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Tircoed Community Centre
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.
Image: © Hywel Williams
Taken: 24 Dec 2008
0.04 miles
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Tircoed Village Hall - Radio Tircoed
Radio Tircoed - community radio station.
Image: © Alan Hughes
Taken: 14 Feb 2019
0.06 miles
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Radio Tircoed studios
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This was the original studio facility - it has since been replaced by a substantially larger structure.
Image: © Hywel Williams
Taken: 24 Dec 2008
0.06 miles
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Play area
Tircoed community play area.
Image: © Alan Hughes
Taken: 14 Feb 2019
0.06 miles
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Gate to Penllergaer Forest on the northwest edge of Tircoed
Image: © Nigel Davies
Taken: 5 May 2013
0.10 miles
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Northeast entrance from Tircoed village into Penllergaer Forest
The gate off the street Brynhyfryd into Forestry Commission land.
Image: © Nigel Davies
Taken: 27 Apr 2013
0.12 miles
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Old viaduct across the railway
I've driven over the approach road to Tircoed Village on many occasions but never realised that just a few metres east of the new road bridge over the railway, there is a much older and now abandoned viaduct.
Image: © Hywel Williams
Taken: 24 Apr 2009
0.15 miles
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Llwybr Tircoed Path
Llwybr yn agosau at ystad Tircoed.
A path approaching the Tircoed Estate (trans. woodland).
Image: © Alan Richards
Taken: 5 Mar 2014
0.15 miles
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Penllergaer railway cutting
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
Image: © Nigel Davies
Taken: 5 May 2013
0.19 miles
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Picnic table in Penllergaer Forest
In a clearing right beside the track
Image: © Nigel Davies
Taken: 5 May 2013
0.19 miles