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Retail property to let in Swansea, from high-street shops and boutique units to larger commercial spaces ideal for cafés, service businesses, and established retail brands.

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More details for 7 Saint Helen's Rd, Swansea - Retail to Rent

7 Saint Helen's Rd

Swansea, SA1 4AN

  • Retail to Let
  • £20,000 pa
  • 1,463 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now
  • Display Window
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Swansea Retail to Rent

Situated on the well-established St Helen’s Road, the premises occupies a prominent position within one of Swansea’s busiest commercial thoroughfares. The area is renowned for its diverse mix of restaurants, cafés, takeaways, convenience stores and independent retailers, together with a number of professional and national operators. St Helen’s Road benefits from high levels of passing vehicular traffic and pedestrian footfall, serving as a key route between Swansea City Centre, Uplands and the surrounding residential and student districts. The location is particularly popular with the city’s thriving food and beverage sector and enjoys a strong local customer base throughout the day and evening.

Contact:

Dawsons

Date on Market:

27/05/2026
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More details for 477 Llangyfelach Rd, Swansea - Retail to Rent

477 Llangyfelach Rd

Swansea, SA5 9LR

  • Retail to Let
  • £6,000 pa
  • 264 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now

Swansea Retail to Rent

Briefly comprising a ground floor A1 commercial premises. The premises is currently being used as a popular Beauticians. The ground floor comprises a Beauty Suite to the front and WC facility to the rear. Situated on Llangyfelach Road, Brynhyfryd, this property benefits from high levels of visibility and is serviced by regular levels of public transport and good transportation links. Neighbouring occupiers include various local covenants as well as national covenants and comprise hair salons, food establishments, and retail businesses.

Contact:

Dawsons

Date on Market:

30/03/2026
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More details for 215-215A Oxford St, Swansea - Retail to Rent

215-215A Oxford St

Swansea, SA1 3BG

  • Retail to Let
  • £7,500 pa
  • 142 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now

Swansea Retail to Rent

The property comprises of a ground floor retail premises, and shares an entrance with the neighbouring hair salon. The property was previously used as a popular sandwich shop, and benefits from good security measures with roller shutters to the shared entrance and to the front window. Situated on the busy Oxford Street, next to Picton Arcade, this premises is conveniently situated and benefits from high levels of footfall. There is a public car park directly opposite and pay and display parking on street, which also provides a high level of footfall. The premises is approximately a 2 minute walk from the bus station.

Contact:

Dawsons

Date on Market:

12/02/2026
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More details for 866 Carmarthen Rd, Swansea - Retail to Rent

866 Carmarthen Rd

Swansea, SA5 8HR

  • Retail to Let
  • £12,500 pa
  • 505 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now

Swansea Retail to Rent

Briefly comprising a ground floor retail space, previously used as a popular Diner/Café. It comprises of an open plan showroom area, three separated rooms, with WC facilities to the rear. The premises has had planning approved for A3 business use, so would be ideal for a takeaway. This end terrace property is situated on Carmarthen Road, Fforestfach. Occupying a prominent kerbside trading position, the premises is close to Fforestfach Retail Park and is circa 15 minutes from Swansea City Centre.

Contact:

Dawsons

Date on Market:

12/02/2026
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More details for 17 St. Mary St, Swansea - Retail to Rent

17 St. Mary St

Swansea, SA1 3LH

  • Retail to Let
  • £25,000 pa
  • 676 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now
  • Restaurant

Swansea Retail to Rent

Currently occupied by an award-winning restaurant based in Swansea that specialises in seafood, offering the finest local ingredients. Briefly comprising a ground and first floor A3 premises. The ground floor comprises of a seating area to the front and middle, with a fully functioning bar and kitchen area to the rear. The first floor comprises of ancillary storage and WC facilities. Situated in a popular location just off Wind Street, this premises occupies a prominent kerbside trading position. This area of Swansea City Centre is very popular and benefits from other restaurants, drinking establishments and cafes etc. The premises is circa 10 minutes from the Quadrant bus station and is located close to all of the Cities amenities.

Contact:

Dawsons

Date on Market:

01/12/2025
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More details for Clyne Common, Swansea - Retail to Rent

Willow Court - Clyne Common

Swansea, SA3 3JB

  • Retail to Let
  • £5,500 pa
  • 100 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now
  • Air Conditioning
  • Smoke Detector

Swansea Retail to Rent

Situated on Clyne common in Bishopston, this premises lies at the Gateway to the Gower Peninsula which is a short distance from Swansea City Centre. Bishopston is a charming and affluent village known for its proximity to beautiful Gower beaches and countryside. Bishopston is predominantly residential with a few commercial facilities around the village.

