Norton
Norton is a locality in Penrice, Swansea, Wales. Norton is situated nearby to the locality Ganderstreet, as well as near the village Oxwich.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oxwich Castle and Penrice Castle.
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.
Penrice Castle
Castle
Photo: Alan Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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 Oxwich and Port Eynon.
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.
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 1½ miles southwest of Norton.
Llanddewi
Village
Photo: David Kitching, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanddewi is a village, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of Norton.
Norton
- Type: Locality
- Location: Penrice, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.55842° or 51° 33′ 30″ northLongitude
-4.17782° or 4° 10′ 40″ westElevation
246 feet (75 metres)Open location code
9C3QHR5C+9VGeoNames ID
13280034
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