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Cefn-hengoed, Swansea — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Hilltop ground near Bon-y-maen holds Cefn-hengoed, a suburban district of the City and County of Swansea in Wales.
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Where to stay in Cefn-hengoed
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Beds are thin on this hill. The Swansea Bus Museum is the one address that pulls visitors up towards Cefn-hengoed, and the rooms that serve it are booked down in central Swansea rather than in the Bon-y-maen ward itself. Crymlyn Bog lies within reach of the same ward, its wartime barrage balloon site listed separately.
Swansea keeps the hotels.
Few places to stay in Cefn-hengoed — most visitors book in Swansea nearby.
About Cefn-hengoed
What are the main landmarks in Cefn-hengoed?
Two entries, and both are unusual. The Swansea Bus Museum is the public-facing one of the pair, while the Crymlyn Bog Second World War Barrage Balloon Site survives as a record of wartime ground rather than as an attraction. Cefn-hengoed itself is housing on a hilltop, and a visitor tracking either listing is doing so from Bon-y-maen or from Swansea below.
No cathedral, no castle.
What is the history of Cefn-hengoed?
The war left the clearest mark. A Second World War barrage balloon site at Crymlyn Bog is the earliest thing the record fixes to this ground, and no charter or founding year attaches to Cefn-hengoed at all. The name reaches print in three forms: Cefn-hengoed, Cefn Hengoed and Cefnhengoed.
Swansea took the ward in, and Bon-y-maen gave it the administrative label it still carries.
Where is Cefn-hengoed?
Cefn-hengoed stands on the top of a hill near the village of Bon-y-maen, inside the City and County of Swansea in Wales.
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What is the best area to stay in Cefn-hengoed?
Swansea: nights in the City and County of Swansea with Bon-y-maen a short run out.
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Updated September 2026