Thanks to Owen&Mark for the original hide & permission to bring the series back up to its original six hides. Wherever possible please always stay on existing paths to reduce damage to the plants and wildlife living in this area. Camping, off-road vehicles and fires are strictly prohibited in this area. Dogs are welcome, but if you have one, please keep them leashed to protect the wildlife & take care to clean up after them.
This cache is a great one for beginners: easy to access and with a bit of swag to trade that's more oriented to kids and it is large enough for a trackable.
Fun facts about Swansea University Bay Campus:
- The campus resides within the boundaries of Coedffranc, Skewen rather than Swansea as implied by the name.
- Bay Campus started development in 2012, opening to the public in 2015. It was originally home to just the College of Engineering and the School of Management, but this was extended to the College of Science's departments of Computer Science and Mathematics when the Computational Foundry was completed in 2018.
- The University's foundation stone was laid by King George V on 19 July 1920.
- The Swansea School of Law is the largest law school in Wales and ranks third in the UK for criminology and twenty-second in the UK for law.
- Engineering has been studied at Swansea University since its very beginning in 1920; nowadays it has 5 engineering buildings, holding 30,000m2 of laboratory and office space and over £10 million of research and teaching equipment.
- One of the institution’s greatest achievements last year was “Welsh University of the Year” title, awarded by The Sunday Times Good University Guide.
This geocache has been authorised by Ben Samson, the biodiversity officer of Swansea University. If you too would like to place a geocache within the Crymlyn Burrows, please contact wildlife@swansea.ac.uk for further information and guidance. Unfortunately I did not find this one before it was archived, but I've placed with the intention of it being quite easy to find.