Landore

This article is about an area in Swansea, Wales. For Welsh composer Landore John Hughes, composer of CALON LÂN, seeJohn Hughes (1872–1914).

"Glandwr" redirects here. For the village in Pembrokeshire, seeGlandwr, Pembrokeshire.

Landore Glandŵr
Liberty stadium in Landore
Landore Glandŵr Location withinSwansea
Population	6,168
OS grid reference	SS656957
Principal area	Swansea
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SWANSEA
Postcode district	SA1
Postcode district	SA6
Dialling code	01792
Police	South Wales
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Swansea East
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Swansea East

Landore(Welsh:Glandŵr) is a district andcommunityinSwansea,Wales.The district falls in theLandore council ward.A mainly residential area, it is located about 2.5 miles north ofSwansea city centre.The north-easterly part of Landore is known asMorfa.There have been a number of new developments in the 21st century, such as the Liberty Stadium, now theSwansea.com Stadium,and the Morfa Shopping Park, which opened in 2005. It had a population of 6,168 as of the 2011 UK census.

Facilities

A new £1.5mbowlsstadium, theLandore Bowls Stadiumopened in early 2008 becoming the home of the Swansea Indoor Bowls Club. The venue hosted the World Indoor Singles and Mixed Pairs Championships in April 2008.

Great Western Railway'sLandore Depotis used for servicingInter City 125passenger trains. Landore once had a railway station, a stop on theSouth Wales Railwaylocated near the Swansea Loop East Junction. TheLandore Viaductis a prominent landmark.

Landore has apark and ridewith 550 spaces. The associated bus service, which is operated byFirst Cymruas route 501,uses abus lanetothe railway station.

In September 2013, the Swansea City Landore Training Academy was opened. The facility cost £6 million and is home to the club'sreserve and academy teams,including an indoor pitch as well as grass andArtificial turfoutdoor fields.

Industrial heritage

The firstcopperworks in the Swansea area was opened in Landore in 1717,and in the 1860sCarl Wilhelm Siemensperfected theopen hearth furnaceat a local works.By 1873 the area had one of the world's largest steelworks,and industrial pollution in Landore inspired thedoggerelit came to pass in days of yore / the Devil chanced upon Landore. / Quoth he: "by all this fume and stink / I can't be far from home, I think."Landore has a number oflisted buildingsfrom its industrial past. There is a campaign to make the remaining historical buildings in theLower Swansea valley,including Landore, aWorld Heritage Site.

Grade II listed buildings include:

• Pier to former Waste Tip Tramroad & adjoining boundary wall, Hafod Copper Works off Neath Road
• Copper Slag Abutment to former Waste Tip Tramroad, Hafod Copper Works off Neath Road
• Hafod Lime Kiln, off Neath Road
• Canteen Building, at former Yorkshire Imperial Metal Works on Neath Road
• Morfa Bridge, off Normandy Road
• Morfa Quay, off Normandy Road
• Laboratory Building at entrance of former Yorkshire Imperial Metal Works on Neath Road
• Vivian Works Engine House at former Yorkshire Imperial Metal Works on Neath Road
• Chimney west of Vivian Works Engine House at former Yorkshire Imperial Metal Works on Neath Road
• Casey's Roofing Centre, formerly Landore Cinema on Neath Road
• Old Siloh Chapel (English) & Sunday School on Siloh Road
• Museum Stores, formerly Morfa Copperworks
• Former Hafod Copper Works, River Quay
• Former Vivian Locomotive Shed
• Boundary Wall at former Hafod Copper Works

Grade II* listed buildings:

• Mushgrove Engine House & adjacent Chimney Stack, at former Yorkshire Imperial Metal Works, Neath Road
• New Siloh Congregational Chapel& School House on Siloh Road

See also

• George Prowse,Victoria Crossrecipient from Landore
• Lower Swansea valley

External links

• Wales News: World bowls along to Swansea