Swansea's Hafod-Morfa Copperworks, The Strand and Swansea Museum will be transformed in a major new project worth an estimated £9.4m a year to the city’s economy. Led by Swansea Council, the lower Swansea Valley improvement project is also expected to create 69 new jobs while helping to support more than 100 existing jobs.
Aimed at celebrating Swansea’s industrial heritage, the project is a result of a successful £20 million bid for levelling-up funding from the UK Government. It includes the restoration of the former laboratory building at the copperworks to create restaurant and food and drink spaces, and investment in the Musgrave and Vivian engine houses which will see a new enclosure built to create a heritage visitor attraction and café.
The track and locomotive at the V & S shed will also be reinstated, whilst a marketplace will be created at the former Rolling Mill building. Landscaped public spaces will be introduced on site for visitors. The project also includes the installation of two pontoons along the River Tawe, and the creation of small retail units for local traders at the Victorian arches on The Strand.
