Wales Airshow road closures announced

The free-entry event is due to take place on 1 and 2 July with a series of world-class aerial displays over Swansea Bay.

Whilst many people will travel to the event by car, organisers Swansea Council are encouraging visitors to walk, cycle or take the train or bus to the event with Airshow travel partners GWR and First Cymru.

Temporary road changes for the 2023 show are the same as those that were in place for last summer’s highly successful event.

They will include seafront sections of Oystermouth Road and Mumbles Road, a number of roads in Sandfields plus Pantycelyn Road, Townhill. Diversions will be signposted.

Swansea Prom, from the Civic Centre to Sketty Lane, will be not be accessible to cyclists from 7am June 29 to 11pm July 4.

Emergency access will be maintained at all times and access to the Marina, Singleton Hospital and Swansea University will remain. Other directly affected businesses and organisations have been notified.

Safety for all remains a key priority on what will be a busy weekend in the city. Arrangements are in place for spectator parking and access, with facilities such as park and ride in place.

Council cabinet member Robert Francis-Davies said: “As in previous years, we’re looking forward to welcoming many thousands of people to Swansea to enjoy the airshow – Wales’ biggest free-entry family event.

“Safety is paramount and we thank local motorists, residents and businesses for their understanding that some temporary changes have to be made to key roads in and around the event area in order to ensure this.

“We’re announcing the details of the temporary road changes now, in order to give people time to plan ahead for this major event. I ask people to familiarise themselves with these changes in preparation.

“The airshow is hugely important to the city and, as for all major events of this scale, some disruption to the normal day-to-day routine activity is inevitable. We thank everybody in advance for their cooperation and understanding.”

This year’s airshow will feature ground displays, including a replica Typhoon, live music, fun fair, Red Arrows simulator and the Motor Zone, and the spectacular air displays.

Amongst the displays set to return this year are the ever popular Red Arrows – in a display supported by DS Automobiles at FRF Motors Swansea, an RAF Typhoon, Team Raven and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. 

Road Closures

From noon Friday June 30

• Oystermouth Road / Mumbles Road will be closed in a westbound direction only – from the junction of West Way to Brynmill Lane. There will be no access from or to the eastbound carriageway of Oystermouth Road at the junctions with Bond Street, Beach Street and St Helen’s Road (junction nearest the Bay View Bar & Thai Restaurant) during these times
• Access to the Marina will be maintained via Dunvant Place.

Then from 5am Saturday July 1 to 5am Monday July 3

• Oystermouth Road / Mumbles Road will be closed in both directions from the junction of West Way to Sketty Lane and diversions will be in place and signposted.
• Access to the Marina will be maintained via Dunvant Place.
• Access to Argyle Street will be maintained using a diversion via the Civic Centre.
• Pantycelyn Road will be closed (between Dyfed Avenue and Townhill Road) from 8am-7pm on the Saturday and Sunday
• Access to Swansea University & Brynmill Lane to be maintained via Sketty Lane

(All images: Swansea Council)