This is a list of cultural venues in the City and County of Swansea,

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Sport

Stadia

List of stadiums with

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Liberty Stadium The Swansea.com Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm Swansea.com; formerly Liberty Stadium) is an all-seated sports stadium and conferencing venue located in the Landore area of Swansea, Wales. The stadium opened in 2005 and was named the Liberty Stadium. It ...

(20,280

* St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground (10,500) * Pryderi Park Stadium

Indoor venues

* Landore Bowls Stadium

Playing fields

*King George V Playing Field,

Sketty The suburban district of Sketty ( cy, Sgeti) is about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the Swansea city centre on Gower Road. It falls within the Sketty council ward of Swansea. It is also a community. Description The area approximates to the Vivi ...

* Stafford Common

Golf courses

*Clyne Golf Club,

Mayals Mayals is an electoral ward and suburb of Swansea, Wales. It is located about 6 kilometers west of Swansea City Centre. Mayals is considered a part of the larger district of Mumbles, along with the nine other settlements within the community co ...

*Fairwood Park Golf Course, Fairwood Common *Gower Golf Club,

Gowerton Gowerton ( cy, Tregŵyr) is a large village and community, about 4 miles north west of Swansea city centre, Wales. Gowerton is often known as the gateway to the Gower Peninsula. Gowerton's original name was Ffosfelin. The village falls within the ...

*Inco Golf Course, Clydach *Langland Bay Golf Course,

Oystermouth Oystermouth (a corruption of the Welsh name ''Ystum Llwynarth'' or ''Ystumllwynarth'') is a village (and former electoral ward) in the district of Mumbles, Swansea, Wales. It is part of the Mumbles community (civil parish). Description The ...

*Pennard Golf Course, Pennard *Morriston Golf Course,

Morriston Morriston (; cy, Treforys ) is a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales and falls within the Morriston ward. It is the largest community in Swansea county. Morriston is sometimes referred to as a distinct town (e.g. the local fo ...

Leisure centres

* Bishopston Sports Centre * Cefn Hengoed Leisure Centre, Llansamlet * City of Swansea Gymnastics Club * Morriston Leisure Centre * Olchfa Pool * Penlan Leisure Centre * Pentrehafod Sports Hall and Pool * Penyrheol Leisure Centre * Pontarddulais Community Leisure Centre * Wales National Pool,

* Swansea Leisure Centre * Swansea University Sports Centre

Performing arts

List of performing arts venues and their seating capacities: *Albert Hall (800

*Swansea Arena (3,500) *Guildhall **

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(1,070) **George Hall (200) **Lord Mayor's Reception Room (30-130) *

Dylan Thomas Centre The Dylan Thomas Centre is an arts centre located in the Maritime Quarter in Swansea, Wales. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The building was commissioned to replace a previous guildhall which had been located near Swansea Castle ...

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* Dylan Thomas Theatre (144

* Swansea Grand Theatre, Grand Theatre **Main Theatre (1,000

**Arts Wing (175) *Great Hall,

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Patti Pavilion The Patti Pavilion is a venue for the performing arts in Swansea, Wales, located at Victoria Park to the south west of Swansea City Centre. The theatre stages plays, pantomimes, musical shows and fairs. The venue is named after Adelina Patti, the ...

(900) * Penyrheol Theatre (500) *

Taliesin Arts Centre Taliesin Arts Centre ( cy, Canolfan y Celfyddydau Taliesin) is owned and managed by Swansea University and is located on the university's Singleton campus in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. The Centre opened in 1984. Stephen Hawking gave the inaug ...

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*YMCA Theatre

Choral venues

* Tabernacle Chapel, Morriston (3,000)

Open-air venues

*Castle Square, city centre *

Singleton Park Singleton Park ( cy, Parc Singleton) is the largest urban park in the city of Swansea. It is located in Sketty. The park comprises 250 acres of land. An ornamental garden is located to the south, near the entrance to Swansea University, and a w ...

Felindre Felindre is a rural village in southern Wales. Felindre is located in the far north of Swansea, in the electoral ward of Mawr. The nearby Lower Lliw Reservoirs are a popular venue for walking and fishing. The water mill in the village was workin ...

, venue for the 2006 National Eisteddfod of Wales

Historic and architectural venues

This is a list of historic and architectural places and their use as a cultural venue: *

Oystermouth Castle Oystermouth Castle ( cy, Castell Ystum Llwynarth) is a Norman stone castle in Wales, overlooking Swansea Bay on the east side of the Gower Peninsula near the village of Mumbles. The early castle A number of Antiquarians state that the Norman ...

(Shakespeare performances)

Museums and art galleries

*1940s Swansea Bay,

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*Attic Gallery,

Maritime Quarter The Maritime Quarter (including Swansea Marina) is a residential area of Swansea, Wales, UK located immediately south of the city centre shopping core. It falls within Swansea's Castle ward. The area is bounded by Brynmill to the west, Swansea ...

* Egypt Centre,

University of Wales, Swansea Swansea University ( cy, Prifysgol Abertawe) is a public university, public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. ...

* Elysium Gallery *

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery is the public art gallery of the City and County of Swansea, in Wales, United Kingdom. The gallery is situated in Alexandra Road, near Swansea railway station, opposite the old Swansea Central Library. History The ...

Gower Heritage Centre 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 Kingdo ...

*Mission Gallery,

* National Waterfront Museum (until 2005, the Maritime and Industrial Museum) *

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Places of worship

These are a few of the places of worship in Swansea, many of them in the city centre: * Cathedral Church of Saint Joseph, Greenhill (

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) *City Church Swansea Dyfatty St SA1 1QQ (Pentecostal) Dharmavajra Buddhist Centre, Uplands (

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) *Ebenezer Baptist Church (

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) *High Street Unitarian Church, Swansea (

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) *Kafel Centre, ( Racial Attacks and Harassment Monitoring Association) *Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Uplands ( Jehovah's Witnesses) *Mount Pleasant Baptist Church (

) *Pantygwydr Baptist Church (

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) *St. Benedict's,

(Roman Catholic) *St. David's Priory (Roman Catholic) *St Gabriel's, Brynmill (

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(Anglican)) * St. Mary's Church (Church in Wales (Anglican)) *St. Paul's Church, Sketty (Church in Wales (Anglican)) *Sketty Methodist Church, (

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) *Waterfront Community Church (

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