Welcome to a Swansea Bay website

It’s always good to welcome a new Swansea Bay website – even more so when its subject matter is as iconic as Mumbles Pier.

This month’s devastating blaze at Hastings Pier illustrated how fragile the UK’s grip on our complex social history can be.

So web users should be encouraged to take the charabanc on a glorious day trip to http://www.mumblespierdevelopment.com/. Well, bookmark it at least.

Redevelopment

The Mumbles Pier and Foreshore development is a £39m privately-funded redevelopment project conceived by pier owners Ameco.

Plans include a hotel, apartments, restaurants, leisure complex and the Victorian pier’s restoration complete with new lifeboat house.

Difficult times need private enterprise solutions to boost tourism and economic regeneration – and this fits the bill nicely.

Insight

The website aims to deliver an insight into plans to restore the pier.

Its creators write: “We hope you share our passion for this iconic part of Swansea’s heritage. More importantly, we want to tell you about the vision of how this famous landmark can be the key factor in creating a modern regional visitor and tourist destination.

“As well as providing you with news and background, we hope to answer your questions about the restoration project, how it is to be funded through a redevelopment scheme and how it will benefit Swansea, Mumbles and Gower.

“There’s no question that the pier holds a special place for many generations of residents and visitors.

“It’s full of memories and a little bit of magic that stays with us from childhood. It’s somewhere that you can sit and never tire of the sweeping views of Swansea Bay. It’s a piece of our past that deserves a future.”

June 17's Swansea Bay Media Highlights

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For all those interested in & working in the Swansea Bay media
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Print Western Mail Click
News - The BBC is facing an onslaught of criticism amid claims its commitment to Wales is being downgraded. The Assembly Government, Institute of Welsh Affairs and Ofcom Wales Advisory Group have had their say.
Commercial – Sales growth has stuttered at supermarket Sainsbury's, although its trade in World Cup-style vuvuzela horns has been good.
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Broadcast The Wave Click
News - Mumbles Pier is to get a multi-million pound facelift featuring a new hotel, cafes, restaurant and RNLI base. Click
Competition - To The Sea is the new album from Jack Johnson and all this week The Wave is offering the chance to win the trip for two to see him live next month in New York City. Click
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Online Radio Tircoed 106.5fm Click
Events - A fine what's on section includes Wales Book of the Year nominee Terri Wiltshire at Pontarddulais Library (June 21), blood donor sessions in Waunarlwydd, Neath, Uplands and Port Talbot, The Canterbury Tales at the Dylan Thomas Theatre (to June 19) and workshops for the Pennard Carnival Choir (from June 22). Good luck to all. Click
Commercial – Enterprises in the advertiser's directory include Alexandria Training, Andy's Aerials, the Brinjal diner and British Gas. Click
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