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Stories Set in Swansea
Copperopolis beaches and Dylan Thomas's words: Swansea is Wales in miniature, all seafront and valleys. Its films run from coming-of-age to drug farce. Submarine grew up here; Twin Town scored here. Open Swansea on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Swansea on the StoryTerra map6 famous stories set in Swansea
Live snapshot of the top 6 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-05). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.
Browse 2 books and 4 movies set in Swansea.
Submarine
15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana his devilish dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to…
Twin Town
Jeremy and Julian Lewis the "Lewis Twins" are two unruly brothers who terrorise the city of Swansea from the caravan park where they live with their family. When their father Fatty is injured while working on a roof for…
Jack to a King: The Swansea Story
Jack to a King is a passionate portrait of the rise of Swansea City Football Club from near oblivion to the world stage of the Premier League. It is the story of a city and the people who made the club what it is today.…
Submarine
The dryly precocious, soon-to-be-fifteen-year-old hero of this engagingly offbeat debut novel, Oliver Tate lives in the seaside town of Swansea, Wales. At once a self-styled social scientist, a spy in the baffling adult…
Hearts of Gold
Trainee midwife Bethan Powell lives in the shadow of the workhouse during the Depression. It's difficult to say which is harder for her and fellow nurse Laura Ronconi—their grueling work in the hospital, or the…
Tosh
A portrait of John Toshack: Welsh Liverpool and Swansea legend and one of football’s most inspirational figures. Relive the unbelievable story of a man who after leaving European champions Liverpool in 1978 took on…
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