IHBC Annual School - Swansea 2023
Climate Change and the Historic Environment
Resilience and Performance
21-24 June 2023

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VENUES, ACCOMMODATION AND TRAVEL

Venues

Thursday registration & Tour departure

University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), IQ Campus, Waterfront, Swansea, SA1 8EW

https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/sa1/



Thursday drinks reception

Penderyn Swansea (SA1 2JT) is located in the historic Hafod Morfa Copperworks site, opposite the Swansea.com Stadium.

https://www.penderyn.wales



Friday Day School

University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), IQ Campus, Waterfront, Swansea, SA1 8EW

https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/sa1/



Saturday Tour departure

University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), IQ Campus, Waterfront, Swansea, SA1 8EW

https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/sa1/



Annual Dinner

Vivian Hall, Dylan Thomas Centre, Somerset Place, Swansea SA1 1RR

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Thomas_Centre

Accommodation

Main conference hotel

Although hotel accommodation is not included in the School fees delegates may want to start looking at the Swansea Waterfront Premier Inn
https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/wales/glamorgan/swansea/swansea-waterfront.html

Swansea Waterfront Premier Inn
The Waterfront Development
Langdon Road
Swansea
Wales
SA1 8PL

Chargeable onsite parking is available at £6 for 24 hours



Other accommodation in Swansea, Mumbles and Gower

The Visit Swansea Bay website has a full list of accommodation in the area

Travelling to Swansea

Travelling to Swansea is just over three hours from London by train or car.

Traveline Cymru offers a one-stop shop for travelling by bus, coach, rail, ferry or plane Traveline Cymru website.


Travelling by car
The M4 gives very good access to Swansea. If you are heading for Swansea City Centre from the Carmarthen direction it is best to use junction 47 and from Cardiff direction the easiest route is from junction 42.

There are 2 park and ride sites in Swansea. Both offer easy access from the M4. Information about parking in the city centre and other places in Swansea is available on Swansea City Council's  car parks pages.


Train information
Swansea is served by First Great Western trains from London and frequent Transport for Wales [TfW] trains run from west Wales, the Marches, the Midlands and the south-west.

National Rail Enquiries


Coach and bus information
First Cymru operates a frequent shuttle coach service from Cardiff to Swansea and Bristol airport. The service runs hourly off-peak and half-hourly at peak times. There are frequent National Express coaches to Swansea too, from all other principal towns in south and west Wales. The National Express also links with London and Heathrow and Gatwick airports.

Traveline Cymru website.


Nearest airport
The nearest international airport is Cardiff International Airport - Cardiff Airport.

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