Introduction
Brynmill Park is a small but well-preserved Victorian urban public park of 1872. It is dominated by an attractive tree-fringed lake which is home to a range of wildfowl.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01443 336000Website
https://cadw.gov.wales/Access contact details
This is a municipal park for general public use.
Directions
The park is off the A4118 Gower Road in the Uplands area of Swansea.
Owners
City of Swansea
County Hall, Oystermouth Road, Swansea, SA1 3SNOther Websites
- History
21st Century
The park has been part of the Fields in Trust historic protection programme and has been protected since August 2014 under the Queen Elizabeth II Fields protection type.
- Features & Designations
Designations
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Gm)46(SWA)
- Grade: II
Features
- Lake
- Description: The lake is large, and also termed a reservoir. It is rectangular in shape.
- Bowling Green
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Fountain
- Aviary
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Recreational/sport
Principal Building
Parks, Gardens And Urban Spaces
Survival
Extant
Hectares
3.6
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Uplands
- References
References
- CADW, {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Glamorgan} (Cardiff: CADW, 2000) 154 Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Glamorgan
- Davies, R.R. and Roberts, J., {Prize Essays on the Desirability and Advantages of Recreation Grounds for Swansea} (Swansea: The Cambrian Book Publishing Company, 1875) First prize essay on the desirability and advantages of recreation grounds for Swansea