Gower and Swansea Bay Coast Path

Gower and Swansea Bay Coast Path
Worm's Head peninsula
Length	97 mi (156 km)
Location	Wales
Designation	Long distance footpath
Trailheads	Loughor, Swansea 51°39′45″N 4°03′53″W / 51.66261°N 4.06461°W / 51.66261; -4.06461 Kenfig Dunes, Port Talbot 51°30′55″N 3°43′38″W / 51.5153°N 3.7272°W / 51.5153; -3.7272
Use	Hiking
Difficulty	Easy
Season	All year
Trail map

The Gower and Swansea Bay Coast Path (Welsh: Llwybr arfordir Penrhyn Gŵyr a Bae Abertawe) is part of the Wales Coast Path, an 870-mile (1,400 km) long-distance walking route around the whole coast of Wales that opened in 2012.^[1] The Gower and Swansea Bay section is 97 miles (156 km) in length, running along the coast of the Gower Peninsula from Loughor, Swansea to Kenfig Dunes near Port Talbot, South Wales. The number of people using the Wales Coast Path (October 2011 to September 2012) in the Swansea local authority area was 349,333.^[2]

The path passes through the first area in Britain to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (1956)^[3] and is home to 10 nature reserves, 24 Wildlife Trust reserves, 32 Sites of Special Scientific Interest and five Special Areas of Conservation.^[4] The path is maintained and administered by two county councils, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.

The highest point of Gower is The Beacon at Rhossili Down at 193 metres (633 ft) overlooking Rhossili Bay.^[5] Pwll Du and the Bishopton Valley form a statutory Local Nature Reserve.^[6] The southern coast consists of a series of small, rocky or sandy bays, such as Langland and Three Cliffs, and larger beaches such as Port Eynon, Rhossili and Oxwich Bay. The north of the peninsula has fewer beaches, and is home to the cockle-beds of Penclawdd.

Points of interest

The Whiteford Point Lighthouse (built in 1865) is the only offshore cast iron lighthouse in Britain. Further south stands the Worm's Head peninsula, named for its resemblance to a resting dragon. Worm's Head is best viewed from Rhossili Bay which, in 2013, was voted the UK's number one beach, third best in Europe, and 10th best in the world, by TripAdvisor users.^[7]^[8] Aberavon Beach is a two-mile (3.2 km) strip of white sands, with views across Swansea Bay to the Gower Peninsula.

References

^ "All-Wales Coast Path Nears Completion". BBC News Wales. BBC. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ The Economic Impact of Wales Coast Path Visitor Spending on Wales 2012 Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, report for the Welsh Economy Research Unit of the Welsh Government, page 6; accessed 20 October 2013
^ Millennium Coast Park website; retrieved 8 October 2013
^ Wales Coast Path official site; retrieved 8 October 2013
^ "Enjoy Gower - Gower Beaches". Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
^ "Pwll Du and Bishopton Local Nature Reserve". Green Map. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
^ "Wales beats Hawaii and Caribbean in beach poll". Travelmole.com. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
^ "BBC News - Rhossili Bay, Gower, third best in Europe says TripAdvisor survey". Bbc.co.uk. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.

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v t e Long-distance footpaths and National Trails in Wales
Coastal	Anglesey Coastal Path Ceredigion Coast Path Gower and Swansea Bay Coast Path Llŷn Coastal Path North Wales Path North Wales Pilgrims Way Pembrokeshire Coast Path South Wales Coast and Severn Estuary Coastal Path Wales Coast Path
Non-coastal	The Beacons Way Cambrian Way Celtic Way Cistercian Way Clwydian Way Dyfi Valley Way Glyndŵr's Way Heart of Wales Line Trail Landsker Borderlands Trail Marches Way The Maelor Way Monnow Valley Walk Offa's Dyke Path Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk Snowdonia Slate Trail Snowdonia Way Taff Trail Usk Valley Walk Valeways Millennium Heritage Trail Wye Valley Walk

v t e Coastal paths of Great Britain
England	King Charles III England Coast Path Bournemouth Coast Path Cleveland Way Cumbria Coastal Way Isle of Wight Coastal Path Lancashire Coastal Way Norfolk Coast Path Northumberland Coast Path Saxon Shore Way Solent Way South West Coast Path Suffolk Coast Path West Somerset Coast Path
Scotland	Scottish Coastal Way Arran Coastal Way Ayrshire Coastal Path Berwickshire Coastal Path Fife Coastal Path John Muir Way John o' Groats Trail Moray Coast Trail West Island Way
Wales	Wales Coast Path Anglesey Coastal Path Ceredigion Coast Path Llŷn Coastal Path Millennium Coastal Path North Wales Path North Wales Pilgrims Way Pembrokeshire Coast Path

v t e Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom
National Trails (England and Wales)	Cleveland Way Coast to Coast Walk Cotswold Way Glyndŵr's Way Hadrian's Wall Path King Charles III England Coast Path North Downs Way Offa's Dyke Path Peddars Way Pembrokeshire Coast Path Pennine Bridleway Pennine Way The Ridgeway South Downs Way South West Coast Path Thames Path Yorkshire Wolds Way
Other trails (England and Wales)	Capital Ring Esk Valley Walk Lea Valley Walk London Outer Orbital Path Norfolk Coast Path Peak District Boundary Walk Pennine Journey Shakespeare's Way Vanguard Way Wales Coast Path Yorkshire Water Way
Scotland's Great Trails	Annandale Way Arran Coastal Way Ayrshire Coastal Path Berwickshire Coastal Path Borders Abbeys Way Cateran Trail Clyde Walkway Cross Borders Drove Road Dava Way Fife Coastal Path Formartine and Buchan Way Forth-Clyde/Union Canal Towpath Great Glen Canoe Trail Great Glen Way Great Trossachs Path John Muir Way Kintyre Way Loch Lomond and Cowal Way Moray Coast Trail Mull of Galloway Trail River Ayr Way Rob Roy Way Romans and Reivers Route St Cuthbert's Way Southern Upland Way Speyside Way Three Lochs Way West Highland Way West Island Way
Long-distance path (Northern Ireland)	Ulster Way

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