Swansea
Swansea
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Swansea is best known as Wales's second city, for its copper-industry heritage, Swansea Bay and the Gower Peninsula, and as the birthplace of Dylan Thomas.
Postcode districts: SA1, SA2, SA3
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Swansea grew as a major industrial and copper-smelting centre — once nicknamed 'Copperopolis' for its dominance of the world copper trade — set around a sweeping bay on the South Wales coast. Heavily bombed in the Second World War, the rebuilt city sits beside the sandy shores of Swansea Bay and the Gower Peninsula, Britain's first designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It was the birthplace of poet Dylan Thomas. A university and its coastal setting keep Swansea's rental market lively.
Source notes: Summarised from Wikipedia ("Swansea", Wikidata Q22337) and Swansea Council / Dylan Thomas Centre information.
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