Marble Arch
Marble Arch is a cliff in Pennard, Swansea, Wales. Marble Arch is situated nearby to the cliff Minchen Hole, as well as near Bowen’s Parlour.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pennard Castle and Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb.
Pennard Castle
Castle
Photo: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Pennard Castle is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Marble Arch.
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. Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb is situated 2 miles northwest of Marble Arch.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary’s Church is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Marble Arch.
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
Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Parkmill is situated 1½ miles north of Marble Arch.
Marble Arch
- Type: Cliff
- Categories: climbing site, recreation area, sports location, and landform
- Location: Pennard, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.56206° or 51° 33′ 43″ northLongitude
-4.08433° or 4° 5′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C3QHW68+R7OpenStreetMap ID
node 2383975373OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=traditional cragOpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliffOpenStreetMap feature
sport=climbing
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