Gower Peninsula

The beautiful Gower Peninsula 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.
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  • 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.

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is a 14th-century fortified manor house on the Gower Peninsula, , in the care of Cadw. The castle overlooks Llanrhidian saltmarshes and the .

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Peak
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is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penrice and Port Eynon.

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.

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

Village
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is a small village and community on the southwestern tip of the Gower Peninsula in . It is within the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the .

Gower Peninsula

Latitude
51.5915° or 51° 35′ 29″ north
Longitude
-4.2163° or 4° 12′ 59″ west
Population
76,400
Open location code
9C3QHQRM+HF
Wiki­data ID
Q1141148
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Satellite Map

Discover Gower Peninsula from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • Turkish: “Gower Yarımadası”
  • Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Gower”
  • Welsh: “Gwyr”
  • Welsh: “Penhryn Gwyr”
  • Welsh: “Penrhyn Gwyr”
  • Welsh: “Penrhyn Gẃyr”
  • Welsh: “Penrhyn Gŵyr”

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