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Llyn Tircoed, SWANSEA, SA4 9LB

Llwybr yn agosau at ystad Tircoed. A path approaching the Tircoed Estate (trans. woodland).

Behind the modern community centre for the newly built Tircoed housing estate are what appear to be two shipping containers. Their livery reveals that they are in fact the studios for Radio Tircoed which commenced broadcasting on 1st December 2008. The station is self funded and is entirely run by volunteers and serves the communities of Tircoed, Penllergaer, Pontardulais, Gorseinon, Pontlliw and the M4 Corridor between junctions 47 and 48 - though the signal can be clearly heard much further. Along with its relatively powerful (for a community radio station) FM signal, the station also broadcasts on the internet on its web site, and DJs now frequently get requests from all over the world as well as the community in which it serves. This was the original studio facility - it has since been replaced by a substantially larger structure.

Tircoed community play area.

Tircoed is a large modern housing estate built in Penllergaer Forest over the last few years. Much thought has been given to the estate (though the layout can be confusing if you don't know your way round) - it includes its own convenience store and a modern community centre. A recent addition to this building is the antenna attached to the back of the building. This is a quarter wave transmitter mast for the recently launched Radio Tircoed, a voluntary run community radio station.

This section of railway cutting at Penllergaer is a SSSI due to the rare strata of rock it has exposed. The CCW documents suggest that the strata should be kept exposed by removing vegetation and scree. Railtrack do not seem to concur. See also http://www.ccw.gov.uk/landscape--wildlife/protecting-our-landscape/special-landscapes--sites/protected-landscapes-and-sites/sssis/sssi-sites/penllergaer-railway-cutting.aspx

This mostly buried OS cut mark can be found on the SW parapet of the railway bridge. It marks a point 62.868m above mean sea level.

This bridge is now part of a footpath from Penllergaer Forest carpark Image to Tircoed village Image I'd imagine it pre-dates the village and was originally part of a farm track. The bridge also supports a pipe which carries a small stream across the railway cutting.

Radio Tircoed - community radio station.

The gate off the street Brynhyfryd into Forestry Commission land.

As seen from the nearby footbridge Image