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    Gowerton (Welsh: Tre-gŵyr ) is a large village and community, about 4 miles (6 km) north west of Swansea city centre, Wales. Gowerton is often known as...
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  • Gowerton Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Gowerton near Swansea, Wales; officially founded in 1884. Gowerton RFC is a member of...
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    Gowerton railway station (originally Gower Road and later Gowerton North) serves the village of Gowerton, Wales. It is located at street level at the end...
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  • Gowerton School is a comprehensive secondary school located in Gowerton, Swansea, Wales. The school opened on 5 October 1896 in Talbot Street as a co-educational...
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    track, and this was completed in April 2013. One intermediate station, Gowerton, also lies on this single-track stretch, with just the former Down (westbound)...
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  • 6383333°N 4.1258333°W / 51.6383333; -4.1258333 The inland village of Gowerton (Welsh: Tregŵyr), about 4 miles north west of Swansea city centre, is a...
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    Swansea District line, these passenger services bypass Neath, Swansea and Gowerton railway stations. Network Rail are considering rationalisation of this...
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    Gowerton South railway station served the village of Gowerton, West Glamorgan, Wales from 1867 to 1964 on the Llanelly Railway. The station opened as...
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    Birchgrove. A second urbanised area is focused on a triangle defined by Gowerton, Gorseinon and Loughor along with the satellite communities of Penllergaer...
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    Port Talbot Parkway and Neath of which 5 extend to Carmarthen calling at Gowerton, Llanelli, Pembrey and Burry Port, Kidwelly and Ferryside and 1 tpd extends...
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    Gowerton (Welsh: Tregŵyr) is an electoral ward in the county of Swansea, Wales, UK. It is named after Gowerton village which falls within the ward. The...
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    constituencies covers the peninsula and the outer Gower areas of Clydach, Gowerton, Gorseinon, Felindre, Garnswllt and encompasses the area of the historic...
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  • David Weatherley (rugby union) (category People educated at Gowerton Comprehensive School)
    rugby union international. Weatherley was born in Swansea and attended Gowerton Comprehensive School. A utility back, Weatherley started his career at...
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  • contemporary writer. He was born in Pontarddulais and went to school in Gowerton. He studied at Cardiff University and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. In 1915...
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    covers the inner Gower Peninsula and outer Gower areas including Clydach, Gowerton, Gorseinon, Felindre and Garnswllt. 1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of...
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    organisations, institutions and publications. Ernest Jones was born in Gowerton (formerly Ffosfelin), Wales, an industrial village on the outskirts of...
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  • John Sparkes (category People educated at Gowerton Grammar School)
    John Sparkes (born 6 January 1954) is a Welsh actor and comedian. He portrayed Barry Welsh, presenter of the HTV Wales series Barry Welsh Is Coming. He...
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  • Welsh international rugby union player. John was born in Gowerton and educated at Gowerton Council School. An inside-half, John was capped five times...
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    Gowerton, Upper Killay and Glais becoming part of the urban area. The ONS provides sub-division statistics for the Swansea Urban Area Notes: Gowerton...
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    Swansea (Welsh: Abertawe) Swansea parts of Lliw Valley Clydach Gorseinon Gowerton Grovesend Llangyfelach Llwchwr Mawr Penllergaer Pontardulais Pont-Lliw...
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  • 65-year-old but sent to jail for a lesser offence. January 1972 Stan James Gowerton, near Swansea James's body was found on 30 January 1972 at his home on...
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    Dan Biggar (category People educated at Gowerton Comprehensive School)
    Biggar came through the Ospreys development pathway, having attended Gowerton Comprehensive School in Swansea. He played his club rugby at Gorseinon...
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  • Thomas was born in 1956 in Penclawdd on the Gower Peninsula. He attended Gowerton Grammar School, and studied music composition and orchestration at university...
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    to broadcast on 1170 AM. The separate stations were based at studios in Gowerton, from where Swansea Sound began broadcasting. In 1998, the FM station changed...
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    Crewe, 2018 at Deganwy, and in 2019 both near Pontrilas (175107) and at Gowerton (175102). In February 2018, following the discovery of a number of instances...
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    birth (1990-08-09) 9 August 1990 (age 34) Place of birth Gowerton, Swansea, Wales School Gowerton Comprehensive School Notable relative(s) Nigel Whitehouse...
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    railway strike in Llanelli which ended in rioting and looting. Travelling to Gowerton station near Swansea, Portillo goes to Loughor to visit the birthplace...
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    at Bristol Parkway, Severn Tunnel Junction, Newport, Cardiff Central, Gowerton and Llanelli en-route to Carmarthen, and will provide Bristol Parkway with...
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  • RFC Gowerton RFC Llandybie RFC Neath Athletic RFC Penlan RFC Tycroes RFC Trebanos RFC Abercrave RFC Alltwen RFC Cwmtwrch RFC Glais RFC Gowerton RFC Llandybie...
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  • South Gower, West Cross, Swansea SA4 SWANSEA Blue Anchor, Gorseinon, Gowerton, Hendy (Carmarthenshire), Loughor, North Gower, Penllergaer, Penclawdd...
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