Townhill, Swansea

Townhill is the name of a hill, a residential district and a community (civil parish) and electoral ward in Swansea, Wales, UK.

The project was led by the Borough Architect Ernest Morgan who engaged as a consultant Raymond Unwin, the leading advocate of the Garden city movement.

The new post-war government’s “homes fit for heroes” initiative provided funding through the 1919 Housing Act which Swansea Council was readily able to access with its pre-war plans already in place.

During the interwar period the Townhill estate along with the neighbouring Mayhill development were completed in a programme of council house provision in Swansea in which 4000 properties were constructed.

[6] In 1912 the Swansea Training College for teachers moved from the city centre to a new building on the western slopes of Townhill.

The campus was closed in 2018 and the site allocated for a housing development in which the original features of the Edwardian building were to be preserved.

[8] The district of Townhill consists of a council estate and some private housing spread over a steep hill of the same name bordering Mayhill to the east and visible from the Swansea city centre.

The hill is rounded by a band of rock which is too steep to develop on and is recognised by the City and County of Swansea council as a wildlife corridor.

Recreational facilities in the park include picnic tables, play equipment, and a BMX bike track.