Sketty
Sign in to saveSketty () is a suburban district and community in Swansea, Wales, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the Swansea city centre on Gower Road. It falls within the Sketty council ward of Swansea.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.official_name
- Sketty
- UK place.welsh_name
- Sgeti
- UK place.population
- 14,301
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Swansea
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- West Glamorgan
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Swansea West
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Swansea West
- UK place.post_town
- SWANSEA
- UK place.postcode_district
- SA2
- UK place.postcode_area
- SA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01792
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SS626929
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Description
- Origin of the name
- Buildings
- Sketty Park
- Derwen Fawr
- References
- External links
Sketty () is a suburban district and community in Swansea, Wales, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the Swansea city centre on Gower Road. It falls within the Sketty council ward of Swansea.
==Description== The area approximates to the Vivian Road, and Sketty Green. The village is centred on Sketty Cross, which is the junction of Gower Road, Vivian Road, and Dillwyn Road. Directly on the cross, on the West Gower Road/Vivian Road junction, The Vivian pub, known as The Vivs, can be found. A second pub, The Bush, was immediately on the east side of this junction, but is now closed.