International@CampusLife welcomes you to join us on our GO! Trip: Barry Island.

Please note this event is for students currently enrolled at Swansea University (and their friends/family) and is not open for bookings from the general public. A valid Swansea University Student Number will be required on booking.

Date: Tuesday July 22nd, 2025

Time: Departing Fulton House at 9am with pick-ups at Parc Tawe – City Centre for location Click here at 9:15am and Bay Campus – on campus bus-stops - at 9:30am.

The journey takes approximately 90 minutes - so we are aiming to get to Barry Island by 11am.

We’ll leave Barry Island at 3pm, so we expect be back in Swansea by 5pm*

Description:

What's not to love about bustling Barry? A golden beach, funky shops and restaurants, the pleasure park, leafy gardens and a gaggle of interesting museums and attractions mean it's far more than just a backdrop to the television show Gavin and Stacey. Barry Island's Whitmore Bay, with its huge, sandy and gently sloping beach is the perfect day at the seaside. Build sandcastles, go rock-pooling, or paddling or splashing in the waves. Play crazy golf or hire a colourful beach hut. The pleasure park and amusements,and the gardens and promenade, all offer bags of fun and excitement.

Find out more about Barry Island here: Click here: 

We are also hosting a Meet up Mixer, for anyone who wants to make plans beforehand! 

We hope to see you there! 

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Important Information:

COVID-19: You must not attend this event if you have tested positive for COVID-19 within the last 7 days, have been a close contact of another person with a confirmed case of COVID-19 within the last 7 days, have been advised to self-isolate, or are experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19. Should you want a refund, please send us proof of positive test or that you have been advised too self-isolate. 

Additional Information:

*Arrival Time Information - please note arrival times both to the destination and on return to Swansea are approximate and may be subject to change depending on unforeseen circumstances beyond our control including, but not limited to, diversions due to accidents / road closures, technical and operational issues among others. The driver will do their best to keep you updated. We always recommend carrying a Power Bank with you as we cannot guarantee that coaches will have power supplies for passenger use.

Refund policy: Refunds for tickets cannot be given after the date of the event if you fail to attend for any reason. If you require a refund, you must email gosocial@swansea.ac.uk at least 48 hours before the trip departs. Any refunds will not include the booking charge, this will be lost - apologies for any inconvenience caused. We will make an exception to this policy if you are not attending due to COVID isolation or positive test, please email proof of this.

Late Arrival: In some limited cases we may be able to delay departure by a few minutes, but this is never guaranteed. If calls to trip leaders are very close to or after the advertised departure time, there may not be sufficient notice to do anything due to the trip leaders co-ordinating the imminent departure of the coach.

Conduct & Safety: You are responsible for your own behaviour and time keeping. Please take reasonable care of your own and other people's health and safety. Please ensure that you familiarise yourself with safety information and safety instructions on board transport and at any location you visit. If you have any concerns, please raise these to the Trip Leader. In the event of an emergency situation, please ensure you contact the emergency services on 999.

Accessibility: This trip requires boarding / disembarkation of the coach. The entire ground floor of the site is wheelchair friendly. FIND SPECIFIC ACCESSIBILITY INFO Here . Please be sure to check accessibility with any location you plan to visit before you travel! If you have any concerns or queries regarding the suitability of this event, or have any specific accessibility requirements, please contact gosocial@swansea.ac.uk as soon as possible. We will do our best to assist, however we cannot guarantee all requirements can be met.

Children: Children (aged 3 and over) are welcome on this trip and must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Children must occupy their own seat on the coach and must not be seated on another passenger’s lap. Children under 3 years of age will not be allowed to board the coach. Please be advised that child safety and well-being is the responsibility of their accompanying adult at all times – CampusLife and its partners accept no responsibility for children attending.

Data Protection: International@CampusLife will use the information you provide for attendance and safety purposes. We will use your data to produce internal statistics but will not share it with third parties or use it for marketing purposes. Your information will be provided to our trip leader on the day of the trip for the purpose of attendance monitoring and emergency situations. The information will be kept confidential and passed back to ICL and destroyed on return from the trip, Native’s policies can be found on their website.

Photos: We will be taking photos throughout the event which we will use to promote future activities in the form of leaflets, social media posts, digital screens and on our website. If you would not like to be included, then please tell us on the day of the event. If you see yourself in any pictures and would like to be removed, please email us at gosocial@swansea.ac.uk and we will make sure that any photos of you are deleted.