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Monday - Saturday: 8:30 — 16:00, Sunday: Closed
  • Home
  • COVID-19 Update
    • Deliveries
  • Improvements Plan
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    • Bakery & Confectionery
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      • Arlene’s Slush Bar
      • Davies of Mumbles
      • Good News Swansea
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      • Norfolk Bakery
      • T.C Jones Confectionery
    • Butchery
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      • Hugh Phillips Gower Butchers
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      • Capnoco
      • Card Collection
      • Christian Bookshop
      • Cim’s Creations
      • N.B Books
      • Something Different
      • Swansea Bay Records
      • The Welsh Stall
      • Warringtons
    • Clothing, Footwear and Leather Goods
      • The Baby Room
      • Kandy’s Tailoring
      • Rock-A-Bye
      • Seema Fashions
      • Sew It Seams
      • Sew4Sure
      • Sian’s Fashions (Ladieswear)
      • Sian’s Fashions (Menswear)
      • Socks Up
    • Delicatessen & Health Foods
      • Abrahams and Family
      • A.J.Meats
      • Brontosaurus
      • Country Quality Meats
      • DE Richards and Sons
      • Deli Cymreig
      • Healthworld
      • Mair Harries Welsh Produce
      • The Thai Shop
    • Electrical Tools & Spares
      • Console Action
      • Mike-O-Soft
      • Market Spares
      • The Phone Doctor
      • Quartztime
      • Tom Whitehouse Ltd
    • Fish & Seafood
      • Coakley-Greene
      • The Market Plaice
      • Tuckers Fish
      • Cockle Rotunda: C.Watts
      • Cockle Rotunda: M.Swistun
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      • The Choice is Yours
      • City Flowers
      • Get Fresh
      • Plant More Plants
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      • Nick Jones
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      • High Street Antiques
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      • Don’s Jewellery Service
      • Forever Gold
      • Gold Reserve
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      • Lethbridge Handbags
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      • Cafe Janet
      • Country Kitchen
      • Donut Den
      • El Mercado
      • The Falafel Stall
      • Greedy Fellas
      • Iokasti’s Kitchen
      • Little Tokyo
      • The Lunchbox
      • The Market Pantry
      • Storm in a Teacup
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    • The Cockle Industry
  • What’s On
    • Celebrating 50 years of Swansea as a city
      • Adrian Coakley-Greene
      • Catherine Butler
      • Charlotte Berry
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The Modern Market (1961 – Present Day)

A new market was needed and in 1959 a foundation stone was laid marking the construction of the modern market that we have in place today, designed by Sir Percy Thomas and Son.

Sir Percy Thomas, of Sir Percy Thomas and Son designer of the current Market, was also the architect for Swansea’s Guildhall.

It cost £1.25 million to build and officially opened in 1961.

During the construction of the current Market, stalls moved onto pitches where Primark and the Quadrant now stand, harking back to the market’s outdoor roots.

This Market was very different from its predecessors, mixing the past and the present, a marketplace of Swansea’s roots filled with traditional trades and crafts surrounded by contemporary retail giants. The Market still thrives today, the jewel of the City Centre, embedded in Swansea’s heritage.

Today’s Market has a double-aluminium skin keeping it cool in the summer and warm in the winter.

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