Three Crosses is a small village and community on the northern edge of the Gower Peninsula in Swansea, set among rolling farmland and heathland inside the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Its position gives pleasant views across the Loughor Estuary and the Swansea Valley, and the lanes around it are popular with walkers and cyclists exploring the peninsula’s coastline and archaeological sites.
The village retains a distinctly rural character and a strong sense of local community: agriculture and small businesses sit alongside residents who commute into Swansea. Tradition holds that the name comes from three crosses marking parish boundaries or wayside memorials, and today the area is noted for conservation-minded local activity, a village hall for events and an understated historic charm rather than heavy commercial development.
Postcode districts covering Three Crosses
Most populated places nearby
- Swansea 5.4 miles
- Bridgend 23.3 miles
- Llanelli 4.6 miles
- Llanelli Rural 6.7 miles
- Neath 11 miles
- Coity Higher 23.4 miles
- Briton Ferry 10.7 miles
- Ammanford 11.8 miles
- Maesteg 18 miles
- Gorseinon 2.9 miles
- Carmarthen 18.7 miles
- Porthcawl 19.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Three Crosses Built-up area 0.3 miles
- Fairwood Ward 0.9 miles
- Dunvant Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Pen-clawdd Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Llanrhidian Higher Parish 1.8 miles
- Dunvant and Killay Ward 2 miles
- Canisland Built-up area 2 miles
- Upper Killay Built-up area 2 miles
- Gowerton Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Crofty Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Killay Parish 2.4 miles
- Loughor Built-up area 2.4 miles
Example postcodes in Three Crosses
SA4 3QY, SA4 3PB, SA4 3HX, SA4 3UP, SA4 3PT, SA4 3QA, SA4 3PA, SA4 3NU, SA4 3QF … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 35.3 miles
- Bristol Airport 60.7 miles
- Gowerton Railway Station 2 miles
- Bynea Railway Station 3 miles
Hotels near Three Crosses Ad
- Sessile Oak, Llanelli by Marston's Inns 4.1 miles
- Travelodge Swansea M4 3 4.7 miles
- Stradey Park Hotel 4 5.7 miles
- Sandfields House 3 miles
- LLwyn Country House 3.6 miles
- The Gower Hotel 3 3.3 miles
- Cwtsh Hostel 4 5.7 miles
- The Grand Hotel 3 5.7 miles
- Oyster House 4 5.1 miles
- The Fountain Inn 5.8 miles
Schools in Three Crosses
- Crwys Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- The Egypt Center Museum 4.3 miles
- Stebonheath Park Stadium 4.8 miles
- Llanelli FC Stadium 4.9 miles
- Swansea Princess Way Museum 5.9 miles
- Liberty Stadium Stadium 6.2 miles
- Ffos Las Racecourse Recreation 9.9 miles
- Afan Lido Stadium 11.8 miles
- Victoria Road Stadium 12 miles
- The Gnoll Stadium 12 miles
- Towyn Burrows Hill 12.1 miles
- Pembrey Forest Forest 12.2 miles
- National Botanic Garden of Wales Nature reserve 14.9 miles