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Plantasia
Zoo · Swansea · West Glamorgan

Plantasia

Plantasia is a British public hothouse. It lies inside the built-up area of Swansea. Around it, within 15 km, lie 38 more places, Swansea Castle (300 m) first on our list.

Photo: Plantasia, David Luther Thomas (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Where
In Swansea
inside the built-up area
How well known
Top 23%
#1,932 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jun–Sep
highs of 18–21°C
In brief

Zoo in Swansea

Inside Swansea

Plantasia is inside Swansea’s built-up area, with 19 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

The year in Swansea

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

Plantasia

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 4 languages.

Type
Zoo
Wikipedias
Covered in 4 languages
Town
in Swansea
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Plan your visit

Plan your visit

Entrance fees
  • EntryA fee is charged
Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.
The map

The area around Plantasia

Orange is Plantasia; numbered in green, the places near it.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Swansea’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Swansea

170,090 people · 33 places to visit

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

38 more lie within 15 km, 3 castles, 3 museums and a cathedral among them.

1Castle · CadwSwansea Castle300 m away2CathedralSt Joseph's Cathedral1.3 km away3MuseumNational Waterfront Museum600 m away4MuseumGlynn Vivian Art Gallery500 m away5MuseumSwansea Museum500 m away6CastleOystermouth Castle6.7 km away7Castle · CadwLoughor Castle11 km away8Water parkLC Waterpark600 m away

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

Questions about Plantasia

Where is Plantasia?

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

What is Plantasia?

British public hothouse.

When is the best time to visit Plantasia?

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 Plantasia?

Within 15 km: Swansea Castle (300 m), St Joseph's Cathedral (1.3 km), National Waterfront Museum (600 m) and Glynn Vivian Art Gallery (500 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)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.