Contact:

Dawsons

Date on Market:

06/11/2024
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More details for 293 Llangyfelach Rd, Swansea - Retail to Rent

293 Llangyfelach Rd

Swansea, SA5 9LG

  • Retail to Let
  • £19,500 pa
  • 1,001 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now
  • Kitchen

Swansea Retail to Rent

Situated on Llangyfelach Road, Brynhyfryd, this property benefits from high levels of visibility and is serviced by regular levels of public transport and good transportation links. Neighbouring occupiers include various local covenants as well as national covenants and comprise hair salons, food establishments, and retail businesses.

Contact:

Dawsons

Date on Market:

01/11/2023
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More details for Oxford St, Swansea - Retail to Rent

Picton Arcade - Oxford St

Swansea, SA1 3BE

  • Retail to Let
  • £9,000 - £16,000 pa
  • 703 - 3,583 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now
  • Security System
  • 24 Hour Access

Swansea Retail to Rent

Situated within Picton Arcade, this premises occupies a prominent trading position within the City Centre of Swansea. Neighbours include both local and national covenants and range from cafes, to hair salons. Picton Arcade is popular with niche businesses and generally attracts boutiques.

Contact:

Dawsons

Date on Market:

15/04/2026
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More details for 238-239 Oxford St, Swansea - Retail to Rent

238-239 Oxford St

Swansea, SA1 3BL

  • Retail to Let
  • £7,200 - £36,000 pa
  • 11,545 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now
  • Air Conditioning
  • Raised Floor
  • Security System
  • 24 Hour Access
  • CCTV (Closed Circuit Television Monitoring)
  • Kitchen
  • Restaurant

Swansea Retail to Rent

The property comprises a building of reinforced concrete frame construction, arranged over four floors and providing retail accommodation with ancillary space throughout. The property is located within the unpedestrianised section of Oxford Street, close to the junction with Plymouth Street. Swansea Railway Station is within close proximity.

Contact:

Ascent Real Properties Limited

Date on Market:

28/10/2022
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More details for Wind St, Swansea - Retail to Rent

The City Gates - Wind St

Swansea, SA1 3LZ

  • Retail to Let
  • 4,110 - 27,319 sq ft
  • 3 Units Available Now
  • Security System
  • Commuter Rail

Swansea Retail to Rent

The units are located in the highly successful City Gates leisure scheme which provides an impressive range of leisure activities including a 12 screen Vue multiplex cinema, Superbowl, a 116 bedroom Premier Inn and a selection of restaurants including TGI's, Nando's, and Smoke Haus, along with Fiction Cocktail Bar and Nightclub. The scheme benefits from its own multi-storey car park providing 255 spaces. The units are available in flexible sizes ranging from 1,895 sqft (176 sqm) to 9,504 sqft (883 sqm). The City Gates is seeking new and exciting operators to ensure a fresh and exhilarating leisure experience is maintained. The owners have recently completed works including the pedestrianisation of Little Wind Street and overhead lighting to dramatically improve the street scene for customers and diners. The scheme occupies an enviable city centre position in Swansea; the cultural, educational, and business centre of South West Wales. City Gates is ideally located within easy walking distance to the town’s main retail pitch, the National Waterfront Museum, and LC2 (a multi-faceted leisure centre including an indoor waterpark and flow rider surf wave). Opening late 2021, with a capacity of 3500 and representing a £135 million investment by Swansea Council.

Contacts:

E J Hales

Savills

Date on Market:

09/04/2021
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More details for 20 Sterry Rd, Swansea - Retail to Rent

20 Sterry Rd

Swansea, SA4 3BR

  • Retail to Let
  • £12,000 pa
  • 437 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now
  • Security System
  • Smoke Detector

Swansea Retail to Rent

The property is situated on Sterry Road within the established village of Gowerton, approximately 4 miles west of Swansea City Centre. Gowerton serves as a popular residential suburb and benefits from a range of local amenities, including convenience retailing, educational facilities and public transport services. The property occupies a prominent position fronting Sterry Road, one of the village's principal thoroughfares, benefiting from good levels of passing vehicular traffic and local pedestrian movement. The location enjoys convenient access to the A484, providing direct links to Swansea City Centre, Llanelli and Junction 47 of the M4 Motorway.

Contact:

Astley Chartered Surveyors

Date on Market:

18/06/2026
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More details for 5-8 High St, Swansea - Retail to Rent

5-8 High St

Swansea, SA1 1LE

  • Retail to Let
  • £20,000 pa
  • 1,211 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now
  • Energy Performance: E
  • Display Window

Swansea Retail to Rent

8 High Street, Swansea comprises a three-storey terraced retail property arranged over ground, first and second floors. The building is positioned on Swansea’s main High Street, benefitting from strong footfall and excellent connectivity, including a short walk to the mainline train station and surrounding city-centre amenities.

