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Wales Shopping
Swansea is the regional shopping centre for South West Wales offering a superb range of shops seven days a week. Specialist independent retailers, a bustling market, under cover shopping and top name chain stores combine to provide a diverse mix of shops to suit all tastes.
The Quadrant
Situated in the heart of Swansea, the Quadrant offers the complete shopping experience from traditional fare and fine jewellery to the very best in fashion and retail names. The Quadrant provides convenience and choice no matter what the weather, all under one glass roof.
Your favourite stores, convenient adjacent multi-storey car-parking and direct links tot he bus station and renowned Swansea Market make the Quadrant a shopping experience the whole family can enjoy in pleasant and relaxing surroundings.
For hungry mouths, the Quadrant’s Gallery Cafe, which is situated on a mezzanine floor overlooking the hustle and bussle of the shops below, along with the cafe's in Boots and Debenhams offers a wide range of food and drink. Fancy something sweet? Treat yourself to everyone's favourite ice-cream at the kiosk.
In addition to all of this, the Quadrant offers direct access multi-storey car-parking, disabled access, cash points, public telephones, public toilets including disabled, lift, and a non-smoking environment.
Oxford Street
Prominently situated at the heart of the City Centre, Oxford Street is one of the main shopping areas in Swansea attracting over 50,000 visitors a week.
t provides an excellent combination of high street names including Bhs, Marks & Spencer, Waterstones, Monsoon, H Samuel, Gap, Woolworths and Burton's, as well as Next, Topshop, River Island and Ravel. Oxford Street is a popular area for street entertainment, busking and special promotions. As a key access route into Swansea Market, the Quadrant Bus Station and the arcades, it also provides a direct route to Castle Square, popular with residents and visitors at lunchtime and a venue for outdoor events during Summer.
Swansea Market
Shop under cover in Swansea Market and you are following an almost millennium old tradition. Although the contemporary building was officially opened in1961, markets have had a presence in the city for hundreds of years with the first development of a covered market occurring in 1652. Over the years, the Market, which at its peak in the 1920’s boasted 670 stalls, has been reconstructed after the Second World War into what you find today.
And that means a bustling, vibrant, city centre marketplace, hugely popular with visitors and residents alike. The diversity of its products means that almost anything can be found under its great glass roof. Of particular note is the abundance of local Gower produce including fresh fish, vegetables, fruit and meat.
Cheese lovers won't be disappointed with the variety of cheeses including many Welsh specialities. Handy snacks such as spinach fritters, fresh olives and continental sausages are also available. Health conscious shoppers can also pick up bags of dried fruit, nuts and organic produce. Welsh cakes, cooked on the griddle, are a must for a sweet treat enjoyed as you walk or with tea, at one of the friendly cafes in the Market.
Away from food and drink, the Market also sells practical items such as mobile phones, computers and electrical goods as well as luxuries such as perfumes, lingerie, jewellery and hair accessories. Visitors to the city are encouraged to browse around some of the Welsh souvenir and craft stalls; if making a purchase, wrapping paper and cards can be bought in the Market as well.
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