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Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking north on a small shopping precinct

©Martin Bodman

Dist:0.5km<br/>This is an in situ winch built 1891 by J Wild & Co Ltd, Oldham. It was installed here c1912 and stopped about 1921. It is amazing that as much has survived has did in 1989 when I last saw it. It's well hidden in a wooded area and we started looking at dusk and found it in full darkness with the aid of torches. Amazingly, our party escaped from the woods unscathed.

©Chris Allen

Dist:0.7km<br/>Public House next to the former Heart of Wales Line. The line was closed under the 'Beeching Axe' in the 1960's and this section of it is now a public path and cycle route.

©Peter Shaw

Dist:0.9km<br/>Just beside the lane up to the lodge, where it levels out at the top is this clearing. Several young oak trees have been planted in the clearing and a sign erected by the society that did it.
From the spot beyond the oaks (on a clearer day) you can see across to the east side of the Clyne valley with a view from Killay down to Singleton.

©Nigel Davies

Dist:1.0km<br/>View from Bron-y-bryn towards Hendrefoilan Road

©Rachel Thomas

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©Jennifer Luther Thomas

Dist:1.0km north<br/>Looking north west. The school is administered by the City and County of Swansea

©Martin Bodman

Dist:1.0km northeast<br/>Scanned from an old (cheap) colour photo, hence the washed out tints. The student village for Swansea University, the "newer" houses built in 1977 are seen on the left with the older houses just to the right.

©Brian Whittle

Dist:1.1km east<br/>Since Sketty Park House was demolished in 1973 this folly is all that remains of the former estate of Sketty Park, which has now become a residential area.
The folly was built for the views it would afford and as such is called a prospect tower or belvedere.
Now it stands on a small grassy hill nestled in between houses. It is owned by Swansea City Council who were hoping to preserve it by encouraging someone to develop it as a grand dwelling - before a colony of bats took up residence in it, meaning it could not be disturbed.

©Nigel Davies

Dist:1.1km east<br/>The Spinning Wheel public house can be seen behind the roundabout.

©David Sharp

Dist:1.2km north<br/>

©Alex McGregor

Dist:1.3km northwest<br/>1960s Wimpey semi-detached dormer bungalows. The far house on the left (number 7) is the first house I owned back in 1966.

©Oliver Dixon

Dist:1.4km southeast<br/>Predominantly deciduous, the Clyne Woods extend for more than 3 miles along a steep hill side.

©Robert Cuthill

Dist:1.4km south<br/>Claiming to be the muddiest assault course in Wales, they may well be correct as each obstacle became increasingly muddy and involved increased exposure to the foul smelling mud and water!

©Hywel Williams

Dist:1.4km southeast<br/>Just east of the cycle path near the lake you can descend to this footbridge. Obscured behind the tree with two trunks is another set of steps which rises up the other side of the valley, presumably corresponding to the public right of way marked on the maps.

©Nigel Davies

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