Blackpill Lido
Blackpill Lido is a water park you can visit in Swansea. Another 21 places to visit lie within 5 km. Top of the list nearby is Oystermouth Castle, 2.3 km away.
Water park in Swansea
Inside Swansea
Blackpill Lido is inside Swansea’s built-up area, with 21 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month in Swansea
The warmest afternoons in Swansea run June to September, at 18–21°C.
Blackpill Lido
Water park.
In Swansea, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Water park
- Town
- in Swansea
Map of Blackpill Lido and nearby
The map centres on Blackpill Lido, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Swansea’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that count Blackpill Lido
Swansea tops the 5 for size, at 170,090 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Swansea
Upper Killay
Bishopston
Dunvant
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Blackpill Lido is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swansea | It’s in town | 170,090 | 33 |
| Upper Killay | 2.8 km northwest of it | 937 | 9 |
| Bishopston | 2.8 km southwest of it | 3,533 | 11 |
| Dunvant | 4 km northwest of it | 1,732 | 9 |
| Gowerton | 4.6 km northwest of it | 7,447 | 15 |
Places to add to Blackpill Lido
Within 15 km you can add 5 castles, a cathedral and a garden.
CastleOystermouth Castle2.3 km away2
Castle · CadwSwansea Castle4.5 km away3
CathedralSt Joseph's Cathedral5.3 km away4
GardenClyne Gardens600 m away5
CastlePennard Castle7.8 km away6
Castle · CadwLoughor Castle9.2 km away7
MuseumNational Waterfront Museum4.4 km away8
Castle · CadwCastell Oxwich13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about Blackpill Lido
Where is Blackpill Lido?
Blackpill Lido is in Swansea, West Glamorgan, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Blackpill Lido?
Water park.
When is the best time to visit Blackpill Lido?
June to September are the warmest months in Swansea, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Blackpill Lido?
Within 15 km: Oystermouth Castle (2.3 km), Swansea Castle (4.5 km), St Joseph's Cathedral (5.3 km) and Clyne Gardens (600 m).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Oystermouth Castle: Jennifer Luther Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Swansea Castle: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Joseph's Cathedral: Saint_Josephs_Cathedral_swansea.JPG: Wiccasha derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clyne Gardens: Peter Glyn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pennard Castle: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loughor Castle: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Waterfront Museum: Reading Tom from Reading, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Oxwich: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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