Contact:

Hunt and Thorne

Property Type:

Office

Date on Market:

04/06/2026
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More details for 4 Alexandra Rd, Swansea - Retail to Rent

4 Alexandra Rd

Swansea, SA4 4NW

  • Retail to Let
  • £17,500 pa
  • 4,286 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now

Swansea Retail to Rent

A mid-terrace three-storey retail premises benefitting from a prominent ground floor sales area together with additional retail accommodation to the first floor, accessed via a central stairwell. The property provides generous ancillary and storage accommodation across the ground, first and second floors, in additionto staff kitchen and WC facilities. Externally, the premises benefits from rear access via an unnamed service laneleading to a small open parking area.

Contact:

Hunt and Thorne

Date on Market:

03/06/2026
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More details for 54-56 Uplands Crescent, Swansea - Retail to Rent

54-56 Uplands Crescent

Swansea, SA2 0PG

  • Retail to Let
  • £16,000 pa
  • 541 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now
  • Energy Performance: C
  • Security System
  • Smoke Detector

Swansea Retail to Rent

The property is a ground floor retail unit situated in the heart of the Uplands district of Swansea, approximately one mile from the city centre. It forms part of a busy and well-established shopping parade serving a large surrounding residential population, with strong passing trade throughout the day.

Contact:

Astley Chartered Surveyors

Date on Market:

25/05/2026
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More details for Samlet Rd, Swansea - Retail to Rent

Samlet Shopping Centre - Samlet Rd

Swansea, SA7 9AG

  • Retail to Let
  • £57,500 pa
  • 6,389 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now
  • Energy Performance: C

Swansea Retail to Rent

The property comprises of the main feature front showroom of Samlet Retail Park. The building is of standard steel frame construction, clad to alloy sheeting to the roof and feature glazed elevations. A feature forecourt car parking exists to the front of the property, facing Samlet Road, with a separate loading entrance to the righthand side of the building. The property is prominently located fronting Samlet Road, which is a popular retail / trade centre destination, located in between Swansea Enterprise Park. The park is located to the north of Swansea City centre, with J44 and 45 of the M4 motorway, being located within 2 miles from the premises. Prominent occupiers within the immediate area include Halfords Auto Centre, Pirtek, Machine Mart, Selco Builders Merchants, Motorpoint Swansea, Brandon Hire and Aldi.

Contact:

Hunt and Thorne

Date on Market:

18/05/2026
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More details for 23 Uplands Cres, Swansea - Retail to Rent

23 Uplands Cres

Swansea, SA2 0NY

  • Retail to Let
  • £25,000 pa
  • 1,055 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now
  • Security System
  • 24 Hour Access
  • Wheelchair Accessible
  • Smoke Detector

Swansea Retail to Rent

The subject property comprises a self-contained ground floor retail unit, which was previously occupied for use as a banking premises (Use Class A2), situated within the sough after area and suburb of Uplands, along of the edge of Swansea City Centre. We further advise that the premises has since been granted planning permission for the change of use to accommodate a café, bar or restaurant (A3 Use Class), comprising a more superior shop front incorporating bi-fold windows and a sales entrance, with additional external covers over the front elevation (Planning Ref: 2021/0596/FUL). The main ground floor sales area also benefit from a gross sales depth of 18.47 metres, which is masked slightly by some load bearing walls. The main sales area is also supported by ancillary accommodation to the rear. The unit is currently presented in a shell condition but Landlord's works will be undertaken to satisfy any proposed requirements (subject to contract).

Contact:

Astley Chartered Surveyors

Date on Market:

18/05/2026
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More details for High St, Swansea - Retail to Rent

Calfaria Chapel - High St

Swansea, SA6 5LZ

  • Retail to Let
  • £6,000 pa
  • 3,426 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now

Swansea Retail to Rent - Aber-Clydach

The property is a former, purpose-built chapel building & attached rear vestry building which is Grade II listed. Calfaria Chapel was built in 1868 with an entrance in the gable end and the vestry and side extension added at a later date. The accommodation comprises an entrance vestibule, main congregational hall with fitted pews and a gallery seating area. To the rear of the main hall there is an organ which protrudes into the vestry building. The building benefits from radiators throughout served by a gas boiler. The vestry accommodation comprises an open plan hall area with access to the kitchen, office, WC and access to both sides of the building. The building is heated from the main boiler which serves radiators throughout the vestry. The subject property is located within Clydach, Swansea, Wales. Calfaria Chapel is situated along the main thoroughfare through Clydach, fronting High Street within the popular village of Clydach, approximately 6 miles northeast of Swansea city centre. The immediate area is accessible via the main B4603 (which fronts the subject premises), B4291 and the A4067 carriageway, while the M4 Motorway (J45) is approximately 1.5 miles to the south. The surrounding area is made up of a mix of residential dwellings and commercial properties further along the High Street, the main retail area in Clydach.

