caption welsh name Rhosili constituency welsh assembly official name Rhossili latitude 51.56856 longitude ... district SA3 postcode area SA dial code map type os grid reference population File Rhossili in Autumn, 2010.jpg thumb Rhossili beach in Autumn, 2010 Image Rhossili Church.JPG thumb Church of St ... Image NT sign Rhossili.JPG thumb upright National Trust sign Rhossili Welsh language Welsh Rhosili ... ward. Origin of name Rhossili probably gets its name in part from the Welsh language Welsh word for moorland ... helped to confirm the truth of this. Despite its relatively remote position, Rhossili is a popular tourist ..., end, or pass through the village Iron Age remains are found on Rhossili Down and the 4 mile 6.4 ... of the Helvetia, which ran aground on Rhossili Bay in November 1887, bears witness to the challenging .... Rhossili Bay Rhossili Bay curves along an arc running northwards from the village. The sandy beach ... Sands. Behind the beach just north of the village is Rhossili Down with the highest point on the Gower Peninsula , the Beacon , and a number of prehistoric remains. It is between Rhossili Down and the beach ... of the Helvetia being the most prominent when looking north from Rhossili. Rhossili Bay has been used ... Rhossili village hall. It continues over fields and many stiles and has a steep final descent. The cliff path leads east to Mewslade Bay or westwards towards the Worm s Head and Rhossili Bay. Famous ... in the parish church ref Rhossili Parish Church and the old Church in the Warren by Robert Lucas, published by Rhossili Parochial Church Council, 2000. ref Gary Ley , writer ref cite web url http www.sculptureculture.co.uk ... operates a visitor centre near the Warren, the Down, Worm s Head, Rhossili beach and coastal ... or Natural Beauty National Trust s Old Rectory cottage in Rhossili Bay . ref name 27thRoundup ... News Page accessdate 31 January 2011 ref Boating Rhossili Bay is not normally appropriate for overnight ... at Rhossili. ref Cite news title Rhossili midsummer skinny dip organisers claim record url http ... more details
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The Bay Blue Pool Bay is a small cove, situated about a mile away from the village of Llangennith in the Gower Peninsula Gower . The cove is surrounded by natural cliffs, and is accessible all the time via the cliff path. There is a small, unstable path down the cliff face to get to it. This path is unfenced. The beach is often fully covered at high tide. On this beach is a natural pool, that is 8ft 2.4m deep. This pool is well known locally, and many people enjoy tomb stoning . The beach is near to the 3 mile long beach, Rhossili Bay , and Burry Holmes . Travel The Bay is reach able from the M4 Motorway M4 J47 and is close to Swansea. The nearest Car Parking is either in Llangennith or Llanmadoc , both in the Gower. There is easy access from Llangennith or Rhossili Bay, as there are paths over the dunes. From Rhossili Bay or Llanmadoc, you can take the cliff path. Features At one end of the bay, is an natural rock arch, called the Blue Pool Arch or 3 Chimneys . The arch is full of water at high tide. The Blue Pool The pool is 8 ft 2.4m deep, and was formed naturally over time. It is rock, and tombstoning is popular. Many people come to the pool to jump in the cold, refreshing waters there. The water is cold, and gets colder the deeper down you go. The pool is more visible at low tide, when the sea is not disguising the rocks. The pool is still as deep, and still jump able. Unfortunatley, it is more dangerous when the tide is in, as you may hit yourself on a hidden rock. When the tide comes in, the water is replenished, and when it goes out again, it is safe and visible. The Beach The beach is mostly sand, but there are rocks surrounding the beach, from where the cliffs have crumbled over time. The sand is wet most of the time. The rocks are safe to scramble across, though it is advised that you do not climb the cliffs. You can scramble up the rock surrounding of the pool to jump off into the pool. There is also a small climb to reach the cliff path. Views The sea h ... more details
