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The Technium Centre Bellway Homes's Altamar apartment block overlooking the Prince of Wales Dock. SA1 Swansea Waterfront (colloquially: SA1) is the marketing name given to the brownfield development area in the northern part of Swansea Docks, Wales. The area lies directly to the southeast of Swansea city centre.
Mumbles Pier was opened in 1898 at the terminus of the Swansea and Mumbles Railway, which was the world's first horse-drawn public passenger train service.It opened 2 Mar 1807 and used horse power to 1877, then steam power to 1929, when it switched to double deck overhead electric tram power, lasting till the line closed in Jan 1960.
A high majority of the homes are Council built, but many have been sold to the occupiers in the Council's right to buy policy scheme during the 1970s and 1980s. Along with homes being bought, the Council had to upgrade a number of the houses during the 1980s, as they were of the BISF (British Iron and Steel Federation) prefabricated design and had to be brought up to current safety standards ...
Mumbles is a community (civil parish) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, covering the district of the same name. The community covers the areas of Blackpill, Langland, Limeslade, Mayals, Mumbles Head, Newton, Norton, Oystermouth, Thistleboon and West Cross. The population in 2011 was 16,600 making it the second biggest community in ...
The SA postcode area, also known as the Swansea postcode area, [2] is a group of 51 postcode districts for post towns Aberaeron, Ammanford, Boncath, Burry Port ...
The area is centred on a seafront building on Mumbles Road, which once served as a station and power station for the Swansea and Mumbles Railway; today, it houses a cafe called "The Junction". The land between Mumbles Road and Blackpill beach is used as Blackpill Lido, a family and children's play area which is popular in summer.
Mumbles (Welsh: Mwmbwls) is a district of Swansea, Wales, located on the south-east corner of the unitary authority area. It is also a local government community using the same name . At the 2001 census the population was 16,774, reduced slightly to 16,600 at the 2011 Census.
From the Mumbles Head area, there are views towards Swansea, Port Talbot, and the hills of the South Wales Coalfield. Oystermouth is the site of Oystermouth Cemetery . Oystermouth was served by the Swansea and Mumbles Railway , one of the very earliest passenger rail services, along a shoreline railway used in the 19th century to transport ...