Worm’s Head is a promontory shaped like a giant sea-serpent marking the westerly tip of Gower. The island is joined to the mainland by a rocky causeway called The Devil’s Causeway. A large flat-topped ’Inner Head’, leads to a natural...

Fall Beach is one of the quietest beaches on the Gower Peninsula. The beach is never crowded, even on the hottest summer weekends, and is popular with locals. The path to the beach leads down from Rhossili village hall, through...

The beach at Rhossili Bay (aka. Llangennith Sands) runs for 3 miles along the Gower Peninsula on the West Wales coastline. Most of the land around the beach is owned by the National Trust and there is a National Trust...

At 632 feet above sea level, the summit of Rhossili Down is the highest point on Gower. It is a superb viewpoint, offering stunning views of Worms Head, Rhossili Beach and the surrounding countryside. A Bronze Age cairn lies north...

This beautiful church was built by Anglo-Norman settlers around the year 1200. It is very simple in style. An unusual scratch dial sundial is on the side of the doorway. The nave contains several stained glass windows and memorials including...

Broughton is an enormous sandy beach in North Gower, at the end of the Loughor Estuary. It is accessible at its southern end from the lane that leads from Llangennith via a caravan site. The strong tides, and powerful waves...

This fascinating, small, limestone island forms the northern tip of Rhossili Bay and is accessible for about two hours each side of low water. It is an interesting island to explore. An Iron Age earthwork runs north to south, bisecting...

This clean, sandy beach is very popular with watersports enthusiasts. There’s good access from the car park, with disabled access through an easy path in the sand dunes. The beach is particularly admired by surfers and windsurfers. Other watersports available...

Langland is famous for its green and white Victorian bathing huts. A clean, sandy beach, it’s a popular destination all year round and offers an excellent range of facilities. Popular with surfers due to the strong, favourable swells, frequent competitions...

Llangennith Beach is a superb 3-mile sandy beach owned by the National Trust with excellent bathing and spectacular scenery. It is also renowned for its excellent surfing. Llangennith holds some of the most consistent surf on Gower Peninsula, and is...

The lighthouse was designed to alert passing ships of the dangerous Mixon Sands and Cherry Stone Rock - two massive undersea sand banks that have caused the destruction of countless ships and taken the lives of hundreds of seamen over...

Picture this: a wooded valley with a fresh water river (Pennard Pill) meandering through a vast open space surrounded by sand dunes and limestone features before flowing into the sea. The prominent ruin of Pennard Castle sits at the...

Perched high over the splendid Three Cliffs Bay , the mysterious Pennard Castle has to be one of the most picturesque ruins on the Gower Peninsula. Little is recorded on the history of the stronghold, but it is believed to...

Port Eynon is the most southerly point on Gower. It has much to offer visitors and locals alike with its large clean beach and bracing cliff walks. The town is thought to be named after an Eleventh Century Welsh Prince,...

This beach takes its name from the three striking pointy cliffs that project into the bay, complete with a fully formed natural archway. A favoured place for rock climbers, Three Cliffs beach is quite a remote, difficult to access bay,...