Conference facilities, a visitor centre and incubation units for start-up digital businesses are among plans for Swansea’s Hafod Morfa Copperworks site on the banks of the River Tawe in south Wales. The 12.5 acre site was once the centre of Swansea's copper industry until production stopped finally in 1980.

The site now contains twelve internationally significant industrial heritage buildings and structures.Regeneration work on the site has started as part of a project led by Swansea University and Swansea Council with the support of the Welsh Government. Plans for the site also include a living history laboratory, a new urban square, a brewery, restaurants and the restoration of historic engine sheds for education purposes.

Swansea Council and Swansea University are about to sign a 15-year agreement to further preserve and promote the site.

Details: www.welshcopper.org.uk