Swansea Docks is the collective name for several docks in Swansea, Wales, which are immediately south-east of Swansea city centre. In the mid-19th century...
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coal to timber and steel. Swansea Docks consists of three floating docks and a ferry terminal. Fastnet Line operated a Swansea Cork Ferry roll-on/roll-off...
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bay. Swansea Bay and the upper reaches of the Bristol Channel experience a large tidal range. The shipping ports in Swansea Bay are Swansea Docks, Port...
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Swansea Jack (1930 – October 1937) was a Welsh dog who rescued 27 people from the docks and riverbanks of Swansea, Wales. Swansea Jack was a black retriever...
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The cuisine of Swansea (Welsh: Abertawe) is based on the city's long history and the influence of the surrounding regions of Gower, Carmarthenshire, and...
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transporting coal and other minerals to Swansea docks. It was incorporated in 1882, but at first the connection to Swansea from Briton Ferry was refused. The...
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Swansea Beach, the stretch of beach lining the Swansea Bay inlet between Swansea Docks and the Mumbles Swansea Bay (region), a region of Wales designated...
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SNES game cartridges SA1 Swansea Waterfront, the marketing name given to the brownfield development area located in Swansea Docks, South Wales the Royal...
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Dock (GWR), Riverside (Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway, by which it was called simply Swansea; renamed Swansea Docks by the GWR in 1924 and Riverside two...
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Neath and Tennant Canal (category Transport in Swansea)
provide a navigable link from the River Neath to the River Tawe at Swansea docks. In order to increase trade, he built an extension to Aberdulais basin...
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Docks, Avonmouth Sharpness Gloucester Newport Docks, Newport Cardiff Docks, Cardiff Barry Docks, Barry Port of Port Talbot, Port Talbot Swansea Docks...
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Harbour* Burry Port harbour Llanelli Swansea docks* Neath* Port of Port Talbot* Barry Docks* Cardiff Docks* Newport Docks* The following have been approved...
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Crymlyn Burrows (redirect from Swansea Bay Golf Club)
studio. BP has a storage site south east of the Fabian Way adjacent to Swansea Docks. Amazon has a 33-acre (13 ha) distribution centre just west of the Jersey...
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Railway and the Cardiff docks, the Rhondda Tunnel was constructed through Mynydd Blaengwynfy to link up with the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway to supply...
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Prince of Wales Dock may refer to: Prince of Wales Dock, Edinburgh Prince of Wales Dock, Swansea, part of Swansea Docks Prince of Wales Dock, Workington,...
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London, England South Dock, Rotherhithe, London, England South Dock, of the Swansea docks, Wales South Quay, a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station, Isle...
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coalfields. Ambitious attempts were made to link Swansea's docks to coal rich areas, such as the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway, but these plans were never truly...
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worked the railways of Swansea Docks: Swansea Harbour Trust (1 July 1923) Powlesland and Mason (contractors at Swansea Docks) (1 January 1924) Later...
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coal from the upper Swansea Valley to Swansea docks for export, or for use in the early metallurgical industries in the Lower Swansea Valley. The period...
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Pontardawe (category Swansea Valley)
and Accurate Map of South Wales. By 1796, the Swansea Canal had connected Pontardawe with Swansea Docks. Accessibility by canal enabled the industrial...
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Thomas ward. Fabian Way divides the traditional residential area from Swansea Docks, which has been developed during the 2010s to create a new area of commercial...
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Pete Ham (category Musicians from Swansea)
infancy. William was born in 1908 and worked as a ship painter at the Swansea docks; he died in 1985. Catherine was born in 1912 and worked as a plate opener...
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being in use in 1895. Its name was changed to Swansea Docks on 1 July 1924 and changed again to Swansea Riverside on 17 September 1926. It closed on 11...
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decided to switch the Cork–Swansea service over to a Cork–Pembroke Dock service instead. Prior to B+I Line's Cork Swansea ferry, they had a previous ferry...
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and 397 were injured. Swansea was selected by the Germans as a legitimate strategic target due to its importance as a port and docks and the oil refinery...
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Vale of Neath Railway (redirect from Swansea and Neath Railway)
Railway (GWR) system. Connections to the docks at Swansea had not been fruitful in the early days, and the Swansea and Neath Railway, soon taken over by...
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company that provided steam locomotives and crews for shunting within Swansea Docks. The first name has sometimes been spelt "Powesland" and it is uncertain...
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station Swansea railway station NCR 4 NCR 43 Swansea Docks (cargo) Swansea Marina (leisure boats) River Loughor River Tawe (leisure boats) Swansea Airport...
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Kilvey Hill (category Mountains and hills of Swansea)
enjoys panoramic views of Swansea city centre, Swansea Docks, Swansea Bay, ad the Lower Swansea Valley. The historic name of the hill in Welsh is Y Bigwrn...
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Swansea West (Welsh: Gorllewin Abertawe) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament...
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