Birchgrove, Swansea

Llansamlet railway station is a minor station in Llansamlet, Swansea, south Wales. The station is located below street level at Frederick Place in Peniel Green, 212 miles 8 chains (341 km) from London Paddington (via Stroud). It is served by local trains operated by Transport for Wales on the South Wales Main Line between Swansea and Cardiff.

Felin Fran Halt railway station co-served the area of Llansamlet, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1922 to 1956 on the Swansea District Line.

Llansamlet railway station served the suburb of Llansamlet, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1860 to 1875 on the Swansea Vale Railway.

Llansamlet is the name of an electoral ward (coterminous with the Llansamlet community) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following geographical areas: Birchgrove, Glais, Heol Las, Llansamlet, Morriston, Peniel Green, Pentre-Dwr, Talycopa, Trallwn and Summer Hill in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea East. The Llansamlet ward is bounded by the wards of Clydach to the north, Morriston to the west, Neath Port Talbot county borough to the east, and Bonymaen to the south.

Glais is a semi-rural village in Swansea, South Wales. Nant-y-Pal is a stream running through the middle of Glais. It divides the village into two electoral wards: to the north of the stream, Glais is under the Clydach Electoral Ward; to the south, Glais is under the Llansamlet Electoral Ward. The village is shared between the communities of Clydach and Birchgrove. Glais is within the Swansea East UK Parliament constituency and is represented by the Labour MP, Carolyn Harris. The population is a little more than 1,000.The word 'glais' is one of the Welsh words for stream and is a common element in Welsh place-names. Other locations containing the word glais occur as a composite element referring to a single particular name.

Llansamlet is a suburban district and community of Swansea, Wales, falling into the Llansamlet ward. The area is centred on the A48 road (named Samlet Road and Clase Road in the area) and the M4 motorway. Like other places in Wales having a name beginning with Llan, Llansamlet is named after a church, usually itself bearing the name of a saint – in this case, the church of Saint Samlet. There is a Saint Samlet's Church in the area on Church Road.

Glais railway station served the community of Glais in Swansea, Wales from 1885 to 1965 on the Swansea Vale Railway.

Swansea Vale (Welsh: Bro Abertawe) is a 160-acre (0.65 km2) mixed used new suburb development site in Swansea, Wales. The area is bounded east by Birchgrove; south by Swansea Enterprise Park, west by the River Tawe and north by the M4 motorway. The development is a partnership between the City and County of Swansea council and the Welsh Assembly Government and will comprise a residential area (Tregof Village), a nature reserve and two business parks - Riverside Business Park and Central Business Park. The Swansea Vale Nature Reserve consists of 6 hectares of land and is one of the few remaining areas of wetland habitat in Swansea. The reserve consists of woodland, rivers, ponds and marsh. The reserve is viewable by the public with a footpath and boardwalk built around the southern part of the reserve.

Pentre Dwr (or Pentre-dŵr) is a village in the City and County of Swansea, Wales within the Bon-y-maen ward. The village approximates to the settlement east of Winch Wen and south of Trallwn along Crymlyn Road. Pentre Dwr is Welsh for Water Village.

Clydach is the name of an electoral ward (and a town) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The electoral ward of Clydach consists of some or all of the following areas: Clydach (town), Faerdre, Glais (East), Graig Felen and Penydre in the parliamentary constituency of Gower. The ward is bounded by Mawr to the west, and Morriston and Llansamlet to the south.

Eastside is an area of Swansea, Wales which is loosely defined as the populated areas to the east of the River Tawe. The Swansea local authority has a housing authority covering Eastside which covers the areas of Birchgrove, Talycoppa, Trallwn, Winch Wen, Port Tennant and St Thomas.

Clydach-on-Tawe railway station served the community of Clydach and Ynystawe in Swansea, Wales from 1885 to 1965 on the Swansea Vale Railway.