Find the nearest beach in Swansea Bay and The Gower, United Kingdom

Planning a trip to the Swansea Bay and The Gower coast and looking for where the nearest Swansea Bay and The Gower beach is, our UK beach lists and beach search will help you discover the nearest beach to me. Then for each Swansea Bay and The Gower beach, we will answer questions around location, rural or town, sandy or pebble, rockpools, tide times, weather forecast, dog restrictions, bathing water quality, closest beach cafes and provide general information on the beach, its facilities and the surrounding area.

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Pwlldu Bay Beach

Pwlldu Bay beach is National Trust owned. Used to be a site for limestone mining. This lovely cove is backed by extensive woodland, and is stunning. Pwll Du Bay was once a limestone quarry with the remaining buildings were once inns supporting the workers. The bay also has stories around being a smuggling cove. Pwll Du Head is the highest Read more…

Caswell Bay Beach

Caswell Bay Beach is a gently sloping and sandy beach, located on the south Gower Coast, west of Langland Bay and Mumbles Head. The sandy beach is between two limestone cliffs headlands and is ideal for families with large beach area and rock pools. Good surfing and ideal for beginners. Facilities include a promenade with several seaside shops, parking and Read more…

Mewslade Bay Beach

Mewslade Bay is an excellent unspoilt beach. There is no beach at high tide but low tide it is possible to walk around to Fall Bay. The short walk to the beach from Rhossili, leads through a wooded valley which is owned by the National Trust, although the path is not suitable for pushchairs and can get muddy in places Read more…

Broughton Bay Beach

Broughton Bay beach is a big sandy beach backed by large sand dunes on the Gower peninsula. There is also a small cove at the southern end of the bay. Swimming can be dangerous due to the tides and undertows but in calmer conditions surfing, windsurfing and kite-surfing is possible. At low tide you can access the adjacent Whiteford Sands Read more…

Bracelet Bay Beach

Bracelet Bay is a small cove next to the lighthouse, west of Mumbles village. The beach is gently sloping and has lots of rock pools to explore and the sand is exposed as the tide drops. Swimmers need to be careful of the rocks and strong rip currents between the two islands of Mumbles Head. Facilities include a large car Read more…

Oxwich Bay Beach

Oxwich Bay beach is one of the Gower’s most popular beaches, with good access and two and half miles of sand backed by sand dunes, salt marshes and woodland. Popular for all watersports including, sailing, kitesurfing, surfing, water-skiing, diving and windsurfing. It is a safe beach for swimming. You can walk across the sand towards Three Cliffs Bay. Read more…

Limeslade Bay Beach

Limeslade Bay beach is a small sand and pebble tidal cove. At high tide the beach almost disappears and pebbly, but as the tide goes out, the sand is exposed, along with numerous rock pools. A coastal path joins Limeslade with other local bays of Rotherslade, Langland and Caswell Bay. Read more…

Port Eynon Beach

Port Eynon beach is a mile long sand and pebble beach backed by sand dunes on the south-west corner of the Gower peninsula. The sand dunes have boardwalks to help exploring and at low tide you can see the remains of ancient peat beds, the old harbour wall and at the far end of the bay an 18th Century ruin Read more…

Three Cliffs Bay Beach

Three Cliffs Bay is a large sandy beach, no surprise in that it takes its name from the three cliffs that jut out into the sea. The bay is split into individual beaches backed by cliffs that as the tide goes out join up to create a large expanse of sand that includes Oxwich Bay beach to the west. You Read more…

Rhossili Bay Beach

Rhossili Bay beach is situated on the western tip of the Gower Peninsula with views across the Bristol Channel and towards Pembrokeshire. Rhossili has spectacular cliffs, burial cairns and mysterious shipwrecks visible at low tide, so there is plenty for the whole family to do and see. The 3 km beach stretches from Burry Holmes to Worms Head and is Read more…

Brandy Cove Beach

Brandy Cove beach is within a secluded bay only reached by walking, either along the beach at low tide from Caswell beach or along the coast paths. The cove is wrapped by cliffs and the beach itself is a mix of sand, rocks and pebbles. The bay gets its name from stories of smugglers who landed alcohol and tabacco. Brandy Read more…

Llangennith Beach

Llangennith beach is a sandy beach backed by dunes at the western end of the Gower peninsula. The beaches western aspect makes it a good surf spot picking up some steady Atlantic waves. The beach is the northern entry point to Rhossili Bay Beach. Hillend campsite provides parking, toilets, small shop and coffee shop and is just a nice short Read more…

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