Sandfields, Swansea facts for kids
Sandfields is a part of Swansea, Wales. It's an area next to the main Swansea city centre on its west side. You can find it between St. Helen's Road to the north, Oystermouth Road and Swansea Bay to the south, and Dillwyn Street to the east. Even though people know it as Sandfields, it's more of a local name and doesn't have official borders or its own postcode.
Long ago, the area called Sandfields was much bigger. It was known as 'The Burrows' and stretched from Brynmill Lane all the way to the West Pier near the River Tawe.
Famous Places in Sandfields
The Sandfields area today has many well-known buildings and landmarks in Swansea. The Swansea Crown Court is in a building at the far southwest corner of Sandfields. It's right across from the city's Guildhall.
At the east end of Sandfields, you'll find the former site of the Vetch Field football ground. This was the home of Swansea City A.F.C. from when the club started in 1912 until 2005. That's when they moved to the Liberty Stadium in Landore. In 2011, the old football ground was taken down. The land was then used for temporary garden plots. A building for the Territorial Army, which is a part-time army group, is also next to the old Vetch site.
Along Oystermouth Road, which faces the sea, there are many small, privately owned hotels and guest houses. A special landmark along the seafront is the Trafalgar Arch. This is an opening in an old railway wall. The famous writer Dylan Thomas set his short story 'Just Like Little Dogs' completely under this archway.
On the beach area, behind the Civic Centre, people have found very old fish traps. They also found possible pathways that are thought to be more than 5,000 years old. While these are not exactly inside the modern Sandfields area, they show that people have lived near here for thousands of years.
