Images of Wales

See also:
• Where's that?? - locate Swansea on a map of Wales.

Sea Views, City of Swansea, Glamorgan

Photography by John Ball - 1:30 pm, 1 Nov 1998
(with Agfa ePhoto-307 digital camera)

I took these shots in the centre of Swansea while undertaking
some family history research for a friend in the USA.

Above: This is Mount Pleasant Hill, which descends into the "downtown" area of the city.
The red-brick building on the left is part of Swansea Institute. In the distance is Swansea
Bay and the port of Swansea. The white vessel is the ferry which sails from Swansea
across the Irish Sea to Cork in Ireland, a journey of some 200 miles.

Above: We are now descending Mount Pleasant Hill, but the Cork Ferry is still just visible.

Above: Continuing down Mount Pleasant Hill, we have now almost lost sight of the port,
although the ocean is still visible.

Above: Having almost completed our descent, we are now looking back up Mount Pleasant
Hill. Many thousands of years ago, the bottom of this hill marked the shoreline, and the
land on which the city centre is build was beneath the sea.

Above: We have now crossed the city centre and are on the east side of the river
Tawe, in the St Thomas area of Swansea. Looking down Maes Street, we can see
the Swansea-Cork Ferry preparing to embark on its voyage.

Above: From almost the same spot, but looking further eastwards down St Leger Crescent,
we can see some of the cranes in Swansea docks.

Above: On my way home, passing through the Trallwn district of Swansea, I couldn't resist
taking this shot of a rainbow. Trallwn is a mainly residential area of Swansea, and includes
large estates of council housing.