Mount Pleasant, Swansea
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Mount Pleasant is a suburban district of Swansea
, Wales
. The area is centred around the main road, called Mount Pleasant, immediately to the north of Swansea city centre
, which connects the city centre to the Townhill
and Mayhill
districts to the north. It walls within the Castle ward
.
The area consists mainly of suburban housing located on the steep south-eastern slopes of Townhill. Swansea Metropolitan University has one of its campuses on the main road.
Mansell Street, De La Beche Street, Grove Place, and Alexandra Road cross the southern fringes of the area as a continuous thoroughfare. Located on on this thoroughfare are Swansea Magistrates Court, Swansea Central police station
, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
, the old Swansea Central Library, and the building housing the arts wing of Swansea Metropolitan University. Alexandra road is a designated conservation area, and consists of a number of buildings which were constructed between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The road has a number of shops, including a new Tesco Express, opened in 2008.
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. The area is centred around the main road, called Mount Pleasant, immediately to the north of Swansea city centre
Swansea city centre
Swansea city centre in Swansea, Wales, contains the main shopping, leisure and nightlife district in Swansea. The city centre covers much of the Castle ward including the area around Oxford Street, Castle Square, and the Quadrant Shopping Centre; Alexandra Road, High Street, Wind Street and the...
, which connects the city centre to the Townhill
Townhill, Swansea
Townhill is the name of a hill and residential district in Swansea, Wales, UK.-Townhill district:The suburb of Townhill falls within the Townhill ward. The district of Townhill consists of a council estate spread over a steep hill of the same name bordering Mayhill and visible from the Swansea...
and Mayhill
Mayhill
The district of Mayhill is spread over the top of a steep hill of the same name just north west of Swansea city centre, partly separated from Townhill to the west....
districts to the north. It walls within the Castle ward
Castle, Swansea
Castle is an electoral ward and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. Castle covers most of the heart of the City of Swansea...
.
The area consists mainly of suburban housing located on the steep south-eastern slopes of Townhill. Swansea Metropolitan University has one of its campuses on the main road.
Mansell Street, De La Beche Street, Grove Place, and Alexandra Road cross the southern fringes of the area as a continuous thoroughfare. Located on on this thoroughfare are Swansea Magistrates Court, Swansea Central police station
Swansea Central police station
Swansea Central police station is a 21st-century-designed building, located on the former Swansea Fire Station site in Alexandra Road, near Swansea Magistrates Court, Swansea...
, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery is the public art gallery of the city of Swansea, Wales. The gallery is situated in Alexandra Road, near Swansea railway station, opposite the old Swansea Central Library and near Swansea Central police station...
, the old Swansea Central Library, and the building housing the arts wing of Swansea Metropolitan University. Alexandra road is a designated conservation area, and consists of a number of buildings which were constructed between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The road has a number of shops, including a new Tesco Express, opened in 2008.