Bon-y-maen explained

Country:Wales
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Static Image Caption:Location of Bonymaen within Swansea
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Welsh Name:Bôn-y-maen
Official Name:Bon-y-maen
Community Wales:Bonymaen
Unitary Wales:Swansea
Lieutenancy Wales:West Glamorgan
Constituency Westminster:Swansea East
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Swansea East
Post Town:SWANSEA
Postcode District:SA1
Postcode Area:SA
Dial Code:01792
Os Grid Reference:SS6796
Population:6,857
Population Ref:(2011)[1]

Bon-y-maen, sometimes spelt Bonymaen, (Welsh: Bôn-y-maen) is a community in Swansea, Wales located about 1.5miles north east of Swansea city centre. It falls within the coterminous Bonymaen ward for elections to Swansea Council.

Bôn-y-maen is Welsh for 'Base of the stone' and there are legends that the same stone ends in Penmaen (English: Stone End) on the Gower Peninsula.

Overlooking Bon-y-maen on top of Kilvey Hill is the main TV transmitter for Swansea.

The local rugby team is Bonymaen RFC.

In 2017 over 200 new homes were planned for the ex-Morris Brothers bus works in Pentrechwyth (part of Bonymaen).[2]

Bonymaen was a Communities First area.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ward population 2011 . 13 April 2015.
  2. Nino Williams (29 August 2017) "200 new homes could be built in part of Swansea", Wales Online. Retrieved 10 February 2018.