Sketty

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**Sketty Ward**

Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:
Geography
Principal locality	Sketty
Total population	13,799 (2001 census)
Land area (km²)	6.87 (2001 census)
Administration
Local council:	City and County of Swansea
Nation:	Wales
Post office and telephone
PostCode(s):	SA2
Dialling code:	+44-1792
Politics
UK Parliament:	Swansea West
European Parliament:	Wales

Sketty is the name of an electoral ward, a community and a suburb in the City and County of Swansea, South Wales. It is bounded to the, North by Cockett, East by Uplands, South by the coast, South West by Mumbles and West by Killay. It does not have a Community Council.

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Carnglas, Clyne Valley (Gwerneinon), Derwen Fawr, Killay, Singleton Park, Sketty, Tycoch, Cwmgwyn, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. A very small part of the Cockett postal district is in the Sketty community, and a part of the Sketty postal district is in the Uplands community.

Sketty comprises a mix of housing, from Victorian and Edwardian villas, through pre- and post war semis and detached houses to the council estate at Sketty Park.

The village of Sketty is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) to the west of the Swansea City Centre on Gower Road. It is now essentially a suburb of Swansea. The village is centred on Sketty Cross, where there is a good selection of shops, banks and a sub post office. A focal point of the village is the Vivian pub, known as "The Vivs", on the junction of Gower Road and Vivian Road. A second pub "The Bush" is also on the opposite site of this junction. Swansea College (A further education college) is located a short distance from Sketty Cross on the corner of Vivian Road and Tycoch Road.

Departing Sketty Cross to the west is Gower road. The stretch of this road between Sketty and Killay is dominated by a number of large executive mansions, built in individual styles on large plots of land.

To the far west of the ward is the campus of Olchfa School.

Contents

1 Districts of Sketty

1.1 Derwen Fawr
1.2 Sketty Park
1.3 Tycoch
1.4 Hendrefoilan
1.5 Singleton Park

2 External links

Districts of Sketty

Derwen Fawr

Derwen Fawr ( Large Oak tree in Welsh) is a district of south Sketty, shown as Lower Sketty on Ordnance Survey maps. It is named after the principal road, Derwen Fawr road, which joins Sketty with Oystermouth Road. It is regarded as an up-market area, gaining its popularity because of the proximity of the sea, Singleton Park, the centre of Swansea and the ease of access to the Gower. It also has a number of well-established large houses to which have been added a large number of more modestly sized houses.

It has a miniature model railway (open to the public on bank-holidays in the summer) and is home to The Bible College of Wales. The edge of Derwen Fawr and Clyne Valley Country park is also the location of a civic ammenity site, still open to the public. However, the landfill site which was once the main facility for the City of Swansea, closed in the 1980s, when the Tir John site in St.Thomas, Swansea took over as the Swansea's main refuse site.

The Welsh National Swimming Pool is also located within the Derwen Fawr area, as is the Blackpill Municipal Golf Links.

Sketty Park

This area is centred around a council estate, although much of the housing has been bought by the former tenants under the right to buy scheme. The edges of the Sketty Park area have housing more typical of other areas of Sketty and Derwen Fawr. A parade of shops and the Spinning Wheel public house are located in the centre of the area. Parklands Primary School and Olchfa Comprehensive School are located in the area. There is also an evangelical church.

Tycoch

Tycoch is a village north-east of Sketty Village. Facilities in Tycoch consist of several shops located within Tycoch Square. These shops include J's Food store, SwanCD Carnglas Road Sub Post Office and Tycoch Newsagents. The only educational facility in the area is Sketty Primary School. Cefn Coed Hopspital is also located within Tycoch near the boundary with Cockett. Also there is a church and two chapels in the area, but no pub.

Housing around Tycoch Square tends to be pre Second World War. On the higher ground at Llwyn Mawr the housing dates from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Hendrefoilan

Hendrefoilan is a residential area to the north west of Sketty. It is more commonly known by its nick name of Student Village. Though, only part of the area is an actual student village. The student village consists of a number of student flats which are let out to students of Swansea University.

Singleton Park

see Singleton Park

External links

Swansea electoral wards

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