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Bon-y-maen, sometimes spelt ''Bonymaen'', ( cy, Bôn-y-maen) is a
community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, ...
in Swansea,
Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
located about north east of
Swansea city centre Swansea city centre in Swansea, Wales, contains the main shopping, leisure and nightlife district in Swansea. The city centre covers much of the Castle ward including the area around Oxford Street, Castle Square, and the Quadrant Shopping Centr ...
. 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 ( en, Stone End) on the
Gower Peninsula Gower ( cy, Gŵyr) or the Gower Peninsula () in southwest Wales, projects towards the Bristol Channel. It is the most westerly part of the historic county of Glamorgan. In 1956, the majority of Gower became the first area in the United Kingdom ...
. Overlooking Bon-y-maen on top of Kilvey Hill is the main TV
transmitter In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the ...
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).Nino Williams (29 August 2017
"200 new homes could be built in part of Swansea"
''Wales Online''. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
Bonymaen was a Communities First area.


See also

* Bon-y-maen (electoral ward)


References

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