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Dist:0.4km<br/>Sylwer ar y bont droed gaedig ar y chwith o'r llun. The footbridge on the left is encased in mesh.
©Gerallt Pennant
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©Karen McCullough
Dist:1.0km<br/>Eglwys newydd Ffynnon Crist, diolch i'r aelod am ei ddiddordeb yn Geograff. A new church called Christ Well, it's the Manselton United Reformed Church. Thanks to the congregation member for his information and interest in Geograph.
©Gerallt Pennant
Dist:1.0km<br/>The port of Swansea is backed by a huge mound of sandstone over which the districts of Townhill, Mount Pleasant and Uplands now sprawl. This rock face reveals the blue Pennant stone that provided building material for housing during the second half of the C19 when this was a working stone quarry.
©ceridwen
Dist:1.0km<br/>The distinctive semicircular school perches on top of Mayhill looking south over Swansea.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:1.0km south<br/>This little pocket wilderness on the site of a former quarry supports over 100 plant species and 30 different birds and a variety of amphibians in its trees, rocky sides and fresh running water. Sandstone was quarried here in the mid-C19 for building the surrounding rsidential street. After a period of neglect it was rescued and turned into a recreational and natural history resource for the local community. On the day I visited a group of tiny children, all dressed in red like a troop of pixies, were playing hide and seek under he watching eye of their teachers.
©ceridwen
Dist:1.0km east<br/>This Roman Catholic cathedral was designed by Pugin and built as a parish church. It took two years to build at a cost of £10,000 and was opened in 1888. In 1987 it became a cathedral at the inauguration of the redefined Diocese of Menevia.
©Chris Henley
Dist:1.0km south<br/>This part of the community park once held a popular tennis club. The flat area that remains is now used for group activities and for introducing ethnic minority groups to outdoor recreation; it also has some open-air exercise equipment.
©ceridwen
Dist:1.0km south<br/>This site was once a quarry. Now it is a park and small nature reserve hidden away right in the middle of dense housing. The information board tells of how this flattened area was also previously a tennis club.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:1.0km south<br/>The quarry bowl has been left for a while and nature has reclaimed it. The high north wall on the right is obscured by trees and in the middle of the circular path is a small pond that is said to be home to newts.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:1.1km south<br/>Where Constitution Hill meets Terrace Road - is it to enhance their visibility or something to do with the nearby primary school?
©ceridwen
Dist:1.1km south<br/>On a higher level than the street, these modernised Victorian houses have steps leading up to elevated gardens along a retaining wall.
©ceridwen
Dist:1.1km south<br/>Constitution Hill reaches its highest point here but this is not yet the top of Townhill. The white house must have a stunning view straight down this notoriously steep street.
©ceridwen
Dist:1.1km west<br/>Facing SE. The church or chapel marked as being at the NW of this roundabout on the map has recently been demolished.
©Virginia Knight
Dist:1.1km south<br/>The school was built in 1888. http://www.archivesnetworkwales.info/cgi-bin/anw/fulldesc_nofr?inst_id=34&coll_id=77064&expand= Photo taken through railings in Terrace Road and above a tall stone retaining wall with its base in the playground below. There is an entrance to the school at this upper level.The corner of Norfolk Street and Harcourt Street can be seen to the left of the school and the sea is beyond the buildings in the distance.
©Peter Shaw

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