Swansea Marina of boats between the River Tawe system and the sea. Swansea Marina Swansea Marina is a marina located behind the Swansea barrage at the mouth of the River Tawe in Swansea, south Wales. Swansea Marina was first awarded blue flag status in June 2005 . There is a boat yard for building and servicing boats, and a few shops selling boating equipment. Boating organisations based at Swansea Marina include Swansea Yacht and Sub Aqua club and the Maiden Voyage, which owns a 72 ft ocean racing yacht. After many years of industrial decline in the Lower Swansea valley, the South
River Loughor London airport. The proposal was vigorously resisted locally and was dropped when another airport site was agreed. River Loughor The River Loughor () () is a river in Wales which marks the border between Carmarthenshire and Swansea. The river has its source at an underground lake at the Black Mountain and emerges at the surface from Llygad Llwchwr which translates from the Welsh as "eye of the Loughor". It flows past Ammanford and Hendy in Carmarthenshire and Pontarddulais in Swansea. The river divides Carmarthenshire from Swansea for much of its course and it separates Hendy from Pontarddulais at the point