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|location = [[Wales]] | |location = [[South Wales]] | ||
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|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: [[Escape to LA (TV story)|Escape to LA]]|[[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins (TV story)|Immortal Sins]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Blood Line (TV story)|The Blood Line]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Exodus Code (novel)|Exodus Code]]''}} | |appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: [[Escape to LA (TV story)|Escape to LA]]|[[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins (TV story)|Immortal Sins]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Blood Line (TV story)|The Blood Line]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Exodus Code (novel)|Exodus Code]]''}} | ||
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}}'''Swansea''' was located in [[Wales]]. | }}'''Swansea''', known in [[Welsh]] as '''Abertawe''', was a coastal city in [[South Wales]]. | ||
Swansea was located in the south of [[Wales]] at the north-east edge of the [[Gower Peninsula]], overlooking the [[Bristol Channel]]. Nearby towns included [[Neath]] to the east, [[Port Talbot]] to the south-east and [[Gorseinon]] to the west. Local small towns and villages included [[Kittle]] to the south-west, [[Pen-clawdd]] to the west, [[Pontarddulais]] to the north-west and [[Clydach]] to the north-east. | |||
The nearest motorway was the [[M4]], which could be accessed in the south-east of the city at junction 42, in the north-east at junction 44, in the north at junction 45 and in the north-west at junction 47. A [[railway]] ran through Swansea. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'') | |||
[[Gwen Cooper]]'s parents, [[Mary Cooper|Mary]] and [[Geraint Cooper]], lived there. ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'') | [[Gwen Cooper]]'s parents, [[Mary Cooper|Mary]] and [[Geraint Cooper]], lived there. ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'') | ||
Revision as of 23:58, 11 February 2020
Swansea, known in Welsh as Abertawe, was a coastal city in South Wales.
Swansea was located in the south of Wales at the north-east edge of the Gower Peninsula, overlooking the Bristol Channel. Nearby towns included Neath to the east, Port Talbot to the south-east and Gorseinon to the west. Local small towns and villages included Kittle to the south-west, Pen-clawdd to the west, Pontarddulais to the north-west and Clydach to the north-east.
The nearest motorway was the M4, which could be accessed in the south-east of the city at junction 42, in the north-east at junction 44, in the north at junction 45 and in the north-west at junction 47. A railway ran through Swansea. (TV: The Categories of Life)
Gwen Cooper's parents, Mary and Geraint Cooper, lived there. (TV: Something Borrowed)
David Gibson called a Detective Inspector in Swansea about the death of a centaur near Llanfer Ceiriog, but he wasn't interested. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark)
Behind the scenes
- Doctor Who head writer Russell T Davies was born in Swansea.
