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Cwmdonkin Park
Cwmdonkin Park is an urban park situated in the Uplands area of Swansea, south Wales. The park has a bandstand, children's play area, water gardens, tennis courts, and a bowling green.
== History ==
The use of the land for public recreation originated with the creation of Cwmdonkin reservoir around 1850 by William Henry Smith and the Swansea Waterworks Company. The records of the Borough of Swansea〔Held at the (West Glamorgan Archive Service )〕 and the Cambrian newspaper〔(Swansea Council Cambrian Indexing Project )〕 detail the somewhat controversial use of public funds to take over and run “the destructive pit at Cwmdonkin, euphemistically called a reservoir”.〔Editorial from ''the Cambrian'' newspaper, 14 May 1869〕
The first suggestion to landscape the grounds around the reservoir was raised in 1853〔Waters and Sewers Committee minutes, 23 Sept 1853 (TC 67/1/2: 174).〕 but it was not until 1874 that Swansea Council purchased two fields from Mr James Walters for £4,650 to create the park〔The Cambrian, 10 July 1874 p.5〕 which was opened on 24 July 1874.〔Davies, Rowley. "Cwmdonkin Park", South Wales Evening Post, 29 Oct 1974.〕 There was some criticism that the park was in an essentially wealthy, middle-class area of town: this led to the emergence of the “Open Spaces Movement” led by William Thomas of Lan, which campaigned for more parks for deprived working class areas.〔Davies, Rice and J. Roberts, "Prize Essays on the desirability and advantages of recreation grounds for Swansea", Swansea: Cambrian Books Publishing Company, 1895〕
Cwmdonkin Reservoir was filled in with rubble in the 1950s and landscaped to become a children’s play area.
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