Oystermouth Cemetery, Swansea

#26 among attractions in Swansea

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Oystermouth Cemetery is a municipal cemetery in the village of Oystermouth, Swansea, South Wales. It was opened in 1883 and remains in use today, run by the Cemeteries and Crematorium Division of the City and County of Swansea. It has 14,162 grave spaces. ()

Coordinates: 51°34'41"N, 4°0'34"W

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Y Mwmbwls (Newton)Swansea United Kingdom

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Oystermouth Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Oystermouth Castle, Clyne Gardens, Clyne Common, Caswell Bay.

~1590 ftE
Forts and castles, Historical place, Romanesque architecture
Oystermouth Castle, Swansea
8 min walk • Oystermouth Castle is a Norman stone castle in Wales, overlooking Swansea Bay on the east side of the Gower Peninsula near the village of Mumbles.
1.3 miN
Park, Garden
Clyne Gardens, Swansea
32 min walk • Clyne Gardens is a botanical garden located in Swansea, Wales, UK. The current park was formed from the landscaped gardens created by Glynn Vivian of the Vivian family who purchased Clyne Castle in 1860.
1.1 miNW
Golf
Clyne Common, Swansea
28 min walk • Clyne Common is a lowland area of common land in the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Clyne Common is the easternmost of a set of commons that includes Fairwood Common, Forest Common, Pengwern Common, and Welsh Moor.
1.2 miSW
Beach
Caswell Bay, Swansea
32 min walk • Caswell Bay or Welsh Bae Cas-wellt, is a beach on the south east of the Gower Peninsula, Swansea, Wales. It is a sandy beach popular with families, holiday makers and surfers, and it regularly achieves Blue Flag status.
1.2 miSE
Nature, Hill, Natural attraction
Mumbles Hill, Swansea
31 min walk • Mumbles Hill is a hill near the south eastern tip of the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Parts of the hill form a designated Local Nature Reserve, declared in 1991. Defensive gunnery positions were built on the hill in World War II. Remnants of the 623rd Anti-Aircraft Battery gun emplacements and control bunker are still visible on the hill.
0.8 miSE
Area
Mumbles, Swansea
20 min walk • Mumbles is a headland sited on the western edge of Swansea Bay on the southern coast of Wales. The name Mumbles is also applied to the district encompassing the electoral wards of Oystermouth, Newton, West Cross, and Mayals.
1.3 miNE
Neighbourhood
Blackpill, Swansea
34 min walk • Blackpill is a suburban area of Swansea, Wales, beside Swansea Bay, about 3 miles southwest of the city centre.
1 miW
Protected area
Bishop's Wood, Gower Peninsula
26 min walk • Bishop's Wood is a nature reserve in the Gower Peninsula, south Wales. The area consists of 46 acres of limestone woodland and grassland. Part of the wood is classified as ancient woodland. The 1673 survey of Bishopston Manor indicates that it has been wooded since at least the seventeenth century.
0.7 miS
Beach
Rotherslade, Swansea
19 min walk • Rotherslade is a small stretch of sandy beach at the eastern end of Langland Bay in the south Gower Peninsula, Wales. Previously known as 'Little Langland', it only exists as a separate beach at high tide. At low tide it is continuous with Langland Bay.
0.8 miSE
Beach
Mumbles Beach, Swansea
21 min walk • Mumbles Beach is a very small sheltered area of sand and rock pools sandwiched between Swansea Bay beach and Bracelet Bay in the south eastern corner of the Gower Peninsula, Swansea, Wales.
1.2 miSW
Sport venue, Sport
Langland Bay Golf Club, Swansea
32 min walk • Langland Bay Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course known in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty overlooking Langland Bay near Swansea, Wales, UK. The first evidence of a golf club at Langland Bay is a minute book dating from 1901. The golf course was officially opened on 10 September 1904.

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Which popular attractions are close to Oystermouth Cemetery?

Nearby attractions include Oystermouth Castle, Swansea (8 min walk), West Cross, Swansea (16 min walk), Rotherslade, Swansea (19 min walk), Mumbles, Swansea (20 min walk).