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unusual facts about Swansea Bay


Swansea Bay

This original sewer outlet was finally made inactive in around 1996 following the construction of a brand new pipeline which ran all the way back around the Bay following the line of the old Mumbles Railway as far as Beach Street, along the sea-side of the Maritime Quarter and through Swansea Docks to a new £90 million sewage treatment plant at Crymlyn Burrows near Port Tennant from which a new outlet was made, extending further out to sea.


St. Davids Polo and Racing Club

In 2009, the club added a further two fixtures to its successful Fonmon Castle polo day: a charity polo day at the Legge-Bourke estate, Glanusk Park in July and beach polo at Swansea Bay, in collaboration with society fixer Arwel Richards.


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Clyne Valley Country Park

A cycle track crosses the centre of the valley, linking Blackpill on Swansea Bay with the inland village of Gowerton.

Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway

The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway connected the coal mines of the Rhondda Valley to the Swansea Bay ports.