Cathedral · Swansea · West Glamorgan

St Joseph's Cathedral

St Joseph's Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Swansea. It holds the status of a Grade II listed building. Close by, Swansea Castle is 1.4 km away, one of 38 within 15 km.

Photo: St Joseph's Cathedral, Saint_Josephs_Cathedral_swansea.JPG: Wiccasha derivative work: Rabanus Flavus (Public domain)

Where

In Swansea

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 6%

#465 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Cathedral in Swansea

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#465 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (13 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Swansea

St Joseph's Cathedral is inside Swansea’s built-up area, with 18 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Swansea has 310 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The weather, month by month

From June to September, Swansea sees 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

St Joseph's Cathedral

Wikipedia covers it in 13 languages.

Swansea’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Cathedral
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 13 languages
Town: in Swansea
Official site: meneviacathedral.org

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

The map

Its place on the map

Orange marks St Joseph's Cathedral, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Towns near St Joseph's Cathedral

Among the 8, Swansea is the biggest, home to 170,090 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Swansea

170,090 people · 33 places to visit

2 · 4.3 km west of it

Gowerton

7,447 people · 15 places to visit

3 · 5 km northwest of it

Penllergaer

3,578 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 5.9 km east of it

Llandarcy

117 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where St Joseph's Cathedral is	People	Places to visit
Swansea	It’s in town	170,090	33
Gowerton	4.3 km west of it	7,447	15
Penllergaer	5 km northwest of it	3,578	5
Llandarcy	5.9 km east of it	117	6
Tircoed	6.4 km northwest of it	909	2
Dunvant	6.7 km west of it	1,732	9
Upper Killay	7 km west of it	937	9
Glais	7.6 km northeast of it	831	3

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

38 more lie within 15 km, 4 castles, 3 museums and a zoo among them.

Castle · CadwSwansea Castle1.4 km away 2

MuseumGlynn Vivian Art Gallery1 km away 3

MuseumNational Waterfront Museum1.8 km away 4

ZooPlantasia1.3 km away 5

CastleOystermouth Castle7.4 km away 6

MuseumSwansea Museum1.7 km away 7

Castle · CadwLoughor Castle9.8 km away 8

CastlePennard Castle13 km away

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

Asked about St Joseph's Cathedral

Where is St Joseph's Cathedral?

St Joseph's Cathedral is in Swansea, West Glamorgan, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is St Joseph's Cathedral?

Catholic cathedral in Swansea, Wales.

When is the best time to visit St Joseph's Cathedral?

June to September are the warmest months in Swansea, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is St Joseph's Cathedral a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near St Joseph's Cathedral?

Within 15 km: Swansea Castle (1.4 km), Glynn Vivian Art Gallery (1 km), National Waterfront Museum (1.8 km) and Plantasia (1.3 km).

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)

St Joseph's Cathedral: Saint_Josephs_Cathedral_swansea.JPG: Wiccasha derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Swansea Castle: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery: Sionk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Waterfront Museum: Reading Tom from Reading, UK, CC BY 2.0, 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
Swansea Museum: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Loughor Castle: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pennard Castle: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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