Thank you NHS and Keyworkers

This gallery celebrates the extraordinary efforts of NHS staff and keyworkers during the pandemic - a straightforward tribute that pulls no punches about what those months demanded of people. You'll find artwork, installations, and visitor contributions that document the reality of frontline work: the exhaustion, the solidarity, the small acts of defiance that kept people going.

It's intimate rather than grand. The work on display tends toward the honest - photographs, personal testimony, sketches made during shifts - rather than polished museum pieces. There's something affecting about standing in a room where people have genuinely tried to capture what they lived through.

Historians and anyone curious about how communities processed the pandemic will find it worthwhile. Families with older children who understand what happened during lockdown might gain something from it too, though this isn't designed to entertain. It's reflective space.

The gallery sits close enough to Swansea that you could combine it with a coastal break at one of the nearby parks - Gateway Resort or South Wales Touring Park are both under four miles away, making it easy to drop in without a major detour. Allow an hour, longer if the work resonates with you. Opening hours and admission details aren't widely advertised, so ring ahead before travelling. It's the sort of place that operates quietly, without fanfare, which somehow feels right.