Overton Mere
Overton Mere is a nature reserve in Port Eynon, Swansea, Wales. Overton Mere is situated nearby to the village Port Eynon, as well as near Horton.Places of Interest
Highlights include Long Hole Cave and Oxwich Castle.
Long Hole Cave
Cave
Long Hole, also spelled Longhole, is a limestone cave on the south coast of the Gower Peninsula between Paviland and Port Eynon. It is relatively small, measuring about 15 m deep after several excavations.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gower Peninsula and Port Eynon.
Gower Peninsula
Photo: Catrin Austin, CC BY 2.0.
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.
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.
Oxwich
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Overton Mere
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Port Eynon, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.5423° or 51° 32′ 32″ northLongitude
-4.2155° or 4° 12′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C3QGQRM+WQOpenStreetMap ID
way 374461409OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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