The Tower, Meridian Quay - Swansea Edition - Wales.
N 51° 36.833 W 003° 56.620
30U E 434661 N 5718516
Swansea was the first city in Wales to feature in its own version of the board game Monopoly. The Swansea edition of Monopoly features 33 local landmarks. The featured landmark in this listing is 'The Tower' Meridian Quay, Swansea Marina, Wales.
Waymark Code: WMEV4C
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/08/2012
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The Monopoly location is a green section, next to the go to Jail of the City of Swansea edition and the property is valued at £300.
The Tower, Meridian Quay is the tallest building in Wales standing at 107m. The Tower has 29 storeys, double the number of the previous tallest building in Swansea, the BT Tower.
The Tower, Meridian Quay has an eliptical footprint, & looks very similar in shape to the famous lipstick building in New York.
The tower looks like the another odd building in New York the Flat Iron buiding, but the Tower has back to back narrow ends.
Most of the Tower houses residential apartments.
The ground floor features a concierge desk which is manned 24 hours a day, whilst the top three floors consist of the Grape and Olive restaurant run by the Cardiff brewery SA Brains.
"The tower was started in 2006 completed in 2009 at a a cost of £40 Million". Source: (
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Building Address:
The Tower, Meridian Quay.
The Maratime Quarter
Swansea, Swansea Wales