Penrice
Penrice is a locality in Swansea, Wales. Penrice is situated nearby to the locality Norton, as well as near the village Oxwich.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Penrice Castle and Oxwich Castle.
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.
Oxwich Castle
Castle
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
St Andrew’s Church
Church
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The Church of St Andrew, Penrice, Swansea, Wales dates from the 12th century. A Grade II* listed building, St Andrew's remains an active parish church in the parish of South-West Gower, in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gower Peninsula and Port Eynon.
Gower Peninsula
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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
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.
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.
Penrice
- Type: Locality
- Location: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5641° or 51° 33′ 51″ northLongitude
-4.1775° or 4° 10′ 39″ westElevation
236 feet (72 metres)Open location code
9C3QHR7F+J2GeoNames ID
7299730
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