This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest SSSIs in the West Glamorgan Area of Search . For SSSIs elsewhere in Wales , see List of SSSIs by Area of Search . Arfordir Pen bre Pembrey Coast Barland Common Stream Section, Bishopston Berry Wood Bishop s Wood Blackpill , Swansea Bracelet Bay River Loughor Burry Inlet and Loughor Estuary Caeau Afon Gwili Caswell Bay Cefn Bryn Cefn Bryn Common Cefn Gwrhyd, Rhydyfro Cilybebyll Coed Cwm Du, Cilmaengwyn Coedydd Parkmill a Cwm Llethrid Parkmill Woodlands and Llethrid Valley Crymlyn Bog Courthouse Grasslands Crymlyn Burrows Cwm Clydach, Cydweli Cwm Gwrelych and Nant Llyn Fach Streams Earlswood Road Cutting and Ferryboat Inn Quarries Eglwys Nunydd Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir Fairwood, Pengwern and Welshmoor Commons Felin Fach Meadows, Cwmgwili Frondeg Glais Moraine Gorsllwyn, Onllwyn Gower Peninsula Gower Coast Graig Fawr, Pontardulais Gwernydd Penbre Gweunydd Glan y glasnant Gwrhyd Meadows Hafod Wennol Grasslands Horton, Eastern and Western Slade Ilston Quarry Langland Bay Rotherslade Margam Moors Minchin Hole Morfa a Chraig Cwm Ivy Cwm Ivy Marsh and Tor Nant y Crimp Nicholaston Wood Oxwich Bay Oystermouth Old Quarry Pant y Sais Penard Valley Penllergaer Railway Cutting Penplas Grasslands Penrice Stables and Underhill Cottage Penycastell, Cefn Cribwr Pwlldu Bay Pwll Du Head and Bishopston Valley Pyllau Machynys Machynys Ponds Rhossili Rhossili Down Rose Cottage, Llethrid Sluxton Marsh, Whitemoor Smarts Quarry Tairgwaith Twyni Chwitffordd, Morfa Landimor a Bae Brychdwn Whiteford Burrows etc SSSI AOS lists Category Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Glamorgan Category Lists of SSSIs by Area of Search West Glamorgan ... more details
Infobox swansea electoral ward Electoral Ward Gower ward WardMap Image Wm swansea gower.jpg GridReference SS4890 Principal Locality Gower Peninsula Total Population 3,654 2001 census Land Area 113.20 2001 census Local Council City and County of Swansea NoofCouncillors 1 PostCodes SA3, SA4 DiallingCode 44 1792 AssemblyConstituency Gower National Assembly for Wales constituency Constituency Gower UK Parliament constituency Gower lang cy G yr Ward politics electoral ward is an electoral ward in Britain. It is a ward of the City and County of Swansea , and comprises the western part of the Gower Peninsula . It lies within the UK Parliamentary constituency of Gower UK Parliament constituency Gower . The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following villages and areas Cheriton, Swansea Cheriton , Horton, Swansea Horton , Ilston , Knelston , Landimore , Llandewi , Llangennith , Llanmadoc , Llanrhidian , Middleton, Swansea Middleton , Nicholaston , Oldwalls , Overton, Swansea Overton , Oxwich Green , Oxwich , Parkmill , Penmaen, Swansea Penmaen , Penrice, Swansea Penrice , Port Eynon , Reynoldston , Rhossili , Slade, Swansea Slade , Scurlage . It also includes the communities of Ilston , Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton , Llanrhidian Lower , Penrice, Swansea , Port Eynon , Reynoldston and Rhossili . Neighboring wards are Penclawdd electoral ward Penclawdd to the north east, Fairwood, Swansea Fairwood to the east and Pennard electoral ward Pennard to the south east. 2008 local council elections Local council elections for Gower were held on 1 May 2008, along with wards in all local authorities in Wales. The turn out for Gower was 52.99 . The results were class wikitable sortable Candidate Party Votes Status Richard David Lewis Independents 771 Independents hold Marjorie Jennifer Stubbings Conservatives 587 Michael John Shaw Labour 144 David Charles Howells Green Party 136 Although elected as an Independent, Lewis has since joined the Liberal Democrats . ref http ... more details
Oxen , always the first to rush to any shipwreck, particularly those in Rhossili Bay, and feuding ... Llangennith taken from Rhossili Down References Reflist Gower Peninsula Category Villages in Swansea ... more details
