Church of St Illtyd, Penrice
The Church of St Illtyd is a Grade II* listed building in the city and county of Swansea in south Wales. It is close to Oxwich village, on a site overlooking Oxwich Bay and reached by the Wales Coast Path.Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Penrice, south-west Wales
- Also known as: “Church of St Illtyd”, “St Illtyd’s Church”, “St Illtyd’s Church, Oxwich”, “St Illtyd’s Church, Penrice”, and “St. Illtyd’s”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oxwich Castle and Penrice Castle.
Oxwich Castle
Castle
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Oxwich Castle is situated 2,200 feet west of Church of St Illtyd, Penrice.
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. Penrice Castle is situated 1½ miles north of Church of St Illtyd, Penrice.
St Andrew’s Church
Church
Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. St Andrew’s Church is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Church of St Illtyd, Penrice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oxwich and Penrice.
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.
Penrice
Hamlet
Penrice is a village and community in Swansea, Wales, on the Gower peninsula. It had a population of 451 as of the 2011 UK census and the community includes the villages of Oxwich, Oxwich Green, Slade, Little Reynoldston, Horton as well as Penrice itself.
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. Port Eynon is situated 2½ miles west of Church of St Illtyd, Penrice.
Church of St Illtyd, Penrice
- Categories: fortified ecclesiastical site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Penrice, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.55405° or 51° 33′ 15″ northLongitude
-4.159° or 4° 9′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C3QHR3R+J9OpenStreetMap ID
node 240848420OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q16987334
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In Other Languages
From German to Welsh—“Church of St Illtyd, Penrice” goes by many names.
- German: “St Illtyd’s Church”
- Welsh: “Eglwys Sant Illtyd”
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Highlights include Oxwich Wood and Oxwich Boulders.
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