Cwmdonkin Park

The fountain celebrated by Dylan Thomas in his poem "The Hunchback in the Park" - by Italian artist Lidia Chiarelli

Cwmdonkin Park is a park in Swansea, in south Wales. Poet Dylan Thomas grew up at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, not far from here. The fountain in the park is celebrated in his poem "The Hunchback in the park". In 1963, a memorial stone with lines from another poem by Thomas' "Fern Hill", was placed in the park.

The park has water gardens, tennis courts, a bowling green and a children's play area.

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  The cast-iron drinking fountain mentioned by Dylan Thomas in 'The Hunchback in the Park'.

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  The memorial stone inscribed with lines from 'Fern Hill', photographed after the 2018 restoration.

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  The southern entrance to Cwmdonkin Park on The Grove. The Amis family lived at number 24 (to the right of the picture).