National Trust Properties in Wales is a link page for any stately home , historic house , castle , abbey , museum or other property in the care of the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty National Trust in Wales . TOCright Anglesey Plas Newydd Carmarthenshire Aberdeunant Newton House Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire Newton House Dolaucothi Gold Mines Ceredigion Llanerchaeron Mwnt Penbryn Penbryn Beach Conwy Aberconwy House Bodnant Garden Bodysgallen Hall Conwy Suspension Bridge Ty Mawr Wybrnant Ty n y Coed Uchaf Gwynedd Bwthyn Llywelyn Penrhyn Castle Y Rhiw Plas yn Rhiw Segontium Monmouthshire Kymin Hill Skenfrith Castle Neath & Port Talbot Aberdulais Falls Sgwd Henrhyd Pembrokeshire Barafundle Broadhaven Cilgerran Castle Colby Woodland Garden Marloes Sands Martin s Haven Stackpole Estate St Davids Visitor Centre Tudor Merchant s House , Tenby Dinbych y Pysgod Powys Powis Castle Powis Castle & Garden Swansea beach, Warren, cliffs, Down, and Worm s Head at Rhossili Wrexham Chirk Castle Erddig See also List of National Trust properties in England List of National Trust properties in Northern Ireland List of National Trust for Scotland properties External links http www.nationaltrust.org.uk main The National Trust http www.rcahmw.gov.uk Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales in English and Welsh National Trust Category Buildings and structures in Wales Category National Trust properties in Wales Category Wales related lists National Trust properties in Wales cy Rhestr eiddo r Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol yng Nghymru no National Trusts eiendommer i Wales ... more details
No footnotes date April 2009 File Gower Explorer logo.png right 150px The Gower Explorer is a bus service, previously operated by Veolia Transport Cymru and now First Cymru , which provides services to Gowerton , Horton, Llangennith, Llanmadoc, Llanrhidian, Oxwich , Penclawdd , Port Eynon , Reynoldston and Rhossili . The service was launched in 2004 after a 575,500 transport grant from the Welsh Assembly Government . Swansea Council used this grant to buy a fleet of six buses four larger ones for the main routes and two small ones for the peninsula s tricky narrow lanes. Two east west trunk routes and a linking north south shuttle serve almost every village in the Gower, a prime tourist area west of Swansea. In June 2010, Swansea Council announced withdrawal of bus subsidies to save 200,000 and the Gower Explorer will run on a commercial basis from July 19th 2010. Evening services will be severely curtailed and Sunday service on the northern trunk route will be withdrawn. Awards The success of the Gower Explorer, most notably a rise in passengers on the southern route of 18.4 , while north Gower has seen a 16.5 increase, saw the service receive a prestigious The Guardian Guardian Transport award in 2006. See also List of bus operators of the United Kingdom References http society.guardian.co.uk publicservicesawards story 0,,1964465,00.html Guardian Public Services Awards Transport 2006 http www.thisissouthwales.co.uk news Passengers vow battle service cuts article 2295210 detail article.html South Wales Evening Post, June 12, 2010 External links http baytrans.org.uk ExploreGower.html Gower Explorer webpage http baytrans.org.uk resources SwG.pdf SWANSEA GOWER SERVICES JULY 2010.pdf Gower Explorer timetable from July 19th 2010 Transport in Swansea Bus companies in Wales Category Bus transport in Wales Category Transport in Swansea ... more details
Lightship 2000 lang cy Goleulong 2000 is a restored old red Lightvessel with a cafe and chapel on board situated in Cardiff Bay . During the redevelopment of Cardiff Bay, the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation called together the churches in Cardiff to discuss the role of Christianity in the Bay. ref http www.cardiffbay.co.uk attractions the lightship.htm Lightship 2000 page in the Cardiff Bay website ref Lightship 2000 is the result of these discussions. History The ship was launched in 1953 and from that year until 1989 it was a working Lightvessel in a number of locations around the UK, ending its working life at Rhossili on the Gower Peninsula to warn of the Helwick Swatch, a treacherous sandbank. It was purchased in 1993 and refurbished as a floating Christian centre. ref http www.lightship2000.co.uk index.php?option com content&view article&id 2&Itemid 2 Article on the history of the Lightship on the