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Waunarlwydd (English: The Lord's Meadow – arlwydd is a local variant of arglwydd) is a village and community in Swansea, Wales, within the newly formed Waunarlwydd ward in 2021. Wendy Lewis Labour is the first elected councillor for the newly created ward which she comfortably won in the 2022 local elections. In 2022 Waunarlwydd became a community.[1]

Waunarlwydd
Waunarlwydd Location within Swansea
Community	Waunarlwydd
Principal area	Swansea
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SWANSEA
Postcode district	SA5
Dialling code	01792
Police	South Wales
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Swansea West
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Swansea West
List of places UK Wales Swansea 51.6401°N 4.0205°W / 51.6401; -4.0205

Transport

Buses are provided by First Cymru: these are the 15 or 16 Swansea - Waunarlwydd and Swansea - Gorseinon.

The main road in and out of the village is the B4295. The nearest motorway junction is 47 Swansea West (Penllergaer) on the M4.

The original main road from Swansea was Waunarlwydd Road, which starts from Cockett Road (A4216) at the Cockett Inn pub and runs to the meeting point of Cwmbach Road and Swansea Road at the old Lamb & Flag pub.

Although the West Wales Line runs through the village, there is no actual railway station: the nearest is Gowerton.

Economy

Waunarlwydd was the home of an aluminium rolling operation owned by US company Alcoa. Alcoa announced in November 2006 that it would close the plant by the end of March 2007, with the loss of 298 jobs. Decommissioning works are now taking place, while a small workforce is still employed in homogenisation^{[clarification needed]}, where heat treatment takes place for the Kitts Green plant.[2]

TIMET, the world's largest supplier of titanium metals, is now the major employer in the village, with the mill one of four European locations.

There are 3 nursing homes: Ashgrove House, Tŷ Waunarlwydd and Tŷ Victoria.

There are two pubs in the village, the Masons Arms and the newly re-opened Farmers Arms, both located on Swansea Road. The club house for the rugby club is on Roseland Road. The old Village Inn (previously called the Domino) pub closed but was converted into the Grill House restaurant.There was a pub called The Lamb and Flag which was converted into a B&B in 1983 and then converted into a care home 1987.

Schools

There are two primary schools in the village: one is English language medium known as Waunarlwydd Primary School, this is located on Brithwen Road and replaced the original Swansea Road school. The other, Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Y Login Fach, is a Welsh language school located on Roseland Road.

After primary school children go on to either Ysgol Gyfun Gŵyr or Gowerton Comprehensive School.

Religion

The Anglican church in the village is St Barnabas Map on Victoria Road.

There are now only 2 chapels, Seion (Zion) (Welsh Baptist - Bedyddwyr) Map and Sardis (Welsh Congregational - Annibynwyr) Map are both on Swansea Road. Bethany (English Baptist) Map on Bryn Road has now closed and the land has been sold.

Seion Baptist Church meets at 10:30 on a Sunday morning for a bilingual service and Sunday school. Seion also runs a Welsh language kids club and a Welsh language youth group on a Wednesday at 3:20pm and 5pm.

Respective biblical references:

• St. Barnabas
• Zion
• Sardis
• Bethany

WAUNARLWYDD is a village 5 miles north-west and 1 mile from Gowerton Junction station on the London, Midland and Scottish and Great Western railways. St. Barnabas, erected in 1888, at a cost of £1,200, and enlarged in 1903 at a cost of £600, is a building of stone in the Early English style, ... there are 360 sittings. The registers date from the year 1888. The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Gowerton, joint net yearly value £350, in the gift of the Bishop of St. David's and the Board of Patronage. ... The Welsh Congregational chapel, erected in 1860, has 500 sittings; the English Baptist chapel, erected in 1875, and since renovated, has 250 sittings; and the Welsh Baptist chapel, built in 1859, and rebuilt in 1872, will seat 650 " [From Kelly's South Wales Directory 1923

Sport

• Rugby: Waunarlwydd RFC currently play in WRU League 1 West Central and have 3 pitches
• Football: Waunarlwydd Galaxy has senior and junior teams competing in the Swansea Senior League in the Welsh football league system and have 2 pitches
• Cricket: Waunarlwydd RFC have a team who play their home games at
• Darts: There are teams at the Farmers Arms and Masons Arms, there is also a woman's dart team that plays its trade in the Masons Arms .
• Pool: the village plays host to a largely unsuccessful pool team with just 2 cup runs worth mentioning (Ashley Jones 2014 Gower cup Semi finals) (Daniel Penhorwood Gower cup Semi finals 2015), both of which ended in semi-final disappointment. In 2017 local businessman Mark Lyons won a game of pool with his friend.
• Motorcycling and Quad biking : the village is very friendly and encouraging to motorcycling and Quad bike riding with successful track day riders on and off road riders have success in their various sports. It has been a welcoming village to motorcycling for many decades
• Lawn Bowls is played down by the side of the factory situated at the bottom of the village
• Other: various indoor sports, classes and bingo are held in the Community Centre located on Victoria Road.

See also

• Kynal, brand name for the range of aluminium alloys produced by ICI at Waunarlwydd.

References

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