Oxwich Point
Oxwich Point is a point in Penrice, Swansea, Wales. Oxwich Point is situated nearby to the locality Ganderstreet, as well as near the village Slade.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oxwich Castle and Church of St Illtyd, Penrice.
Oxwich Castle
Castle
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Oxwich Castle is a Grade I listed castle which occupies a position on a wooded headland overlooking Oxwich Bay on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Although it may occupy the site of an earlier fortification, it is a castle in name only as it is a grand Tudor fortified manor house built in courtyard style.
Church of St Illtyd, Penrice
Church
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The Church of St Illtyd is a Grade II* listed building in the city and county of Swansea in south Wales. It is close to Oxwich village, on a site overlooking Oxwich Bay and reached by the Wales Coast Path.
Penrice Castle
Castle
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Penrice Castle is a 13th-century castle near Penrice, Swansea on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Nearby is a neo-classical mansion house built in the 1770s. Penrice Castle is situated 2½ miles northwest of Oxwich Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oxwich and Penmaen.
Oxwich
Village
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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.
Penmaen
Village
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Penmaen is a village, which is situated 2½ miles northeast of Oxwich Point.
Port Eynon
Village
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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. Port Eynon is situated 2½ miles west of Oxwich Point.
Oxwich Point
- Type: Point
- Category: landform
- Location: Penrice, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.54444° or 51° 32′ 40″ northLongitude
-4.14806° or 4° 8′ 53″ westElevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9C3QGVV2+QQGeoNames ID
2640711
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