Mount Pleasant, Swansea
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Mount Pleasant is a suburban neighbourhood of Swansea, Wales. The area is centred on the main road, called Mount Pleasant, immediately to the north of Swansea city centre, which connects the city centre to the Townhill and Mayhill districts to the north. It falls partly within the Castle ward[1] and Uplands wards.[citation needed] The demographic of the area changed in recent years with the expansion of the former Swansea Metropolitan University campus on the main Mount Pleasant road and the arrival of a substantial student population.[citation needed]
Mount Pleasant has terraced housing to the north with larger semi-detached houses overlooking its southern slopes. The Mount Pleasant Estate, a substantial development of four parallel roads of back-to-back terraced housing was completed in 1900.[2]
Constitution Hill, one of the steepest in Swansea, leads up towards Mount Pleasant from the city centre. It is a steep, sloping cobbled street which featured in the film Twin Town in a scene with a daring car stunt.[citation needed] In the early 20th century, the Swansea Constitution Hill Incline Railway operated up and down the hill.[citation needed] Constitution Hill forms part of the boundary between the Castle and Uplands wards.[citation needed]
Mansell Street, De La Beche Street, Grove Place, and Alexandra Road cross the southern fringes of the area as a continuous thoroughfare. Located on this thoroughfare are Swansea Magistrates' Court,[3] Swansea Central police station, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, the old Swansea Central Library and the building housing the arts wing of the university. Alexandra Road is a designated conservation area, and consists of a number of buildings which were constructed between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The road has a number of shops.
