Museum · Swansea · West Glamorgan

National Waterfront Museum

National Waterfront Museum is a museum of industrial and maritime history in Swansea. It is run by Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales. Nearby, Swansea Castle (500 m) heads a list of 38 within 15 km.

Photo: National Waterfront Museum, Reading Tom from Reading, UK (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Swansea

inside the built-up area

Run by

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

the operator on record

How well known

Top 16%

#1,300 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Swansea

Inside Swansea

National Waterfront Museum 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.

When to go

Which month to go

In Swansea, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 18–21°C.

Jan8° / 3°140 mm

Feb9° / 3°100 mm

Mar10° / 4°92 mm

Apr13° / 6°77 mm

May16° / 8°77 mm

Jun19° / 11°83 mm

Jul21° / 13°97 mm

Aug20° / 13°109 mm

Sep18° / 11°101 mm

Oct15° / 8°145 mm

Nov11° / 6°150 mm

Dec9° / 4°147 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Swansea, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Swansea. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Swansea’s full climate →

About

National Waterfront Museum

6 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Type: Museum
Run by: Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Swansea
Official site: museum.wales/swansea

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Address and hours

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where National Waterfront Museum is

The orange dot is National Waterfront Museum; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of National Waterfront Museum

Largest of the 8 is Swansea, home to 170,090. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Swansea

170,090 people · 33 places to visit

2 · 6.1 km northeast of it

Llandarcy

117 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 7 km west of it

Upper Killay

937 people · 9 places to visit

4 · 7.1 km west of it

Dunvant

1,732 people · 9 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where National Waterfront Museum is	People	Places to visit
Swansea	It’s in town	170,090	33
Llandarcy	6.1 km northeast of it	117	6
Upper Killay	7 km west of it	937	9
Dunvant	7.1 km west of it	1,732	9
Gowerton	7.1 km northwest of it	7,447	15
Penllergaer	7.8 km northwest of it	3,578	5
Tircoed	8.2 km northwest of it	909	2
Bishopston	8.2 km southwest of it	3,533	11

Make a day of it

Other places close by

The 38 places within 15 km include 3 castles, 2 museums and a cathedral.

Castle · CadwSwansea Castle500 m away 2

CathedralSt Joseph's Cathedral1.8 km away 3

MuseumSwansea Museum100 m away 4

MuseumGlynn Vivian Art Gallery900 m away 5

ZooPlantasia600 m away 6

CastleOystermouth Castle6.2 km away 7

Water parkLC Waterpark100 m away 8

Castle · CadwLoughor Castle11 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Asked about National Waterfront Museum

Where is National Waterfront Museum?

National Waterfront Museum is in Swansea, West Glamorgan, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is National Waterfront Museum?

Museum of industrial and maritime history in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.

Who runs National Waterfront Museum?

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales.

When is the best time to visit National Waterfront Museum?

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 National Waterfront Museum?

Within 15 km: Swansea Castle (500 m), St Joseph's Cathedral (1.8 km), Swansea Museum (100 m) and Glynn Vivian Art Gallery (900 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 (9)

National Waterfront Museum: Reading Tom from Reading, UK, CC BY 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
Swansea Museum: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery: Sionk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Plantasia: David Luther Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oystermouth Castle: Jennifer Luther Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
LC Waterpark: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Loughor Castle: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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