Port Eynon
Port Eynon is a village and community within the City and County of Swansea, Wales, on the far south tip of the Gower Peninsula within the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 226 residents
- Description: village and community in Swansea, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Fort Eynon”, “Port Einon”, “Port-Eynon”, “Porth Einon”, and “Porth Eynon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Ship Inn and Salt House, Port Eynon.
Horton and Port Eynon Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Horton and Port Eynon Lifeboat Station is located at Horton Beach, just off Underhill Lane in the village of Horton, on the south coast of the Gower Peninsula, approximately 14 miles west of Swansea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oxwich and Llanddewi.
Oxwich
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Oxwich is a village on the Gower Peninsula, in the city and county of Swansea in south Wales. Oxwich is part of the small community of Penrice which extends from the village of Horton to Oxwich Bay, and as of 2001 recorded a population of 454 inhabitants. Oxwich is situated 2 miles east of Port Eynon.
Llanddewi
Village
Photo: David Kitching, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanddewi is a village, which is situated 2 miles north of Port Eynon.
Gower Peninsula
Photo: Catrin Austin, CC BY 2.0.
The beautiful Gower Peninsula in Swansea was the United Kingdom's first designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The peninsula is famous for its stunning coastal scenery, wide sandy beaches and medieval castles.
Port Eynon
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Port Eynon, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.54808° or 51° 32′ 53″ northLongitude
-4.21111° or 4° 12′ 40″ westPopulation
226Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)Open location code
9C3QGQXQ+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 2240510773OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2640061Wikidata ID
Q7230620
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Port Eynon” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Port Eynon”
- Catalan: “Port Einon”
- Cebuano: “Port Eynon”
- Chinese: “Port Eynon”
- Cornish: “Port Einon”
- Dutch: “Port Eynon”
- French: “Port Eynon”
- Irish: “Port Einon”
- Italian: “Port Einon”
- Italian: “Port Eynon”
- Italian: “Porth Einon”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Port Eynon”
- Persian: “پورت اینان”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Port Einon”
- Swedish: “Port Eynon”
- Welsh: “Port Einon”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include St Cattwg’s Church and Overton Mere.
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