Limeslade Bay
Limeslade Bay is a small cove just to the west of Bracelet Bay in the south east corner of the Gower Peninsula, near Swansea in south Wales. It is a sheltered, mainly rocky beach with little sand.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nick Earl, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mumbles Hill and Mumbles Lighthouse.
Mumbles Hill
Nature reserve
Mumbles Hill is a hill near the south eastern tip of the Gower Peninsula, Wales. The hill is notable for housing four large storage tanks tunnelled into its limestone rock as part of the Swansea Main Drainage Scheme constructed in the 1930s, which helped eliminate sewage pollution in Swansea Bay.
Mumbles Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Mumbles Lighthouse, completed in 1794, is a lighthouse located in Mumbles, near Swansea. The structure, which sits on the outer of two islands off Mumbles Head, is clearly visible from any point along the five mile sweep of Swansea Bay.
Mumbles Pier
Photo: Wiccasha, Public domain.
The Grade II listed structure of Mumbles Pier is an 835 feet long Victorian pleasure pier built in 1898. It is located at the south-western corner of Swansea Bay near the village of Mumbles, within the city and county of Swansea, Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mumbles and Oystermouth.
Mumbles
Village
Photo: Wiccasha, Public domain.
Mumbles is a district of Swansea, Wales, located on the south-east corner of the unitary authority area. It is also a local government community using the same name.
Oystermouth
Suburb
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oystermouth is a village in the district of Mumbles, Swansea, Wales. It is part of the Mumbles community.
Newton
Village
Newton is a village in the city of and County of Swansea, Wales. The village is located near the Mumbles just inland and uphill from Swansea Bay. The Newton ward was a part of the Mumbles community.
Limeslade Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in the United Kingdom
- Category: body of water
- Location: Mumbles, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.56467° or 51° 33′ 53″ northLongitude
-3.98501° or 3° 59′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C3RH277+VXOpenStreetMap ID
node 2105801327OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
11103263Wikidata ID
Q6549301
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Limeslade Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Limeslade Bay”
- Swedish: “Limeslade Bay”
- Welsh: “Bae Limeslade”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Thistleboon and Rotherslade.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Limeslade Beach and Castellamare.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Limeslade Bay”. Photo: Nick Earl, CC BY-SA 2.0.