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Castle
Swansea Castle (Castell Abertawe)
Ruined castle founded in 1107, now surrounded by the city centre and cared for by Cadw.
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Gower & Swansea (Abertawe): things to do
Places worth your time in Gower & Swansea (Abertawe)
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Things to do in Gower & Swansea (Abertawe)
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Museum
National Waterfront Museum (Amgueddfa Genedlaethol y Glannau)
Free museum with exhibitions on history and industry, part of Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales.
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Museum
Swansea Museum
The oldest museum in Wales, opened in 1841 in a Grade II* listed building.
Market
Swansea Indoor Market
The largest indoor market in Wales, under a steel and glass roof in the city centre.
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Arts centre
Dylan Thomas Centre
Grade II* listed arts centre in the Maritime Quarter, dedicated to the poet Dylan Thomas.
Pier
Mumbles Pier
Grade II listed Victorian pleasure pier of 835 feet (255 m), opened in 1898.
Castle
Oystermouth Castle (Castell Ystum Llwynarth)
Norman stone castle overlooking Swansea Bay at Mumbles.
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Lighthouse
Mumbles Lighthouse
Lighthouse completed in 1794 on the outer of the two islands off Mumbles Head.
Beach
Three Cliffs Bay (Bae y Tri Chlogwyn)
Bay on the south coast of Gower named for the three sea cliffs that jut out into it.
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Castle ruin
Pennard Castle (Castell Pennard)
Ruined castle begun in the early 12th century and abandoned after encroaching sand dunes.
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Tudor manor house
Oxwich Castle (Castell Oxwich)
Grade I listed Tudor courtyard manor house on a wooded headland over Oxwich Bay, cared for by Cadw.
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Fortified manor house
Weobley Castle
Medieval fortified manor on the north coast of Gower, overlooking marshes and mudflats and in Cadw's care.
Neolithic tomb
Parc Le Breos Burial Chamber
Partly restored Neolithic chambered tomb about 5,850 years old, in a wooded valley on Gower.
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Neolithic tomb
Arthur's Stone
Neolithic burial chamber on Cefn Bryn, the Old Red Sandstone ridge known locally as the backbone of Gower.
Beach
Rhossili Bay (Bae Rhosili)
Bay and village at the south-western tip of Gower, known for panoramic views from the headland and Rhossili Down.
Headland
Worm's Head (Pen Pyrod)
Headland of three islands at Rhossili, the most westerly point of Gower, reachable on foot for 2.5 hours either side of low tide.
Heritage centre
Gower Heritage Centre
Visitor centre at Parkmill based on a historic water-powered flour mill, with rural history displays.
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- Gower & Swansea (Abertawe) (area photo): Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Swansea Castle (Castell Abertawe): Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- National Waterfront Museum (Amgueddfa Genedlaethol y Glannau): Reading Tom from Reading, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- Swansea Museum: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Swansea Indoor Market: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dylan Thomas Centre: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mumbles Pier: Wiccasha, Public domain, source
- Oystermouth Castle (Castell Ystum Llwynarth): No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mumbles Lighthouse: Lilo Lil, CC BY 2.0, source
- Three Cliffs Bay (Bae y Tri Chlogwyn): Keith Lawson 11, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pennard Castle (Castell Pennard): Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Oxwich Castle (Castell Oxwich): Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Weobley Castle: RobinLeicester, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Parc Le Breos Burial Chamber: Jo Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Arthur's Stone: David Tyers, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Rhossili Bay (Bae Rhosili): Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Worm's Head (Pen Pyrod): Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gower Heritage Centre: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cardiff (Caerdydd) & the Bay: Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, source
- Eryri (Snowdonia): Julian Herzog (Website), CC BY 4.0, source
- Conwy, Llandudno & the North Coast Castles: Source: Llywelyn2000Derivative: User:MathKnight, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pembrokeshire Coast (St Davids & Tenby): Ввласенко, CC BY 4.0, source
- Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons): Dave.Dunford at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
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