Look local: Swansea

Located on the South Wales coast, Swansea is further west than Cardiff and Newport, commanding its own space and creating its own culture from the other big Welsh cities.

Henry Evans, dispensing optician at Stephen Evans Optometrists, says Swansea is a ‘really nice and vibrant area to live and work in’. Henry, who has lived in Swansea his entire life and is the son of the eponymous Stephen Evans, has noticed a change in patient demographics over the years. He says, ‘we used to get older patients, your typical over 60s, but since more businesses have been coming to the city, the age of our customers has also come down’.