by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 13, 2025 | Gower Beaches
Sculpted by the full might of the rough Atlantic Ocean, Rhossili Bay is the spectacle of the Gower Peninsula . The three mile arc of its flat, sandy beach is disturbed only by the scattered skeletons of ancient shipwrecks and, by night, the reputed ghost of a crazed...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 13, 2025 | Gower Beaches
The eastern end of Langland bay, known as Rotherslade, only really exists as a separate beach at high tide – at other times being well and truly joined to the larger beach. This area once contained quite a formidable concrete building (seen briefly in the above...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 13, 2025 | Gower Beaches
Also known as ‘The Sands,’ Slade Bay is a small beach with lots of firm sand and some interesting rocks. The bay can be reached from the village of Slade, via a quarter of an hour walk down past fields (once infamous as being the hunting ground of the...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 13, 2025 | Gower Beaches
One of Gower’s more famous treasures, Three Cliffs Bay is one of the most photographed places on the peninsula. The cliffs themselves are very popular with climbers and are composed of three linked and pointed cliff faces, their limestone strata punctured by a...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 13, 2025 | Gower Beaches
Sandwiched between the sands of Oxwich and Three Cliffs, Tor Bay is best reached via a one mile footpath from the village of Penmaen. From the large limekiln on the cliff top overlooking the bay, a track then leads down a rather steep slope onto the beach itself. The...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 11, 2025 | Gower Beaches
Whiteford, pronounced Witford, is a large expanse of sand, and dune, forest, and estuary. Owned by The National Trust, this peninsula-in-miniature is a Nature Reserve and provides the walker with an excellent opportunity of witnessing how the environment transforms...
