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Dist:0.3km<br/>The preponderance of evergreens gives this park a sombre atmosphere. Dylan Thomas wrote a poem about "The Hunchback in the Park" he remembered taking refuge here.

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Dist:0.3km<br/>One of many parks in Swansea suburbs. There is a raised bank on the north boundary with paths under trees and lower flat areas with playgrounds and fields.

©Nigel Davies

Dist:0.3km<br/>The park is very a traditional one (it dates from 1874) and on a dull autumn afternoon not very cheerful in appearance. It lies only a stone's throw from Dylan Thomas's childhood home and in later life he described it thus

"that small, iron-railed universe of rockery, gravel-path, playbank, bowling-green, bandstand reservoir, chrysanthemum garden, �..in the grass one must keep off, I endured, with pleasure, the first agonies of unrequited love, the first slow boiling in the belly of a bad poem, the strutting and raven-locked self-dramatization of what, at that time seemed incurable adolescence."

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©Alex McGregor

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©David Sharp

Dist:0.6km<br/>This is still a quiet, 'tidy' residential street above Uplands that seems to have changed very little since Dylan Thomas lived here with his parents.

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Dist:0.6km<br/>The road leads steeply down towards Uplands; Swansea Bay and the rocks beyond Mumbles in the distance.

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Dist:0.7km<br/>5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea - Birthplace of poet Dylan Thomas

©Hywel Williams

Dist:0.7km<br/>There have been some changes here since the 2002 image. The house is now privately owned but can be rented; there are tours, evening meals and cultural activities on offer. See http://www.5cwmdonkindrive.com/index.php

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Dist:0.7km<br/>The rhyming address of the birthplace and childhood home of "the Rimbaud of Cwmdonkin Drive".
The house has been restored to 1914 style.

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Dist:0.8km<br/>Looking west by Pantygwydr Baptist Church, on the corner of Ernald Place. View towards Parc Beck

©Martin Bodman

Dist:0.9km<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:0.9km<br/>The leafy environs of what seems to be the most desirable section of this long road high above the town.

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Dist:0.9km<br/>The top of Ffynone Drive where it forks off Terrace Road and runs down from this elevation towards Uplands.

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Dist:0.9km<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.

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