Ilston

Ilston
Village and community
OS grid reference	SS556904
Principal area	Swansea
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	South Wales
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
List of places UK Wales Swansea Map of the community

Ilston (Welsh : Llanilltud Gwyr) is a village and community in Swansea, southwest Wales. Ilston has its own community council.

Description

The population of the community in the United Kingdom Census 2001 was 538 and 537 in 2011 and also includes the villages and hamlets of Parkmill, Nicholaston and Lunnon. ^[1] The name of the village is thought to have originated from Saint Illtud.

This village in the heart of the Gower Peninsula is home to a brook, parish church and a National Trust abandoned limestone quarry.

The community is surrounded by common land used as grazing land, woodlands and fields.

There is a highly recommended^{[ according to whom? ]} two mile walk from the church through five different kinds of woods and over four small bridges following the brook past the first recorded Baptist Church in Wales (1649) ending at a Parkmill-based public house.

Governance

Ilston has a community council, with 11 councillors representing the community wards of Ilston, Penmaen and Nicholaston. ^[2]

Ilston is covered by the Pennard ward for elections to Swansea Council.

See also

• Ilston Book

References

1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Ilston Parish (W04000572)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 13 January 2020.
2. "List of council members". Ilston Community Council. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

External links

• Gower Community Councils
• CADW: Historic Landscape Characterisation: Ilston
• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Ilston and surrounding area
• grid reference SS560904

51°35′38″N4°04′49″W / 51.59399°N 4.08026°W / 51.59399; -4.08026