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Where is Penmaen?

Penmaen is located in the county of West Glamorgan, Wales, seven miles south-west of the town of Loughor, nine miles west of the major city of Swansea, 42 miles west of Cardiff, and 172 miles west of London. Penmaen lies five miles south of the Dyfed border, and was historically in the county of Glamorgan. Penmaen falls within the unitary authority of Abertawe - Swansea. It is in the SA3 postcode district. The post town for Penmaen is Swansea.

Penmaen on a map

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

Which county is Penmaen in?

Penmaen 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 Penmaen in West Glamorgan?

Penmaen is situated towards the southernmost extremity of West Glamorgan, and towards the westernmost extremity of West Glamorgan.

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

What is the postcode for Penmaen?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Penmaen is SA3 2HJ.

Where is Penmaen in SA3?

Penmaen is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the SA3 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the SA3 postcode district.

Map showing location of Penmaen within SA3
Location of Penmaen within SA3

What is the post town for Penmaen?

The post town for Penmaen is Swansea. Penmaen is in the SA3 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Swansea.

What is the latitude and longitude of Penmaen?

The centre of Penmaen is located at position 51.57612° latitude and -4.12708° longitude.

Latitude51.57612°
Longitude-4.12708°

What is the easting and northing of Penmaen?

The centre of Penmaen is located at the grid reference easting 252700 and northing 188506 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting252700
Northing188506

What are the nearest towns to Penmaen?

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

south-west
7m
Penmaen is 7 miles south-west of Loughor
south-west
7m
Penmaen is 7 miles south-west of Gorseinon
south
7m
Penmaen is 7 miles south of Llanelli
south-east
9m
Penmaen is 9 miles south-east of Burry Port
south-west
10m
Penmaen is 10 miles south-west of Pontarddulais
south-east
14m
Penmaen is 14 miles south-east of Kidwelly
west
15m
Penmaen is 15 miles west of Port Talbot
west
15m
Penmaen is 15 miles west of Neath
south-west
16m
Penmaen is 16 miles south-west of Pontardawe
south-west
16m
Penmaen is 16 miles south-west of Ammanford

What are the nearest cities to Penmaen?

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

west
9m
Penmaen is 9 miles west of Swansea
west
42m
Penmaen is 42 miles west of Cardiff
west
49m
Penmaen is 49 miles west of Newport
south-east
53m
Penmaen is 53 miles south-east of St Davids
north
64m
Penmaen is 64 miles north of Exeter
west
66m
Penmaen is 66 miles west of Bristol
north-west
69m
Penmaen is 69 miles north-west of Wells
south-west
69m
Penmaen is 69 miles south-west of Hereford
west
77m
Penmaen is 77 miles west of Bath
west
83m
Penmaen is 83 miles west of Gloucester