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Swansea Ramblers

White Rock

A 5-mile walk from Morfa Copperworks to the sea and back

4^th January 2025

Leader: Christine Rees

Swansea Ramblers met at White Rock near the Football Stadium.

We walked south along the Active Travel Path to SA1.

It was bitterly cold today but we braved the elements to walk out to the end of west Pier.

Chris told us about some of the history of the area as we went along.

We returned on the west side of the Tawe along the Active Travel Path.

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Photographs

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Leader Christine Rees

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We began the walk at White Rock

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Here can be seen the last two Chimneys in the Lower Swansea Valley

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The remains of the incline that transported toxic waste onto Kilvey Hill

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The Canal that ran under the incline

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Part of the industrial remains

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We headed south to the City Centre and into SA1

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The WWII Merchant Navy Memorial

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Down the Tawe to Trafalgar Bridge

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Passing the names of Sailing Boats set into the ground

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The Swansea Barrage and Trafalgar Bridge

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Which we crossed

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Swansea Barrage

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Cormorants can be seen here

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The Barrage Fish Pass

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The Pilot House

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Here Pilots waited for ships to appear on the horizon

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The current Fishing Fleet

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We went out onto the West Pier

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We walked to the very end

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Mumbles across Swansea Bay

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The weather was unrelentingly bitter!

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We turned to the north to begin the return journey

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Which took us through the Marina

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And across the lock gate

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The South Dock Basin

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The disused railway bridge opposite Sainsbury's

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The Anti-aircraft memorial

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And the new, 2024 memorial to the fallen from Kilvey

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We passed under the main railway line at the Strand

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And could see the results of the Hafod regeneration scheme that refurbished the houses

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Bethesda was an important Baptist Chapel

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One-eyed Christmas Evans, a famous Preacher is buried here

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The Swansea Canal was below our feet, under the Active Travel Path

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At the Morfa Works, a canal arch where barges once entered the complex

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The last Lime Kiln in the valley

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This marked the entrance to the Morfa Works

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One of the last chimneys in the valley

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Scupltures celebrate the workers of the Copper Works
In the distance, another Copperworks building is being restored

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The two remaining chimneys and the Muscrave Engine House

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Ordnance Survey map of the route walked
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All photographs Copyright Andrew Morgan and A. Martin 2025
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