Contact:

Glanmor Chartered Surveyors

Property Type:

Specialist

Date on Market:

18/05/2026
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More details for 11 College St, Swansea - Retail to Rent

11 College St

Swansea, SA1 5AF

  • Retail to Let
  • £15,000 pa
  • 1,375 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now
  • Energy Performance: C
  • Energy Performance: E
  • Display Window

Swansea Retail to Rent

Located on College Street in Swansea city centre, the property occupies a well-established commercial thoroughfare with strong footfall. The unit lies within walking distance of the Quadrant Shopping Centre, Swansea Market, bus station, and Swansea train station, with nearby occupiers including national retailers, hotels, and independent businesses.

Contact:

Glanmor Chartered Surveyors

Date on Market:

30/04/2026
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More details for South Quay, Swansea - Retail to Rent

South Quay

Swansea, SA1 8AH

  • Retail to Let
  • £15,000 pa
  • 1,500 sq ft
  • 1 Unit Available Now
  • Energy Performance: C
  • Display Window

Swansea Retail to Rent

Situated within the South Quay development on Swansea Waterfront, this A3 unit forms part of a prestigious mixed-use scheme overlooking the Prince of Wales Dock. The premises provide a highly visible, glass-fronted ground floor space offered in shell condition, ready for a hospitality operator to customise. The surrounding area continues to expand with new residential and student accommodation, offering a strong customer base for food and beverage occupiers.

Contact:

Hunt and Thorne

Date on Market:

01/04/2026
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Frequently Asked Questions About Renting a Shop in Swansea

How many retail properties are currently available in Swansea?
There are currently 44 retail properties available. Sizes range from 100 sq ft to 27,319 sq ft, with an average size of 3,865 sq ft. Whether you're looking for a small high street shop or a larger retail unit, there are a variety of options to explore.
What does it cost to rent a shop in Swansea?
Average asking rents are around £13 per sq ft, although costs vary depending on the property's location, size, condition, visibility, and nearby amenities. Lease terms and local demand can also influence pricing.
What sizes of retail space are available?
Available properties range from 100 sq ft to 27,319 sq ft, with an average size of 3,865 sq ft. This means there are options suitable for everything from independent retailers to larger national brands.
What use class do shops fall under?
Most shops fall within Use Class E, which covers a wide range of commercial uses including retail, cafes, salons, showrooms, and certain professional services. Before signing a lease, it's worth checking that your intended use complies with local planning requirements.
What types of retail property can I rent?
Retail opportunities can include high street shops, shopping centre units, retail park space, corner units, kiosks, and parade shops. Available properties vary in size, frontage, layout, and customer footfall.
What should I look for when choosing a retail property?
Consider factors such as customer footfall, visibility, accessibility, nearby businesses, delivery access, and the suitability of the space for your operation. It's also important to budget for business rates, service charges, and any fit-out work that may be required.
What is included in a typical retail lease?
Lease agreements usually set out the rent, length of term, repair responsibilities, service charges, permitted use, and any break options. Many retail leases are full repairing and insuring (FRI), although terms can vary between properties.
Can I change how a shop is used?
Possibly. Some changes may be permitted within Use Class E, while others may require planning consent. If you're considering a different use, it's best to check with the local planning authority before committing to a property.
Are business rates included in the rent?
Business rates are usually charged separately from rent. Depending on the property's rateable value, some occupiers may be eligible for Small Business Rate Relief or other local support schemes.
Can I sublet or assign my lease?
This depends on the lease agreement. Some landlords allow subletting or assignment with prior consent, while others may place restrictions on these arrangements. Always review the lease terms carefully before signing.
How can I find the right retail property?
Start by identifying your preferred location, budget, space requirements, and target customer base. Comparing available properties and speaking with local commercial property professionals can help you find a space that aligns with your business goals.

Find More Shops & Retail Units to Rent in and Near to Swansea on LoopNet

Swansea’s retail market offers a strong mix of prime high street and neighbourhood locations. The city centre, including Oxford Street, Parc Tawe, and Quadrant Shopping Centre, attracts national brands and local retailers alike. Independent businesses thrive in Uplands and Mumbles, while out-of-town retail parks in Fforestfach and Llansamlet offer larger units suited to bulky goods, food, and leisure operators. With a large catchment area and ongoing city centre redevelopment, Swansea remains a key retail location in South Wales.

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