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Bon-y-maen, Swansea — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Bon-y-maen, or Bôn-y-maen, is a community inside Swansea holding the Swansea Bus Museum, Morfa Bridge and the chapel of Capel Salem.
About Bon-y-maen
Where to stay in Bon-y-maen
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The Swansea Bus Museum draws the visitors. Bon-y-maen lies a mile and a half out from Swansea city centre, so a bed taken in the middle of the city still keeps Capel Salem and Morfa Bridge inside an easy trip. Rooms here are rare.
Anyone with the museum on a list can book in Swansea and treat this community as a morning out.
About Bon-y-maen
What are the main landmarks in Bon-y-maen?
Industry and chapel dominate. The former smelter sheds and the quay walls at Upper Bank Works record the works that stood on the site, while Capel Salem, called also Capel y Cwm, keeps its walls, railings and gates listed alongside the old chapel. Morfa Bridge carries the crossing.
The Swansea Bus Museum completes the list, and the Bonymaen ward covers the same ground for Swansea Council elections.
What is the history of Bon-y-maen?
Smelting left the deeper mark. Former smelter sheds at Upper Bank Works and the quay walls that served the same site are both set down among the protected structures of Bon-y-maen, a reminder of what once worked this ground. Capel Salem appears twice over.
The old chapel is listed beside the later Capel Salem, known too as Capel y Cwm, and the walls, railings and gates around it hold an entry of their own.
Where is Bon-y-maen?
Bon-y-maen sits within Swansea, in Wales. Morfa Bridge and the Bonymaen ward share its ground, a mile and a half from the city centre.
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Updated September 2026