Visit swansea

The City of Swansea is well known for its vibrant nightlife, consisting of a wide range of clubs, bars and restaurants to suit every age and taste. The Wind Street area has become the modern café quarter by day, and by night, is the liveliest street in the city!

Swansea boasts the largest indoor market in Wales, where you can sample and buy many of our local delicacies such as cockles and laverbread, and of course our traditional welshcakes. Locally caught fresh fish can also be bought along with local souvenirs including Welsh dolls, rugby shirts and lovespoons.

National Waterfront Museum
A visit to the National Waterfront Museum will be unlike any visit you've ever made to any other museum. Ever.

Swansea Museum
Swansea Museum is the oldest in Wales. It was opened in 1841 by a group of local people who were known as The Royal Institution of South Wales, which gave the Museum building its original name.

In 1991 Swansea City Council took over the running of the Museum, and began renovation of the building. Since that time extensive work has been carried out on the Grade II* listed building & Museum collection, ensuring they survive for future generations to enjoy. More work is needed and the task is ongoing.

Swansea Museum is a real treasure house of the ordinary and the extraordinary from Swansea past, and is a focus for the future of the city and its people, as well as providing a visitor experience that we hope you find enjoyable.

Liberty Stadium
Swansea’s rich sporting history and heritage is embedded deeply within our community. Swansea Rugby Club, the ‘All Whites’, played at the world famous St Helen’s ground, which it shared with Glamorgan Cricket Club, from the late 1880s. The glory days saw St Helen’s as an international rugby venue until 1954 and was witness to Swansea’s 11-3 defeat of New Zealand in 1935 when it became the first club side to be victorious over the ‘big three’ southern hemisphere sides – Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. However, by the late 20th century, St Helens was no longer a suitable venue for major rugby events.

Places to visit and things to do in Swansea