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 2, 2023 | Adventure, Carmarthenshire, Explore, Fishguard and Goodwick, Llanelli, Pembrey and Burry Port, Pembrokeshire, Saundersfoot, Swansea, Swansea Station, Tenby
Are you staycationing this summer? Then here are 5 great day trips to enjoy by your own, or with friends and family. Swansea Head to Swansea’s maritime quarter for visits to Swansea Museum and The National Waterfront Museum where you can learn about the fascinating...
Feb 23, 2023 | Adventure, Pembrey and Burry Port
The worldwide cold water dipping movement The Bluetits Chill Swimmers originated in St Davids, Pembrokeshire and has many ‘flocks’ in South West Wales. We caught up with Pembrey and Burry Port Bluetits co-founder Anne Studley to discover the fun of splashing about in...
Feb 11, 2022 | Adventure, Education and Skills, Explore, Featured, Llanelli, Love, Pembrey and Burry Port, Pontarddulais, Uncategorised
Children can now enjoy fun-filled walks from Burry Port, Llanelli and Pontarddulais stations as part of the Ramble and Scramble project. We’ve teamed up with Heart of Wales Line and Ramblers Cymru to commission three colourful maps for children to follow; these are...
Jan 4, 2022 | Love, Pembrey and Burry Port, Station Adopters
If you visit Pembrey and Burry Port station you’ll be greeted by a wonderful garden on the station platform. It’s the work of three station adopters, all in their 70s: Chris Hartley, Val Coulson and Mary Hamilton. All three are members of the Cefn Sidan U3A group. U3A...
Mar 3, 2021 | Explore, Love, Nature, Pembrey and Burry Port
If you travel from Llanelli to Burry Port by rail, you’ll pass through a remarkable wildlife habitat that was created as a result of decommissioning the nearby Carmarthen Bay Power Station in the 1980s. As part of this process, pulverised ash was deliberately dumped...
