Penrice

Penrice is a locality in , . Penrice is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Penrice Castle and Oxwich Castle.

Castle
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is a 13th-century castle near on the , . Nearby is a neo-classical mansion house built in the 1770s.

Castle
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is a Grade I listed castle which occupies a position on a wooded headland overlooking on the , 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
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The Church of St Andrew, Penrice, , 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.

Photo: Catrin Austin, CC BY 2.0.
The beautiful in was the first designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The peninsula is famous for its stunning coastal scenery, wide sandy beaches and medieval castles.

Village
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is a village and community within the City and County of Swansea, , on the far south tip of the within the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Hamlet
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is a village and community in , , on the Gower peninsula. It had a population of 451 as of the 2011 UK census and the community includes the villages of , Oxwich Green, Slade, Little Reynoldston, Horton as well as itself.

Penrice

Latitude
51.5641° or 51° 33′ 51″ north
Longitude
-4.1775° or 4° 10′ 39″ west
Elevation
236 feet (72 metres)
Open location code
9C3QHR7F+J2
Geo­Names ID
7299730
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