Swansea Central police station
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Swansea Central police station is a 21st-century-designed building, located on the former Swansea Fire Station site in Alexandra Road, near Swansea Magistrates Court, Swansea
. The police station is the area headquarters for the Western Division of South Wales Police
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, and was redeveloped into Llys Glas. It provides student accommodation for Swansea Metropolitan University, an art gallery and a conference studio.
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...
. The police station is the area headquarters for the Western Division of South Wales Police
South Wales Police
South Wales Police is one of the four territorial police forces in Wales. Its headquarters are based in Bridgend.Covering Wales' capital city, Cardiff, as well as Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Swansea, and the western South Wales Valleys, it is the largest police force in Wales in terms of population,...
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Old Swansea Central Police station
The former city-centre police station in Swansea is a Grade II listed building, also situated in Alexandra Road. In 2003 it was acquired by the housing association, Grŵp Gwalia CyfGrwp Gwalia Cyf
Grŵp Gwalia Cyf is a housing association in south and mid Wales. Gwalia is the largest housing association in Wales in terms of staff and turnover.Grŵp Gwalia is a hybrid college recognised by the University of Glamorgan....
, and was redeveloped into Llys Glas. It provides student accommodation for Swansea Metropolitan University, an art gallery and a conference studio.