Llantwit Major Railway Station Gateway Wayfinding Pilot Project

The Vale of Glamorgan Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced multidisciplinary consultancy team to develop a gateway wayfinding intervention for Llantwit Major Railway Station, together with an accompanying place identity and wayfinding framework capable of informing future wayfinding improvements throughout the wider town.

— From the tender document (biddingDocuments): The Vale of Glamorgan Council ("the Council") is seeking to appoint a suitably The commission forms part of the delivery of the adopted Llantwit Major Placemaking Plan and seeks to improve the arrival experience for visitors arriving by rail whilst establishing a consistent design language, signage family and wayfinding principles that may be applied to future projects across Llantwit Major. The principal focus of this commission is Llantwit Major Railway Station, which represents one of the town's most important arrival points. The Council wishes to create a welcoming, distinctive and memorable sense of arrival through the

introduction of gateway signage, visitor orientation mapping, heritage

The station intervention should act as the first phase of a wider town-wide wayfinding programme and establish the design principles for future Llantwit Major is one of Wales' most historically significant settlements and contains a rich collection of heritage, cultural, environmental and community assets. Despite these strengths, there is currently no cohesive wayfinding system or unified signage family that effectively connects and promotes the town's key destinations, including the Town Centre, Old Town, Railway Station, Well-being Hub, schools, community facilities, Heritage Coast and visitor attractions. The successful consultant shall establish a coordinated and distinctive wayfinding design framework capable of informing future interventions across the town whilst developing detailed proposals for a railway station gateway intervention