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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Bethan McKernan Wales correspondent

‘Maybe it’s because we love the sesh’: how Wales is bucking Britain’s pub-closing trend

Lewis Dwyer and Andy Aston sit side by side outdoors in aprons
Lewis Dwyer and Andy Aston, owners of the Pig & Swill, Cardiff’s newest pub. Photograph: Owen Mathias

On a hot Thursday evening in Canton, a buzzy Cardiff neighbourhood, a steady stream of people in sunglasses, shorts and dresses went back and forth between bar and garden at the city’s newest pub, the Pig & Swill.

Next door, in Victoria Park, the splash pad was still heaving with families making the most of the tail-end of the May heatwave. Many parents and carers stopped by for takeaway pints and small plates.

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