Pont-Lliw
Encyclopedia
'Pontlliw' is a village
in the community
of Pontlliw and Tircoed
, City and County of Swansea
in Wales
. The community has an elected community council, and has a population of 2,075. The village is located near Pontarddulais
and is off Junction 47 on the M4.
The name of the village comes from the Welsh
word for bridge (pont) and the river Lliw which runs through the village.
Pontlliw has a primary school, as well as a number of small businesses such as a newsagent, Post Office, a hair salon and two public houses - The Buck and The Castle, colloquially known as 'The Shed'. A former pub and restaurant The Glamorgan Arms closed, and is set to re-open as an Indian Restaurant named Rasoni.
The village also is home to Allt Y Graban Golf Course - a 9 hole golf course which opened in the 1990s.
Passing motorists have to take care through the village though, as there are three sets of speed cameras in the village.
Pontlliw is located between the neighbouring villages Penllergaer
and Pontarddulais.
Pontlliw is also the birth place of Gareth Roberts
, the former Wales
rugby union
player. Other notable residents with a rugby connection include Mervyn 'the Swerv' Hughes, who lived in Vernon Close and Paul Thorburn, who lived in Heol Y Waun during the early 1990s.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the community
Community (Wales)
A community is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest-tier of local government in Wales. Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England....
of Pontlliw and Tircoed
Tircoed forest village
Tircoed forest village is a suburban community between the villages of Penllergaer and Pontlliw, Swansea, Wales.Built from the late 1980s onwards, Tircoed currently consists of 470 houses clustered around a village hall, pond and green, accessible from the A48 via a ½ mile long road...
, City and County of Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. The community has an elected community council, and has a population of 2,075. The village is located near Pontarddulais
Pontarddulais
Pontarddulais is a community and town in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. It is situated north west of Swansea city centre. It falls within the Pontarddulais ward.-Overview:...
and is off Junction 47 on the M4.
The name of the village comes from the Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
word for bridge (pont) and the river Lliw which runs through the village.
Pontlliw has a primary school, as well as a number of small businesses such as a newsagent, Post Office, a hair salon and two public houses - The Buck and The Castle, colloquially known as 'The Shed'. A former pub and restaurant The Glamorgan Arms closed, and is set to re-open as an Indian Restaurant named Rasoni.
The village also is home to Allt Y Graban Golf Course - a 9 hole golf course which opened in the 1990s.
Passing motorists have to take care through the village though, as there are three sets of speed cameras in the village.
Pontlliw is located between the neighbouring villages Penllergaer
Penllergaer
Penllergaer is a village in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK, falling within the Penllergaer ward. Penllergaer is situated about 6 miles north west of Swansea city centre, near the M4 Motorway at Junction 47.-Features:...
and Pontarddulais.
Pontlliw is also the birth place of Gareth Roberts
Gareth Roberts (rugby player)
Gareth John Roberts is a former international Wales rugby union player. He was in the Wales squad for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, scoring two tries.- References :...
, the former Wales
Wales national rugby union team
The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...
rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player. Other notable residents with a rugby connection include Mervyn 'the Swerv' Hughes, who lived in Vernon Close and Paul Thorburn, who lived in Heol Y Waun during the early 1990s.