Townhill, Swansea

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

The Garden City style layout of Townhill was overseen by Ernest Morgan, the Swansea city architect, in the early 1920s.

Townhill Baptist Church was formed on the hill in the late 1920s and the church still meets today on Sunday mornings and evenings in the original building on Powys Avenue.

St Nicholas on the Hill is the parish church for Townhill, on the corner of Dyfed Avenue and Powys avenue next to the St Nicholas Community hall - meeting on Sunday mornings and Wednesday mornings.

The suburb of Townhill falls within the Townhill ward. The district of Townhill consists of a council estate and some private housing spread over a steep hill of the same name bordering Mayhill and visible from the Swansea city centre. The area overlooks Swansea city centre, Swansea Docks and Swansea Bay to the south; and Cockett, Gendros and Cwmbwrla to the north.

Local amenities at the top of the hill include a public library, the Townhill Community primary school, a nursery school and some playing fields. Swansea Metropolitan University has a campus to the west.

Townhill is a Communities First area.

Backing Swansea city centre to the north is a large slab of sandstone called Townhill. The summit of Townhill is approximately 175m above sea level.[1] At the top of hill lies the housing estate of Townhill which falls away to the north west of the hill. The Mayhill district lies on the northeast face of the hill. The southeastern face of the hill is the steepest and is covered by the district of Mount Pleasant. The Uplands district occupies the southwestern face of the hill which slopes gently downwards towards Singleton Park.

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