BISHOPSTON, SWANSEA

The village of 'Bishopston' () is located in the Gower Peninsula within the Bishopston ward about 5 miles (8Km) south west of Swansea city centre. It is one of the largest villages on the Gower. The village has its own rugby club, South Gower RFC and its own comprehensive school, Bishopston Comprehensive. Local beaches include Brandy Cove, Caswell Bay and Pwll-Du.
The Bishopston Church, located at the head of Bishopston Valley is dedicated to St. Teilo who gives the village its Welsh name.
Bishopston also contains its own primary and comprehensive school. The comprehensive school, Bishopston Comprehensive, is rated amongst the top comprehensive schools in Wales with one of the highest percentage of A
★ -C grades at GCSE.

Contents

Employment Opportunities

Shops & Services

Tourist Attractions

Housing

External links

Employment Opportunities

Bishopston does not offer any major employment but the main jobs available are in the tertiary sector such as shop assistance and catering. There is also a school for children up to 16 so teaching may possibly be the largest employment scheme within the village.

Shops & Services

'Bishopston offers the following shops and services:'
Spar (low-order goods grocery)
Lamplighter Cafe (Beverages, Cards, Gifts)
Model Shop (Model trains, planes, cars)
Post Office
Sports Hall

Tourist Attractions

Many people visiting Bishopston are attracted to the beaches, mainly Caswell due to accessibility however, Bishopston contains other beaches like Pwll Du and Brandy Cove of which can only be visited by foot. As a result, it remains untouched by the majority of tourists.

Housing

Since Bishopston started as a rural area way outside the city of Swansea, urbanisation has taken place over a long period of time resulting in the village transforming into a small Town. Because of Bishopston's situated location, its development has resulted in the foundation of detached-houses mostly with 3 bedrooms and many semi-detaches bungalows. All these modern houses are accompanied with relatively large spacious gardens and a garage, with all the amenities built inside the house already. This is why Bishopston as a settlement is very expensive disallowing young people to buy property in the village. House prices are also coming up and in the past few years, many of the common 300,000 pounds priced houses have increased up to 500,000 and 600,000 pounds in price, being of a major asset to its residents in the long term.

External links

★ Bishopston Comprehensive

★ Bishopston.org.uk Community Website

★ Bishopston Church

★ Holiday & background information on the village of Bishopston

★ The Parish church of St Teilo, Bishopston