Swansea
Swansea (Welsh: Abertawe (TV: The Categories of Life)) was a coastal city in South Wales.
Location
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)
History
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.
