Information concerning Travel and Accommodation for presenters


The conference will be taking place at the Wallace Lecture Theatre, Wallace Building, Department of Geography, Swansea University, Singleton Campus, SA2 8PP Swansea on the 24 & 25 May 2022.



Hotel:

You will be staying at: Travelodge Swansea Central, 1 Princes Way, SA1 3LQ

23-26 May 2022

Your room and breakfast as well as WIFI have already been paid but you will need to pay yourself for any extras.



Event:

Registration for the event will be from 9am (Tea and Coffee available) on Tuesday 24th May 2022 with a 9.30am start.

If you wish to log on to the Visitors Wi-Fi, please use the following link - https://swanseauni-wifi.swan.ac.uk/visitors.php



Drinks and Dinner:

In order to great the attendees arriving from abroad, we will have a voluntary welcoming drink session from 18.00 onwards at the 23 May 2022 at the Grape & Olive bar and restaurant at the top of the Meridian Tower (The Tower, Trawler Rd, Maritime Quarter, Swansea SA1 1JW), to which people are invited to arrive to at any time with regards to their own arrival in Swansea.

The official conference dinner will take place on the 24th of May 2022 at 7pm at Founders & Co (24 Wind St, Swansea SA1 1DY).

After the last panel and presentation of the conference, we will have a leaving drink session in the evening of the 25th of May 2022 at 7pm at the No Sign Wine Bar (56 Wind St, Swansea SA1 1EG)- an old favourite bar of poet Dylan Thomas in the city centre of Swansea.



Expenses:

To claim your expenses for travel etc., please complete the claimant form that has been circulated via email and return to: 996082@swansea.ac.uk or franz.bernhardt@swansea.ac.uk

Receipts are to be attached as practical. Payments will be made into claimant's accounts directly. All expenses need to be returned by 31st May 2022.



Transport:


If you need to book a taxi for you return journeys, please find local taxi numbers below:

Yellow Cabs - 01792 644446

ABBA Cabs - 01792 475200

SA1 Cabs - 01792 209925

 

Transport from Swansea train station to Travelodge Hotel

 

 

 

Transport to Swansea University:

By foot – 30 to 40 minutes by the seaside/coastal path.

  

 

By Bus – 20 to 30 minutes – From Sainsbury’s (n°9) or from the Swansea Bus Station (n° 4, 4A, 14, 2A, 3A) – Both stations are 5 minutes away (walking distance) from the Hotel.

N° 9 is running every 30 minutes Mondays to Saturdays. N°4, 4A every 15 minutes More information: https://www.firstbus.co.uk/south-west-wales/routes-and-maps/swansea-university