by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 13, 2025 | Gower Villages
Probably taking its name from the Scandinavian axwick, meaning water creek, Oxwich is a small seaside village skirting the western fringe of a 4km sweep of sandy bay. Once a port, exporting limestone quarried from the headland of Oxwich Point, the village is now a...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 13, 2025 | Gower Villages
An ever-sprawling village clinging to the southern fringe of the Loughor Estuary, Penclawdd has a history perhaps richer than any other on the Gower Peninsula. Famous for its association with cockling, an industry which predominates today in the more westward village...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 13, 2025 | Gower Villages
Dominated by Three Cliffs Nursing Home, a former workhouse, Penmaen (meaning Stone Top) is little more than a small scattering of houses along the main A4118 South Gower Road. Backed by the sharply rising eastern slope of Cefn Bryn, it is a decorative village and,...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 13, 2025 | Gower Villages
Pennard, or Penard as some people title the locale, is the name generally given to the geographical area that includes the large village of Southgate (population 2000), and over 3 kilometres of National Trust cliffland stretching from Pwlldu to Three Cliffs. Included...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 13, 2025 | Gower Villages
Penrice is almost a hidden village, tucked in the centre of a narrow, plunging and meandering woodland lane. Little changed since the 18th Century, the village population stands at around 50. Very quiet and peaceful, it is difficult to imagine that this tiny hamlet...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 13, 2025 | Gower Villages
The seaside village of Port Eynon takes its name from the Welsh Prince, Einon ap Owain Hywel Dda, who invaded the peninsula in 970 a.d. The village grew extensively through the 19th Century as people flocked to the area to make a living from port Eynon’s rich...
