Ilston is a small rural village and community on the edge of the Gower Peninsula in Swansea, set in a shallow wooded valley with streams and pasture. It lies within the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, so the landscape is a mix of farmland, pockets of ancient woodland and networked footpaths that attract walkers and nature-lovers rather than mass tourism.
The settlement retains a quiet, village character with a historic parish church and a history rooted in agriculture and local smallholdings; in recent decades many residents commute to nearby towns while the local economy also includes holiday cottages and countryside leisure. Community life is shaped by rural traditions and the close ties between neighbouring Gower villages, giving Ilston a distinctly village-scale social feel.
Postcode districts covering Ilston
Most populated places nearby
- Swansea 7.9 miles12.8 km
- Bridgend 24.6 miles39.6 km
- Llanelli 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Llanelli Rural 8.4 miles13.6 km
- Neath 13.8 miles22.3 km
- Coity Higher 24.8 miles39.9 km
- Briton Ferry 13 miles20.9 km
- Ammanford 15 miles24.1 km
- Maesteg 20.2 miles32.6 km
- Gorseinon 6.2 miles10 km
- Carmarthen 20 miles32.2 km
- Porthcawl 20 miles32.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Llanrhidian Lower Parish 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Southgate Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- Pennard Parish 2 miles3.3 km
- Canisland Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- Llanrhidian Higher Parish 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Crofty Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Reynoldston Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Pen-clawdd Built-up area 3.3 miles5.2 km
- Fairwood Ward 3.3 miles5.2 km
- Penrice Parish 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Three Crosses Built-up area 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Bishopston Built-up area 3.4 miles5.5 km
Example postcodes in Ilston
SA2 7LH, SA3 2HL, SA3 2HQ, SA3 2HA, SA2 7LL, SA3 2HE, SA3 2HN, SA2 7LB, SA2 7LQ … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 36.2 miles58.3 km
- Bristol Airport 62.2 miles100.1 km
- Gowerton Railway Station 5.4 miles8.6 km
- Bynea Railway Station 5.5 miles8.8 km
Hotels near Ilston Ad
- The Gower Hotel 4 3 miles4.9 km
- Patricks Boathouse 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Oyster House 4 5.6 miles9 km
- The Georgian Swansea 5 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Morgans Hotel 4 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Ice House Apartments 4 8.4 miles13.6 km
- The Diplomat Hotel Restaurant & Spa 4 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Sessile Oak, Llanelli by Marston's Inns 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Ashburnham Hotel 3 8.7 miles14.1 km
- The Carlton Hotel Mumbles 3 5.8 miles9.4 km
Local points of interest
- Stebonheath Park Stadium 6.3 miles10.1 km
- The Egypt Center Museum 6.3 miles10.2 km
- Llanelli FC Stadium 6.3 miles10.2 km
- Swansea Princess Way Museum 8.1 miles13.1 km
- Liberty Stadium Stadium 9 miles14.5 km
- Ffos Las Racecourse Recreation 10.7 miles17.2 km
- Towyn Burrows Hill 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Pembrey Forest Forest 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Afan Lido Stadium 13.6 miles21.9 km
- Victoria Road Stadium 13.8 miles22.2 km
- The Gnoll Stadium 14.8 miles23.8 km
- National Botanic Garden of Wales Nature reserve 17.2 miles27.6 km