official website ref Chaplains Rev d Monica Mills, a United Reformed Church URC Minister, served as chaplain of Cardiff Bay ref http www.anglicancommunion.org acns digest index.cfm 2006 3 14 Cardiff to serve as hub of European Church Communication An article which mentions Monica s role as chaplain ref until early 2010. Mills died on 1 December 2010. ref http www.lymurc.org.uk news 2011 01 the revd monica mills News of Monica s death from her final church. ref Since Monica departure as chaplain a team of local ministers have taken on various aspects of chaplaincy in the Bay. References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist Primary sources date April 2011 External links http www.lightship2000.co.uk Lightship 2000 s website Categories coord 51.4623 3.16063 display title Use dmy dates date April 2011 DEFAULTSORT Lightship 2000 Category Articles created via the Article Wizard Category Landmarks in Cardiff Category Churches in Cardiff Category 1953 ships ... more details
. It sits at a crossroads Moor Lane leads west to a caravan park near Rhossili Bay and Burrows Lane leads ... on GowerCoast.com ref ref http www.swanseamatters.org.uk ref Rhossili Image Worm s Head Rhossili .jpg thumb Worm s Head at Rhossili Main RhossiliRhossili is on the southwestern tip of the peninsula ... and 3 miles north of Rhossili . ref http www.genuki.org.uk big wal GLA Llanddewi Historical information ... of Rhosili village and not far from Rhossili Bay . It has a much used village hall. Lanes ... of Scurlage and Rhossili . Scurlage in southern Gower Peninsula Gower lies at the junction ... more details
orphan date January 2010 sisterlinks Swansea This is a list of places in the City and County of Swansea , South Wales Administrative divisions Swansea electoral wards Communities of Swansea Towns Gorseinon Loughor Morriston Prehistoric sites border 0 cellpadding 0 cellspacing 0 Birchgrove, Swansea Carreg Bica Gower Peninsula Bulwark Hillfort, The Burry Holms Chapel Cefn Bryn Gower Peninsula Sweynes Howes Parc Cwm long cairn Geographical Beaches There are over seventy named beaches in the Swansea area. Some of the larger beaches have seaside resort amenities and are easily accessible by road. For those seeking more adventure and tranquility there are some beaches that are only accessible on foot by trekking over cliffs or through farmland. This is a list of the larger, more well known beaches border 0 cellpadding 0 cellspacing 0 Bracelet Bay Broughton Bay Brandy Cove Caswell Bay Fall Bay Langland Bay Limeslade Bay Mewslade Bay Oxwich Bay Port Eynon Port Eynon Bay valign top Pwlldu Bay Rhossili Rhossili Bay Slade Bay Swansea Bay Three Cliffs Bay Rivers and waterways Blackpill Blackpill stream Lower Clydach River Upper Clydach River Dulais Neath and Tennant Canal Glan y wern Canal River Ilston Afon Llan Afon Lliw River Loughor River Tawe Neath and Tennant Canal Tennant Canal Swansea Canal Lakes and reservoirs Brynmill Brynmill Park Brynmill Park lake Swansea Enterprise Park Lake Fendrod Lake Fendrod Lower Lliw reservoir Upper Lliw reservoir Mountains and Hills Carnglas Bryn Carnglas Cefn Hengoed Colts Hill Kilvey Hill Mumbles Hill Mynydd Bach Mynydd y Betws Mynydd y Gwair Townhill, Swansea Townhill Country parks Clyne Valley Country Park Kilvey Community Woodland Mawr Lliw Reservoirs country park Penllergare Nature reserves Cefn Bryn Broad Pool Broad Pool Crymlyn Bog nature reserve Crymlyn Burrows Kilvey Community Woodland Townhill, Swansea Rosehill Quarry Community Park Rosehill Quarry Swansea Vale Geographical interest Gower Peninsula Cefn Bryn Burry Holms Retail Par ... more details
