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Dist:0.5km<br/>The line from Llanelli to Swansea is very much still in use but Cockett station has almost disappeared. This is the view looking east from the road bridge on station road towards Swansea central. The kerbstones on the platform edge can still be seen running from the bottom left of shot nearly all the way up to Cockett tunnel. Most of the platform and its access are now grassed over but the path down to the platform can still be made out coming in on the left side. Cockett tunnel, which is also pictured, collapsed in 1899 but survived the Luftwaffe's heavy bombing in world war two. The collapse was thought to be due to mine work below it.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:0.7km<br/>
©Alex McGregor
Dist:1.1km south<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/>
©Virginia Knight
Dist:1.1km south<br/>Awaiting the festive season.
©Virginia Knight
Dist:1.2km northeast<br/>
©John Williams
Dist:1.2km southeast<br/>Sylwer ar y bont droed gaedig ar y chwith o'r llun. The footbridge on the left is encased in mesh.
©Gerallt Pennant
Dist:1.3km west<br/>Corporation Road in Swansea's Fforestfach industrial estate runs through undeveloped land. Access to the road has been blocked off with huge boulders and concrete blocks. On the maps the road has many junctions leaving it that go nowhere. It must have been created with the intention of extending the estate. New signs are in place, directing visitors as if the road were already open. This is the view southwest from one of dead end junctions, across the wastelends to where construction has started.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:1.3km northwest<br/>This was formerly the Smiths crisp factory, until Walkers took them over.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:1.4km northeast<br/>Adeilad arloesol. A fine new building.
©Gerallt Pennant
Dist:1.4km east<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:1.5km northwest<br/>The sun has just set over Tesco in Fforest-fach near Swansea.
©Hywel Williams
Dist:1.5km north<br/>Wedi cau? Closed?
©Gerallt Pennant
Dist:1.6km northwest<br/>Although this area has been a retail park for many years, this row of buildings has recently been rebuilt to reflect modern building styles and structures. It's obvious from the main road which shop is which, as can be seen from this picture, but once you've parked you have to walk way out into the car park to look at the big signs to work out which shop you're entering, that's how bad the shop door identification is in this retail park.
©Hywel Williams
Dist:1.7km southeast<br/>
©Karen McCullough

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