Culver House Hotel

The Mannheim Watertower in Swansea

by christine.j

For someone coming from Mannheim this would be a "what to do" tip, but for the rest of the world it's "off the beaten path". Mannheim is one of the twin cities of Swansea and a sculpture of the landmark of Mannheim, the watertower, is standing in Swansea.
I asked at the tourist information, but the very friendly and helpful lady there had never heard of it. (What a blow to Mannheim's pride!)
Her boss also had no idea what I was talking about. They were going to send me to the Swansea watertower, but told me it's not really in an area of any interest for tourists. When I said there had to be a Mannheim Quay somewhere ( that what it had said in our local paper here in Mannheim), they had never heard of a Mannheim Quay either. (Another blow to Mannheim's pride!)
But with the help of three different maps, we managed to locate the Mannheim Quay and it turned out it was not really far (but a very tiny quay). So I walked there and found the sculpture of our Mannheim watertower. And, of course, I took a picture of it.
If you want to see the original, come to Mannheim.

Oystermouth Castle - Castell Ystumllwynarth

by M0B1US

This picturesque little castle is situated a couple of hundred metres inland from the mumbles waterfront, overlooking the town of Oystermouth affording fantastic views.

It is a small, fairly well-preserved castle founded by William de Londres of Ogmore Castle early in the 12th century.

It is set in a small park and makes for a nice walk up for a great view of the surrounding area.

It may be a modest castle - but it is certainly far more impressive than the shell of Swansea castle in the city!

It costs about £3 to visit.

Walk along the Tawe Barrage

by Myfanwe

The Tawe Barrage was completed in 1992 creating a new marina at the mouth of the River Tawe offering further boating facilities here.

The barrage structure includes a boat lock, spillway, fish pass and generator turbine. The turbine serves a dual use: acting as a power generator for the National Grid as well as being used to pump water back into the Tawe river system.

SWANSEA

by jhorsfield30

"WALES CITY BY THE SEA"

Wales’ city by the sea, Swansea offers stunning landscape, dramatic coastline and city excitement, combined with good quality accommodation, and a huge variety of things to see and do.

"WORKING WHILE ENJOYING"

I remember the first time I came to swansea was on working for a computer company. I had the opportunity to spend some time in the city and foudn a good range of shops, eateries, local attractions and a fantastic cycle route along the prom which runs alongside the university all the way down the gower coast to the mumbles!!