminous with the ward.
This journal offers insight into Swansea’s historical past and allows people within the community to be published. [3] In August 2020, the RISW launched Volume 28 of the Swansea History Journal digitally, making it the first volume to be fully accessible online. [8] History of Swansea and the Lordship of Gower by W.H. Jones. [3]
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The name was changed to Gowerton South on 1 July 1886 to avoid confusion with another station in Gowerton. The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 15 June 1964. [1] [2] After closure the station was demolished and the site is now occupied by a road removing all trace of the railway.
The original main road from Swansea was Waunarlwydd Road, which starts from Cockett Road (A4216) at the Cockett Inn pub and runs to the meeting point of Cwmbach Road and Swansea Road at the old Lamb & Flag pub. Although the West Wales Line runs through the village, there is no actual railway station: the nearest is Gowerton.