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Swansea Castle Sculpture walk

A Bank Holiday Walk to see the Wales Air Ambulance Castles

26th August 2024

Leader: Lynne Esson




Wales Air Ambulance commissioned a series of about 32 castles to be placed around Swansea.

Local businesses donated money to the charity and paid for local artists to paint individual designs on the castles.

We had a 2-mile morning walk to see the castles in the the city centre.

After a lunch break in Amy Dillwyn Park, we set off to see the rest which were scattered near the bay.

We eventually reached the last one on the pier which had only just escaped being destroyed in the fire.

Some of us then went to Verdi's for cakes and coffee while other wandered over to the Pilot for a different type of refreshment.

A great Bank Holiday walk with Swansea Ramblers.   



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Photographs



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Leader Lynne Esson


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We started at Swansea High Street Railway Station


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Where we found a strangely shaped Tardis


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The first of 32 castles between here and Mumbles


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We also saw the memorial to Pete Ham


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A famous Swansea musician


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Then we made our way from castle to castle


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Near the Bus Station


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Quadrant


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By St Mary's Church


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St. David's


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Princess Way


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Swansea Castle
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Swansea, A town of war and peace


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Plantasia


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Sainsbury's


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Near Morgan's Hotel


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Marina by the Pump House


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Leisure Centre


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Amy Dillwyn Park


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We stopped for lunch in the park
then were joined by some more Ramblers for the afternoon stroll



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Delta Hotels (Marriott)


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Civic Centre


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We continued along the promenade


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Outside the Brangwyn Hall


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To The Secret Cafe


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Singleton


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In the university, a fallen tree has been carved into a Dragon


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Outside Fulton House


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Boating Lake


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An on cue, the beneficiary of the castles flew past


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Blackpill


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The Mumbles Train went past so we gave it a wave


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Went past the Skateboard park


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The Village of Oystermouth


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Outside Verdi's


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Nearly at the pier but first we went up to Bracelet


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Where, by the Big Apple, we found the penultimate castle


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Then finally, onto the pier where the very last castle awaited us


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Behind it, the fire-damaged amusement hall of the pier


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Journey's end after 32 castles
Now for coffee and cakes in Verdi's!






Ordnance Survey map of the route walked
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All photographs Copyright  Andrew Morgan 2024
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