Gower
Gower is a locality in Pennard, Swansea, Wales. Gower is situated nearby to the village Southgate, as well as near Pennard.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pennard Castle and Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb.
Pennard Castle
Castle
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Pennard Castle is a ruined castle, near the modern village of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, in south Wales. The castle was built in the early 12th century as a timber ringwork following the Norman invasion of Wales.
Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb
Archaeological site
Photo: Daicaregos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parc Cwm long cairn, also known as Parc le Breos burial chamber, is a partly restored Neolithic chambered tomb, identified in 1937 as a Severn-Cotswold type of chambered long barrow.
Kilvrough Manor
Building
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Kilvrough Manor is a large country house near Swansea. It is a Grade II* listed building. Its park is listed on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southgate and Pennard.
Southgate
Village
Southgate is a village in the community of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, Swansea, Wales. It is also a community electoral ward for Pennard Community Council. The population in 2011 was 2,004, making up most of the population of the community.
Pennard
Village
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Pennard is a village and community on the south of the Gower Peninsula, about 7 miles south-west of Swansea city centre. It falls within the Pennard electoral ward of Swansea.
Parkmill
Village
Parkmill is a village in the Gower Peninsula, South Wales, midway between the villages of Penmaen and Ilston, about eight miles west of Swansea, and about one mile from the north coast of the Bristol Channel.
Gower
- Type: Locality
- Location: Pennard, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.57248° or 51° 34′ 21″ northLongitude
-4.09996° or 4° 5′ 60″ westElevation
187 feet (57 metres)Open location code
9C3QHWC2+X2GeoNames ID
8468657
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