Wales – Gower, Swansea
Distance: 24½km/15 miles
Time: 7½hrs
Type: Coast
Where: Linear walk along the south Gower coast from Penmaen to Rhossili.
Start/End: Cefn Bryn car park, Penmaen (SS531888).
End: Rhossili bus stop (SS416881).
Terrain: Well signed coastal path along cliff-tops and beaches. If possible, avoid high spring tide for the fi rst half of the route in order to walk the beaches to Oxwich and Port Eynon (the lower the tide, the better).
Maps: OS Explorer 164; Landranger 159.
In 1956, the Gower Peninsula was the first area in Britain to be designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Despite its modest size it’s blessed with a varied landscape, ranging from the beautiful beaches and dramatic cliffs of the south coast, to the salt marshes of the north, and the heather-clad inland hills. Much of its wonderful coastline is also protected by the National Trust. This route starts near the delectable Three Cliffs Bay on the south Gower coast – a finalist in the ITV series Britain’s Favourite View, championed by another local beauty, Katherine Jenkins – and heads west to finish at Rhossili. Here the wild stretch of limestone coast culminates in the promontory of Worms Head, which marks the most westerly tip of Gower. A fitting finale to a marvellously scenic walk.
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