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Penllergaer (Welsh : Penlle'r-gaer) is a village and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. It lies to the east of Gorseinon, within the electoral ward of the same name. It is situated about 4.5 miles north west of Swansea city centre, near junction 47 of the M4 motorway. The population of the community and ward was 2,868 in 2011. [1]
Penllergaer Woods, on the edge of the Parc Penllergaer housing development, once formed part of John Dillwyn Llewelyn's Penllergare estate and surrounded his mansion house. The first photographs of the Moon were taken at Dillwyn Llewelyn's observatory, which still stands.
The Penllergare Trust is small charity that supports the upkeep of the estate. It is active in gardening, conservation and maintenance, and operates a coffee shop on the grounds. [2]
During World War II, the estate was purchased by the missionary Rees Howells and the mansion was offered as a residence to the exiled Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. [3]
Penllergaer Primary School was built in 1881. It moved to its present site on Pontardulais Road in 1976. [4]
Penllergaer has a Church in Wales church named St David's, located on Swansea Road. The vicarage is in Pontlliw.
Penllergaer has a regular bus service to Morriston, Swansea and Gorseinon. Penllergar also has a post office, a village shop and a park.
Penllergaer is administered by the City and County of Swansea Council and an elected member for Penllergaer sits on the County Council.
Penllergaer has its own elected Community Council. [5]
Penllergaer has its own football and cricket teams. In 2022 the football team played in Division 2 of the Carmarthenshire League, [6] but as of October 2023 appears to be inactive in the league. [7]
The nearby places are Garden Village, Gorseinon, Fforestfach, Llangyfelach, Grovesend, Pontlliw and Felindre.
Gorseinon is a town within the City and County of Swansea, Wales, near the Loughor estuary. It was a small village until the late 19th century when it grew around the coal mining and tinplate industries. It is situated in the north west of Swansea City Centre, around 6 miles (10 km) north west of the city centre. Gorseinon is a local government community with an elected town council.
Gower is a constituency created in 1885 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by one Member of Parliament (MP). Tonia Antoniazzi of the Labour Party became its MP after winning it from Conservative Byron Davies in the 2017 UK general election. Her party had previously represented the seat from 1909 until 2015.
John Dillwyn Llewelyn was a Welsh botanist and pioneer photographer.
Kingsbridge, is a village in the City and County of Swansea, Wales falling within the Kingsbridge ward. It covers the south east of the town of Gorseinon.
Lliw Valley was a local government district with borough status in West Glamorgan, Wales from 1974 to 1996.
Llwchwr is a community and electoral ward in the central western part of the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. It lies 9 km west-north-west of Swansea city centre and is bounded by the communities of Gorseinon to the north, Penllergaer to the east, and Gowerton to the south, as well as by the estuary of the River Loughor to the west, on the far side of which lies Bynea in Carmarthenshire, connected to Llwchwr by road and rail bridges.
Pontlliw is a village in the community of Pontlliw and Tircoed, part of the City and County of Swansea in Wales. The village is located near Pontarddulais, off Junction 47 of the M4 motorway.
Tircoed forest village is a suburb between the villages of Penllergaer and Pontlliw, Swansea, Wales. It is part of the Pontlliw and Tircoed community.
Gorseinon is the name of an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales.
Penllergare is a country park in Wales. It was the estate of John Dillwyn Llewelyn adjacent to what is now the village of Penllergaer, Swansea. Although the names are similar, the village of Penllergaer grew up as a separate entity from the Penllergare estate. The park is listed on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.
SA Radio Live, formerly Radio Tircoed, is a community radio station serving Tircoed, Penllergaer, Pontardulais, Gorseinon, Pontlliw and surrounding areas in the north west of the City and County of Swansea, Wales.
Penllergaer is the name of an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. It has its own elected community council.
Llangyfelach is an electoral ward in the county of Swansea, Wales, UK. It covers the communities of Llangyfelach and part of Mawr.
Kingsbridge was an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. It was part of the Llwchwr Town council area.
Sir John Talbot Dillwyn-Llewelyn, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Member of Parliament who was notable for his links to Welsh sports.
Pontlliw and Tircoed is a community and electoral ward in the north of the City and County of Swansea, Wales. It includes the villages of Pontlliw and Tircoed.
Mary Dillwyn is considered to be the earliest female photographer in Wales, who took photographs of flowers, birds, animals, family and friends in the 1840s and 1850s. She provided a raw insight to the domestic lives of women and children living in 19th century Britain, pushing the boundaries of what could be considered as worthy subjects to photograph.
Sir John Michael Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, 4th Baronet, is a Welsh racing driver, landowner, and businessman. He is the son of Brigadier Sir Charles Michael Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, previous Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire, and Lady Delia Mary Hicks-Beach, daughter of the Viscount Quenington. Llewelyn was educated at Eton College and Cambridge University, and is a direct descendant of the politician, Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn, via his maternal line.
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