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Where is Fairwood?

Fairwood is located in the county of West Glamorgan, Wales, three miles south of the town of Loughor, five miles west of the major city of Swansea, 40 miles west of Cardiff, and 170 miles west of London. Fairwood lies three miles south of the Dyfed border, and was historically in the county of Glamorgan. Fairwood falls within the unitary authority of Abertawe - Swansea. It is in the SA2 postcode district. The post town for Fairwood is Swansea.

Fairwood on a map

Map showing extent of Fairwood as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Fairwood
Map showing location of Fairwood within the UK
Location of Fairwood within the UK

Which county is Fairwood in?

Fairwood is in the ceremonial county of West Glamorgan, the historic county of Glamorgan, and the administrative county of Abertawe - Swansea.

Ceremonial CountyWest Glamorgan
Historic CountyGlamorgan
Administrative CountyAbertawe - Swansea

Where is Fairwood in West Glamorgan?

Fairwood is situated towards the southernmost extremity of West Glamorgan, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of West Glamorgan.

Map showing location of Fairwood within West Glamorgan
Location of Fairwood within West Glamorgan

What is the postcode for Fairwood?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Fairwood is SA2 7LA.

Where is Fairwood in SA2?

Fairwood is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the SA2 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the SA2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Fairwood within SA2
Location of Fairwood within SA2

What is the post town for Fairwood?

The post town for Fairwood is Swansea. Fairwood is in the SA2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Swansea.

What is the latitude and longitude of Fairwood?

The centre of Fairwood is located at position 51.61755° latitude and -4.06703° longitude.

Latitude51.61755°
Longitude-4.06703°

What is the easting and northing of Fairwood?

The centre of Fairwood is located at the grid reference easting 256991 and northing 192994 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting256991
Northing192994

What are the nearest towns to Fairwood?

Position of Fairwood relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Fairwood to the centre of the town.

south
3m
Fairwood is 3 miles south of Loughor
south
4m
Fairwood is 4 miles south of Gorseinon
south-east
6m
Fairwood is 6 miles south-east of Llanelli
south
7m
Fairwood is 7 miles south of Pontarddulais
south-east
9m
Fairwood is 9 miles south-east of Burry Port
south-west
12m
Fairwood is 12 miles south-west of Pontardawe
west
12m
Fairwood is 12 miles west of Neath
west
12m
Fairwood is 12 miles west of Port Talbot
south
13m
Fairwood is 13 miles south of Ammanford
south-east
13m
Fairwood is 13 miles south-east of Kidwelly

What are the nearest cities to Fairwood?

Position of Fairwood relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Fairwood to the centre of the city.

west
5m
Fairwood is 5 miles west of Swansea
west
40m
Fairwood is 40 miles west of Cardiff
west
46m
Fairwood is 46 miles west of Newport
east
55m
Fairwood is 55 miles east of St Davids
west
64m
Fairwood is 64 miles west of Bristol
south-west
65m
Fairwood is 65 miles south-west of Hereford
north
66m
Fairwood is 66 miles north of Exeter
north-west
68m
Fairwood is 68 miles north-west of Wells
west
75m
Fairwood is 75 miles west of Bath
west
80m
Fairwood is 80 miles west of Gloucester