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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport played by two teams of 5 players. The game is played on a court which has a basketball hoop at each end of the court. The aim is to score points by shooting the ball through the opponent's hoop.
Beaches
Swansea has fantastic beaches right on its doorstep.
Benefits
Big Screen advertising in Castle Square
The Big Screen in Castle Square boasts a prominent location on the City Centre.
Birchgrove Comprehensive School
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Birchgrove Primary School
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Bishop Gore Comprehensive School
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Bishop Vaughan Catholic Comprehensive School
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Bishopston Comprehensive School
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Bishopston Primary School
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Bishopston Sports Centre
If you want to keep fit on the new equipment at the gym, have fun with friends in a group exercise class, or you may want to organise a fun birthday party for your child, there is plenty of choice and diversity at Bishopston. Bishopston Sports Centre is managed by our partner Freedom Leisure.
Black bag collection - Keep it to 3
Household rubbish is collected from the kerbside in a black bag. Each household is allowed to put out a maximum of 3 black bags every fortnight.
Blackpill Lido
Spend a sunny afternoon with the family Swansea's very own outdoor water park
Blaenymaes Primary School
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Blue Badge scheme
The Blue Badge scheme provides a national range of parking concessions to help people who are severely sight impaired, or permanently physically impaired, travel independently.
Bowls
There are a number of bowling greens in Swansea, with the opportunity to play both indoors and outdoors.
Brexit
Alongside our regional partners, the Welsh Government and the UK Government, Swansea Council has been preparing for Britain to leave the European Union.
Brynhyfryd Primary School
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Brynmill Primary School
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Building control
Swansea Building Control is a service we offer to make sure that buildings are safe, healthy, sustainable and accessible for all users whether domestic, commercial or a public service.
Bulky waste
We can arrange a collection for bulky items of household waste that are too big for your black bags such as beds, carpets, fridges, freezers and wardrobes.
Burials and cremations
We look after seven cemeteries across Swansea and the crematorium in Morriston.
Burlais Primary School
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Bus information
Swansea bus station opening times and timetables.
Business advice, support + grants
Swansea is the economic centre of the South West Wales region and has benefited from significant investment and employment growth in recent years. It has been transformed into a modern service sector dominated economy and is home to a wide range of national and international companies.
Business Rates
All the information you need about Business Rates and how to pay them.
Finance and budget
The Finance and Delivery Department provides a diverse range of services in support of the Council's key objectives.
Other benefits
Find out about statutory welfare benefits for people in different situations.
Registering a birth
We will not be booking birth registration appointments for the lockdown period except in emergency cases.
Singleton Boating Lake
Hop aboard a pedalo and glide around the lake or enjoy a round of crazy golf with the family.
Sustainable Swansea - fit for the future
Sustainable Swansea is the Council's transformation and change programme.
Swansea Bay Rider Land Train
The Swansea Bay Rider is a 72 seater land train, which runs along Swansea promenade, from Blackpill Lido, Blackpill, to Southend Gardens, Mumbles, and gives passengers a spectacular view of the beautiful Swansea Bay.
The Brangwyn
The Brangwyn is a popular centre of social and cultural life in Swansea, located within the Guildhall.
YGG Bryniago
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YGG Brynymor
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Ysgol Gyfun Bryn Tawe
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