Venue

The event will take place at The Computational Foundry, Swansea University Bay Campus, Swansea, United Kingdom.

Please note that there are two main campuses of Swansea University. The conference will be held at the new Bay Campus which is located to the east of Swansea.

Address: Department of Computer Science, The Computational Foundry, Swansea University Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea, SA1 8EN

Places to Visit in Swansea

• Places to visit in Swansea
• Gower Peninsula, Area of Outstanding Beauty
• Gower Coast Path

Transportation, local Information, etc.

Travel to Swansea Bay

Webpages

• Swansea University Location

Maps

• Google Map Bay Campus
• Google map search Heathrow Terminal 2&3 to Bay Campus by public transport
• Bay Campus Map (pdf).

Taxis

• Google search Taxi Swansea
• Licensed Private Hire Swansea
• Yellow Cabs
• Data Cabs
• Oyster cabs
• Uber Swansea

Buses

• Bus Planner Traveline Cymru
• Information Public Transport Swansea University

Train

• By train you will arrive usually at Swansea High Street Station.
  • There are some bus services from Swansea Station, but often it is more convenient to take taxi to your hotel or Bay Campus.
  • There is a taxi stand at the right exit of the station (when coming from the trains).
  • Or you need to walk to Fabian way and take a bus from there.
  • National Rail Journey Planner
  • Great Western Railway (mainline trains from London)
  • Transport for Wales Regional and local trains in Wales.
  • Full tickets from London or Heathrow are very expensive, you might try to use Saver tickets, Super Saver Ticket (only available off peak) or advance tickets (book online).

Coach

• Main coach companies: Megabus, National Express, or Flixbus.
• Some Coaches stop at the Bay Campus directly
  • Only recommended if you want to go directly to Bay Campus.
• The main coach stop is Swansea Bus Station
  • There are good bus connections from Swansea Bus Station to Bay Campus.
  • There is no taxi stand at Swansea Bus Station, you need to order a taxi.

Restaurants

• Selected Restaurants in Swansea

International Travel

• Please note that most visitors from the EU will need a passport to enter the UK (National Identity cards are in most cases no longer valid for entry to the UK).
• For more information, please refer to the UK government website on UK entry rules.
• Please note that EU, EEA or Swiss citizens need to obtain an Electronic Travel Authorisation prior to entering the UK. For more information, please visit this guidance for visiting the UK as an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen.

General

• Airports
  • Cardiff Airport is closest, but please check transport to/from it especially for early morning and late night arrivals/departures.
    • You can plan your journey directly using Google maps.
    • There is a shuttle bus to Rhoose Cardiff Airport station (Shuttle bus timetable) with trains to Bridgend where you can change for mainline trains to Swansea Station (Journey planner rail).
    • There is as well a bus to Cardiff Central (Bus timetable(pdf)) from which you can take the train to Swansea (please check an online map such as Google maps for how to get from the bus stop to Cardiff Central; Journey planner rail).
  • Bristol Airport second closest airport (check transport for early morning and late night flights).
    • You can plan your journey directly using Google maps.
    • You need to take the bus to Bristol Temple Meads (Timetable Bus) and then the train to Swansea (Journey planner rail), usually with change at Cardiff Central.
    • There is a direct coach from Bristol Airport to Swansea which stops as well at the Bay Campus - Coach trips from Bristol Airport to Swansea.
    • Alternatively there are coaches - take bus from Bristol Airport to Bristol Bus Station (Timetable Bus) and from there switch to Coaches (Megabus, National Express, or Flixbus) to Swansea.
  • Heathrow Airport is probably most commonly used airport from Swansea.
    • You can plan your journey directly using Google maps.
    • For trains you can take
      • Elizabeth line to Hayes & Harlington, then change for the Elizabeth line to Reading, and then take the mainline trains to Swansea. To see this option (Anton Setzer's preferred option) you need to choose on the Train journey planner (Journey planner rail) the option "avoiding London" (go for advanced search and look for "Route via/avoid" and then avoid London).
      • More expensive, and sometimes a little bit faster, although in many cases you save only a few minutes: Heathrow Express to London Paddington and then (usually direct) train to Swansea (Journey planner rail).
      • Cheaper: Use National Express, Megabus, or Flixbus to Swansea.
  • Gatwick Airport (a bit longer journey but still well connected)
    • You can plan your journey directly using Google maps.
    • You can take train either via London or (usually cheaper and less stressful) a train which goes to Reading and from there change to Swansea (National Rail Journey Planner; for getting connection avoiding London use advanced search and choose "Route via/avoid" and then avoid London).
    • You can take as well National Express, Megabus, or Flixbus to Swansea. (Possibly directly from Gatwick Airport to Swansea - this is quite a long journey, but usually much cheaper).
  • Other London Airport (Stansted, Luton, London City Airport, London Southend Airport)
    • You can plan your journey directly using Google maps.
    • Usually need to go from there to London.
    • Typically quite a long journey (but you might get some cheaper tickets).
    • From Stansted there are direct coaches to Heathrow where you can change for coaches to Swansea.
  • Swansea Airport is only usable for private planes at the moment (we had visitors coming that way).

Train to London Eurostar, Rail Europe

You can experiment with train to Calais, ferry to Dover, and other ferries from the Continent to Britain.

Ferry to Portsmouth from north of France (e.g. Caen, St Malo, Cherbourg, Le Havre)

• Reasonably good train connection from Portsmouth via Cardiff to Swansea.

Coaches to London

• Flixbus
• National Express
• Bus services between London and the rest of Europe