Southgate, Swansea

Southgate is a village in the community of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, Swansea, Wales. It is also a community electoral ward for Pennard Community Council. The population in 2011 was 2,004.[1], making up most of the population of the community.

Southgate County Club (2009), Southgate Road
Southgate Post Office, Southgate Road

Description

The village is located between Pennard Golf Course and the cliffs of the Gower coast. The village comprises largely of modern twentieth and twenty-first century housing, but includes a variety of shops, a post office, a social club (The Southgate) and Pennard Golf Club at the northern end.

Southgate has some of the most expensive housing in the area, with average house prices in the village of £366,000 in 2018.[2] In July 2017 a bungalow sold for £735,000 and another for £660,000, two of the three most expensive properties sold in the county in that month.[3]

Henbury Cottage, a two-storey stone house adjoining the Southgate Club, dates from the mid 18th-century and has a Grade II heritage listing.[4]

Governance

The village is in the electoral ward of Pennard for elections to City and County of Swansea Council.

Southgate is also the largest community ward for Pennard Community Council, electing up to eleven of the fifteen community councillors.[5]

References
  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – (W37000304)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics.
  2. "A Gower village where an average property costs £338,000 is split on new affordable homes". Wales Online. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  3. "The most expensive homes sold in Swansea in July". Wales Online. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. "Henbury Cottage - A Grade II Listed Building in Southgate, Swansea". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  5. Councillors, Pennard Community Council. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

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