Jul 30, 2025 | Adventure, Culture and Heritage, Education and Skills, Explore, Featured, Love, Nature, Quality of Life, Swansea, Swansea Station, Uncategorised
A city steeped in stories came alive today with the launch of Swansea’s Best Kept Secret, a captivating new audio walk celebrating the rich rail and transport heritage of the area. Organised by South West Wales Connected and Community Storyworks, the day began with a...
Sep 3, 2024 | Adventure, Carmarthenshire, Changemakers, Counties, Culture and Heritage, Education and Skills, Explore, Nature, Quality of Life, Swansea
Our Community Rail Officer, Eve Sherratt, has had a busy summer connecting with exciting people and projects around our network. Read on to find out more, and discover ways to get involved. Swansea Station’s planters are on the move! Our planters and benches...
Aug 23, 2024 | Changemakers, Featured, Love, Nature, Pembrey and Burry Port, Quality of Life
South West Wales Connected invites you to an exciting experience this week at our upcoming Beach clean and create event! Not only will we be cleaning up our beautiful Burry Port beach by collecting harmful plastics, but you’ll also witness first hand the...
Aug 12, 2024 | Adventure, Changemakers, Culture and Heritage, Education and Skills, Explore, Nature, Quality of Life, Swansea, Uncategorised
Meet the man who cycled 1600 miles to raise money for a monument to Owain Lawgoch Cross Hands man Kevin Bowen recently cycled a massive 1600-mile round trip to raise money for a monument to Welsh hero Owain Lawgoch. Read on to discover more about his fundraising...
Aug 9, 2022 | Nature, Quality of Life, Swansea, Swansea Station
If you’ve visited Swansea Station lately, you’ll almost certainly have noticed the improved station forecourt, which has been enhanced with new benches and planters in a project led by renowned Swansea artist Owen Griffiths. Now visitors to the station can take time...
May 23, 2022 | Adventure, Culture and Heritage, Nature, Pembrokeshire
Next time you fancy a day out with a difference, consider hopping on the train to Fishguard, where you can now enjoy three different types of tour: by boat, on foot and by minibus. North Pembrokeshire Tours is a new offering from North Pembrokeshire Trade and Tourism,...
