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The City and County of Swansea Council (Welsh: Cyngor Dinas a Sir Abertawe), or simply Swansea Council (Welsh: Cyngor Abertawe), is the local authority for the city and county of Swansea, one of the principal areas of Wales. The principal area also includes rural areas to the north of the built-up area of Swansea and the Gower Peninsula to the ...
The new district inherited the city status of the former county borough and so was styled as the "City of Swansea", and was governed by Swansea City Council. It was one of four districts within the new county of West Glamorgan. [1] [2] On 22 March 1982 the city was granted letters patent raising the mayor to the dignity of Lord Mayor. [3]
A History of Wales. London: Penguin Books. Gabb, Gerald (1987) The Life and Times of the Swansea and Mumbles Railway Cowbridge: D. Brown and Sons. Gabb, Gerald (2007). Swansea and its History. Volume I. Swansea: Gerald Gabb. ISBN 0-9527151-2-0. Gabb, Gerald (2019). Swansea and its History. Volume II: The Riverside Town. Part 1: The Men of Power ...
Pre-2022 electoral ward map of Swansea. Prior to a 2021 ward boundary review, the city was divided into 36 electoral wards. Most of these wards were coterminous with communities (parishes) of the same name. Each community can have an elected council. The following table lists pre-2022 council wards, communities and associated geographical areas.
The first election to the City and County of Swansea Council was held on 4 May 1995. [1] It was followed by the 1999 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.
For most of the 20th century, the Guildhall was also the meeting place of Swansea City Council; however, it ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged City and County of Swansea Council was formed at Swansea Civic Centre in 1996. [8] It continues to accommodate the city's law courts and also the council's administration offices ...
Council housing on Pantycelyn Road, Swansea built in the 1920s on the model of the Garden city movement as part of the Townhill estate. In medieval Swansea Townhill was an area of woodland and heathland designated as common land. It was commonly referred to as “the mountain” and in Welsh as Graig Llwyd.
Swansea city centre in Swansea, Wales, contains the main shopping, leisure and nightlife district in Swansea.The city centre covers much of the Castle ward including the area around Oxford Street, Castle Square, and the Quadrant Shopping Centre; Alexandra Road, High Street, Wind Street and the Castle; Parc Tawe; and the Maritime Quarter extending down to the seafront.