Hafod
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Hafod is a district of Swansea, Wales which lies at the just outside the north of the city centre. It falls within the Landore ward. The word hafod is Welsh for 'summer dwelling' or 'farm'.
The western part is a residential suburb. In the late 20th century, this was a mostly run-down area of Swansea, with property prices there being some of the lowest in the city centre area. In the new millennium, many properties in the main Neath Road (B4603) and some of the side streets have benefited from council grants to improve the façade of the properties. This has certainly improved the image of the area superficially. Beside the River Tawe to the east is a small industrial strip around Morfa Road.
Hafod has a comprehensive school called Pentrehafod Comprehensive School, and a primary school called Hafod Primary school. there used to be junior and senior schools located on the same site but the school was ravaged by fire during the early 1990s. The new primary school was built to replace it and new buildings were constructed within the grounds of pentrehafod school to cater for the junior and senior pupils. The community sports facility is the Pentrehafod sports hall and pool located in the grounds of the Pentrehafod Comprehensive School. The school is built on what was formerly the waste product dumping ground for the Morris family copper works. Neath Road is a busy thoroughfare used by buses and cars to travelling between central Swansea and the northern suburbs in and around Morriston and Llansamlet. There is currently work underway in constructing a dedicated express bus route to the east of Neath Road, which will be used by buses serving the Landore Park and Ride site. As new distributor road is planned, further east of the bus road to allow traffic to bypass the Hafod.
Hafod Copper Works
The ruins of Hafod Copper Works, a Grade II listed building, still lay on the banks of the River Tawe. These can be seen clearly from the east side of the river. During the 19th century, these were the largest copper works in the world.