Gower Peninsula
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Catrin Austin, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: protected area with 76,400 residents
- Description: peninsula in Wales
- Also known as: “Gower”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Weobley Castle and Arthur’s Stone, Cefn Bryn.
Weobley Castle
Photo: Jennifer Luther Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weobley Castle is a 14th-century fortified manor house on the Gower Peninsula, Wales, in the care of Cadw. The castle overlooks Llanrhidian saltmarshes and the Loughor estuary.
Arthur’s Stone, Cefn Bryn
Archaeological site
Photo: RobinLeicester, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arthur’s Stone, Cefn Bryn is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Eynon and Llanrhidian.
Port Eynon
Village
Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Rhossili
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rhossili is a small village and community on the southwestern tip of the Gower Peninsula in Wales. It is within the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the United Kingdom.
Gower Peninsula
- Category: peninsula
- Location: Glamorgan, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.5915° or 51° 35′ 29″ northLongitude
-4.2163° or 4° 12′ 59″ westPopulation
76,400Open location code
9C3QHQRM+HFWikidata ID
Q1141148
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Gower Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شبه جزيرة غاور”
- Azerbaijani: “Qauer yarımadası”
- Basque: “Gower penintsula”
- Bengali: “গওয়ার উপদ্বীপ”
- Breton: “Ledenez Gŵyr”
- Breton: “Penrhyn Gŵyr”
- Catalan: “Gower”
- Catalan: “Gŵyr”
- Chinese: “高尔半岛”
- Chinese: “高爾半島”
- Czech: “Gower”
- Czech: “Gŵyr”
- Dutch: “Gower”
- Esperanto: “Gower (duoninsulo)”
- Esperanto: “Gower”
- French: “péninsule de Gower”
- French: “Péninsule de Gower”
- German: “Gower Peninsula”
- German: “Gower-Halbinsel”
- German: “Gwyr”
- German: “Gŵyr”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי גאוור”
- Italian: “Gower Peninsula”
- Italian: “Penisola di Gower”
- Japanese: “ガウアー半島”
- Kannada: “ಗೌವರ್”
- Lithuanian: “Goverio pusiasalis”
- Livvi: “Gŵyr”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gowerhalvøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gower-halvøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gowerhalvøya”
- Norwegian: “Gowerhalvøya”
- Polish: “Gower”
- Polish: “Półwysep Gower”
- Portuguese: “Península de Gower”
- Russian: “Гауэр”
- Slovak: “Gower”
- Slovak: “Gŵyr”
- Spanish: “Gower”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Gower”
- Spanish: “Península de Gower”
- Swedish: “Gower Peninsula”
- Swedish: “Gower”
- Swedish: “Gowerhalvön”
- Swedish: “Gwyr”
- Swedish: “Gŵyr”
- Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Gower”
- Welsh: “Gwyr”
- Welsh: “Penhryn Gwyr”
- Welsh: “Penrhyn Gwyr”
- Welsh: “Penrhyn Gẃyr”
- Welsh: “Penrhyn Gŵyr”
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