Mynydd-Bach
Mynydd-Bach is a suburban district of the City and County of Swansea, Wales and falls within the Mynydd-Bach ward. Mynydd-Bach refers to a prominence, in this case wide, centred about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Swansea city centre.
Bishop Vaughan Catholic Comprehensive School and Daniel James Community School are located in Mynydd-Bach.
Park View Estate
Park View Estate, also known as the Simcox Estate is an area of housing between Treboeth and Morriston centre in the Mynydd-Bach definition being on its slopes. It was built in the late 1960s to the early 1970s.
Morriston is one mile (1.6 km) away to the north-east however this estate and its surrounds are within the late 18th century-founded Church of Wales and Methodist parishes of Morriston (or Clase) as much of earlier building in this area took place after the establishment of large scale coal mining and copper smelting and tin-plating. The area itself is centred 2.5 miles (4 km) away from Swansea city centre and between 100 and 165m above sea level.
To the west is Mynydd Cadle Common kept for meadow walks and people who keep horses with a smaller common beside an expanse of farmland to the north next to a school. To the east is a large park, Llewellyn Park. On some definitions in the far north-east usually considered part of Upper Clase instead are two tall crumbling stone walls the remains of a large building for 40 miners/smelters named 'Morris Castle' which was commissioned by the key industrialist in the area, Sir John Morris in the late 18th century.
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