Hotels in the Gower

Hotels in the Gower

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The Gower Peninsula (Welsh: Gw^yr) is a peninsula on the south coast of Wales, on the north side of the Bristol Channel. Referred to colloquially as 'Gower', this was the first area in the United Kingdom to be designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1956. Gower was part of the ancient lordship of Gower, and today it is part of the City and County of Swansea.

ollowing the Norman invasion of Wales, the commote of Gw^yr passed into English hands, the southern part eventually becoming heavily anglicised. Rhys Grug of Deheubarth occupied the peninsula in 1215, but in 1220 he ceded the area to the English, apparently on the orders of his overlord, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. Thereafter Gower remained largely beyond the reach of Llywelyn's successors as prince of Wales, though the peninsula suffered at the hands of Rhys ap Maredudd during his revolt of 1287-8.

The Act of Union (1535) made the Lordship of Gower part of the historic county of Glamorgan, and the south western section became the Hundred of Swansea.

In modern times, the Gower peninsula was administered as a Rural District of Glamorgan, which merged with the county borough of Swansea in 1974 to form the Swansea district. Since 1996, Gower has been part of the City and County of Swansea.

Situated in south Wales, about 70 square miles in area, Gower is known for its coastline, popular with walkers and outdoor enthusiasts, especially surfers. Gower has many caves, including Paviland Cave and Minchin Hole Cave. The peninsula is bounded by the Loughor estuary to the north and Swansea Bay to the east. Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty covers 188 km² including most of the peninsula west of Crofty, Three Crosses, Upper Killay, Blackpill and Bishopston. The highest point on the Gower peninsula is The Beacon at Rhossili Down at 193m/633ft on Rhossili Bay.

The interior of Gower consists mainly of farmland and common land. The population resides mainly in small villages, though suburban development has made a number of communities in eastern Gower part of the Swansea Urban Area The southern coast of the peninsula consists of a series of small, rocky or sandy bays like Langland and Three Cliffs, and a few larger beaches like Port Eynon, Rhossili and Oxwich Bay. On the north side of the peninsula there are fewer beaches, this section of the coast includes the famous cockle-beds of Penclawdd. There are six castles on the Gower peninsula: Bovehill Castle (also known as Landimore Castle), Oystermouth Castle, Oxwich Castle, Pennard Castle, Penrice Castle and Weobley Castle.

Villages in the Gower include or have included ; Bishopston, Burry Green, Caswell, Cheriton, Crofty, Gowerton, Horton, Ilston, Kittle, Knelston, Landimore, Langland, Llandewi, Llangennith, Llanmadoc, Llanmorlais, Llanrhidian, Llethryd, Middleton, Mumbles, Murton, Newton, Nicholaston, Oldwalls, Overton, Oxwich, Oxwich Green, Parkmill, Penclawdd, Pennard, Penmaen, Penrice, Pitton, Pitton Green, Port Eynon, Reynoldston, Rhossili, Slade, Scurlage, Southgate, Three Crosses, Upper Killay.

Beaches in the area include ; Swansea Bay, Mumbles Beach, Bracelet Bay, Limeslade, Rotherslade, Langland Bay, Caswell Bay, Brandy Cove, Pwlldu Bay, Foxhole Bay, Pobbles Bay, Three Cliffs Bay, Tor Bay, Oxwich Bay, Slade Bay, Horton Bay, Port Eynon Bay, Mewslade Bay, Fall Bay, Rhossili Bay (Llangennith Sands), Burry Holms, Blue Pool Bay, Llanmadoc Beach, Broughton Bay, Whiteford Sands.

Swansea Bay (Welsh: Bae Abertawe) is an bay on the Bristol Channel on the South Wales coast. Places on the bay include Mumbles, Swansea and Port Talbot. The River Neath, River Tawe, River Afan and Blackpill stream flow into the bay.

Swansea Bay (and all of the upper reaches of the Bristol Channel) experiences one of the largest tidal ranges in the world with a maximum range of about 10 m.

