by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 13, 2025 | Gower Villages
Bishopston is a large village with a population of around 2,000. A monastic settlement in the Dark Ages, the site grew to become a flourishing centre for market gardening in later centuries. The village takes its name from the fact that it was once owned by the Bishop...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 12, 2025 | Gower Churches
Bishopston Church, situated at the head of Bishopston Valley, is dedicated to St. Teilo, an early “archbishop” of Llandaff. According to the ‘Book of Llandaff’ – Liber Landavensis – the Parish of Bishopston dates back to the...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 11, 2025 | Gower Beaches
Blue Pool Bay is one of Gower’s most charming bays. There are no roads or lanes leading to this beach and its location and very sheltered position at the base of u-shaped cliffs is such that only those who know about its existence, and are not afraid of a good...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 12, 2025 | Gower Castles
Standing desolate upon the northern hilltop overlooking the Burry Estuary and most of the North Gower coast is Weobley Castle. Along with a few other castles on the Gower Peninsula, this building is not an actual castle at all but is, in fact, an early 14th century...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 11, 2025 | Gower Beaches
Bracelet Bay is a popular, if rather rocky cove, along which a large fossilised coral reef may be discovered. There is a fine, if limited, stretch of sand here at low tide on which to bathe or build castles and also some fine rock pools which contain a wide variety of...
