Gowerton
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The village of Gowerton (Welsh: Tregŵyr) is situated about 4 miles north west of Swansea city centre. Gowerton is often known as the gateway to Gower. Gowerton's original name was Ffosfelin. The village falls within the Gowerton electoral ward of Swansea.
Gowerton railway station is served by the West Wales Line. Gowerton was once home to two railway stations, but only one remains. This was made single-track in the early 1990s but rumour has it that the track is to be made double-line again around 2008/9. This is due to problems scheduling trains to use a single-track. See Gowerton railway station entry for further details.
It is home to four schools. These are Tregŵyr Infants School, Tregŵyr Junior School, Gowerton Comprehensive School and Ysgol Gyfun Gŵyr (Welsh medium comprehensive school). Gowerton once had five churches: St John's Church (built 1882), Tabernacl, Temple United Reformed Church, Bethel and Bethania. However, only two, St John's Church and Temple URC still remain. The Bethel and Tabernacl buildings lie ruined and Bethania has been demolished.
Gowerton is bordered by Penclawdd, Dunvant, Waunarlwydd, Kingsbridge, Three Crosses and Garden Village
People from Gowerton are often referred to as 'starch' on account of when the local area processed Steel destined for the far reaches of the Empire. The Steel owners and white collar workers all resided in the Gowerton area hence the name 'starch'.
This contrasts with the manual workers who resided in neighbouring Penclawdd and are known by the affectionate term 'donks', though there is some debate as to whether this is a referral to the predominance of donkeys on the marshes gathering the world famous cockles.
The local rugby club is Gowerton RFC which is based just outside the village.
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