The Loughor Estuary (aka Burry inlet or Burry estuary, from the small Burry River which enters on the Gower side near its mouth) is the region of the waterway below the road and rail bridges at Loughor, where it turns abruptly from a southerly to a westerly direction towards Carmarthen Bay. The Afon Lliw empties into the estuary just below the Loughor bridges. This region almost completely empties at low tide, exposing extensive sandy areas supporting a thriving cockle industry.

Oystermouth Castle is a Norman stone castle located overlooking present day Swansea Bay on the east side of the Gower peninsula near the Welsh village of Mumbles. It is seen as the finest surviving castle on the Gower peninsula. The castle was founded by William de Londres of Ogmore Castle soon after 1106. In 1116 the Welsh of Deheubarth overran the Gower peninsula and forced William to flee his castle which was put to the torch. The castle was rebuilt soon afterwards, but was probably destroyed again in 1137 when Gower was once more overrun by the princes of Deheubarth. The Londres or London family finally died out in 1215 when Gower was again overrun by the Welsh. In 1220 the Welsh were expelled from the peninsula and the government of King Henry III returned the barony of Gower to John de Braose who rebuilt both Swansea Castle and Oystermouth.

Oxwich Castle occupies a position on a wooded headland overlooking Oxwich Bay on the Gower peninsula, Wales, UK.

Port Eynon Bay is a very popular beach resort beside the village of Port Eynon. Port Eynon Point, to the south west of the bay, is the most southerly point of the Gower peninsula. The bay is also in the area of outstanding natural beauty.

A neighbouring village, Overton, is to the north west of Port Eynon and footpaths from Overton lead to Overton Mere, a stony and rocky beach. Also, the village of Horton is at the east end of the main beach, approximately half a mile from Port Eynon. Port Eynon is thought to be named after an 11th century Welsh Prince named Eynon. Eynon is a surname in Wales and the church graveyard in the village shows gravestones with this surname. It is believed that the Prince built Port Eynon castle which no longer exists. Smuggling is thought to have been a common engagement of the local residents in the 17th century to 19th century. A derelict "salt house" used for extracting salt from sea water is located a quarter of a mile from the village, just off Port Eynon Point. In the second half of the 18th century, through to 1919, a lifeboat was operated from Port Eynon. On several occasions, the lives of lifeboatmen were lost at sea on rescues. On the 1st January 1916 the lives of three young men were lost in the Port Eynon Lifeboat Disaster when the lifeboat went to the assistance of SS Dunvegan which was shipwrecked off Oxwich point. A memorial to these men exists in the village churchyard. Copies of news articles on the Disaster can be seen on the wall of the local fish and chip shop in Port Eynon - The Captain's Table. Rhossili is a small village and community on the southwestern tip of the Gower peninsula near Swansea in Wales. Since the 1970s it has fallen within the boundaries of Swansea. There was a local tradition that there had been an earlier, pre medieval village complete with church closer to the sea which had been abandoned after "besanding" in the 14th century. A storm and subsequent excavation of newly-exposed remains in the Warren (an area of sand dunes to the north of the present village) in 1980 helped to confirm the truth of this. Despite its relatively remote position, Rhossili is a popular tourist destination: the views from the headland and the Down are panoramic; several pleasant walks begin, end, or pass through the village; Iron Age remains are found on Rhossili Down; and the 4 mile (6.4km) long beach attracts surfers, particularly at the Llangennith (northern) end.

Rhossili Bay curves along an arc running northwards from the village. The sandy beach is three miles long and is backed with sand dunes. Locals refer to the beach as Llangennith Sands. Behind the beach just north of the village is Rhossili Down with the highest point on the Gower Peninsula, (the Beacon), and a number of prehistoric remains. It is between Rhossili Down and the beach proper that the Warren is found. At the southern end of the Bay is the outcrop of rock called the Worm's Head. At the north is Burry Holms. These islands are accessible at low tide only. Also at low tide, it is possible to see the remains of several shipwrecks, wood from the wreck of the Helvetia being the most prominent when looking north from Rhossili.

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