Year in Wales header 1887 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1887 to Wales and Welsh people its people . Incumbents Prince of Wales Edward VII of the United Kingdom The Prince Albert Edward , son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Princess of Wales Alexandra of Denmark Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales David Griffiths Clwydfardd Clwydfardd Events 18 February 39 miners are killed in an accident at Standard Colliery, Ynyshir . June The Riot Act is read at Mochdre in the Vale of Clwyd at the height of a Tithe War . November The Helvetia wrecked off Worms Head, Rhossili remains can still be seen at low tide . The Turner House Gallery, Penarth , is built to house the art collection of Major James Pyke Thompson . Opening of Wrexham School of Science and Art. Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn and Stuart Rendel affirm the Welsh Liberal Party s support of Irish Home Rule. ref http yba.llgc.org.uk en s DILL DIL 1650.html National Library of Wales Dictionary of Welsh Biography ref Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales held at London Chair Robert Arthur Williams Crown John Cadfan Davies New books Amy Dillwyn Jill and Jack Daniel Silvan Evans Dictionary of the Welsh Language Geiriadur Cymraeg Music Empty section date March 2011 Sport Football soccer Football Chirk win the Welsh Cup for the first time. Knighton Town F.C. is founded. Rugby union Ammanford RFC , Caerphilly RFC , Mumbles RFC , Newport RFC , Pontyclun RFC and Taffs Well RFC are established. Wales national rugby union team Wales play their first international in Llanelli though the original venue of Stradey Park is moved to a local cricket pitch due to a frozen pitch. Births 13 January Hedd Wyn , poet died 1917 27 February James Dickson Innes , painter died 1914 23 March Percy Jones rugby player Percy Jones , Wales international rugby player died 1969 19 April Bertrand Turnbull , Olympic hockey player died 1943 23 April Len Trump , Wales international rugby player die ... more details
Infobox person name Gary Ley image image size 150 birth date Birth year and age 1956 birth place Swansea nationality Wales Welsh occupation writer, sculpture technician known for Taking Ronnie to the Pictures , Strange Tunnels Disappearing Gary Ley born 1956 is a Wales Welsh writer and sculpture technician, ref name sculptureculture bio cite web url http www.sculptureculture.co.uk about the artists title About the Artists accessdate 2008 10 21 publisher Sculpture Culture ref based in Rhossili on the Gower Peninsula . ref name sculptureculture contact cite web url http www.sculptureculture.co.uk contact us title Contact Us accessdate 2008 11 26 publisher Sculpture Culture ref Born in Swansea , Ley studied Geography at university and had a career as a teacher and lecturer before being involved in the setting up of a sculpture business in 1988. ref name sculptureculture bio His first novel, Taking Ronnie to the Pictures , was published in 1998 and is notable for having been a runner up in Seren Press Seren s First Novel Competition. ref name seren bio cite web url http www.seren books.com authors ?author id 1392 title Authors Ley, Gary accessdate 2008 04 23 publisher Seren ref It deals with the subject of child abuse , employing Flashback narrative flashback s and having a narrative that moves between Texas and Wales. ref name gwales ronnie cite web url http www.gwales.com goto biblio en 1854111930 title Taking Ronnie to the Pictures accessdate 2008 04 23 publisher GWales.com ref ref name seren ronnie cite web url http www.seren books.com product search p 1667 title Taking Ronnie to the Pictures accessdate 2008 04 23 publisher Seren ref Ley published his second novel, Strange Tunnels Disappearing , in 2002. It is set in the 1980s against the backdrop of the internal conflict in Peru of that time its main characters are a British aircraft salesman and a Peruvian politics lecturer associated with the Shining Path . The imagined persona of the 19th century railway builder ... more details
This is a list of bays of the British Isles , geographically by island. They are listed by island , in clockwise order, from the stated starting point. Britain Clockwise from the River Tweed England from the River Tweed to the Bristol Channel Budle Bay Druridge Bay Whitley Bay Tees Bay Robin Hood s Bay North Bay, Scarborough South Bay, Scarborough Cornelian Bay, North Yorkshire Cornelian Bay Gristhorpe Bay Filey Bay Bridlington Bay The Wash Hollesley Bay Pegwell Bay Rye Bay Pevensey Bay Seaford Bay Friars Bay Bracklesham Bay Hayling Bay Stokes Bay Stanswood Bay Christchurch Bay Poole Bay Bramblebush Bay Shell Bay Studland Bay Swanage Bay Durlston Bay Kimmeridge Bay Hobarrow Bay Brandy Bay Worbarrow Bay Mupe Bay St Oswald s Bay Ringstead Bay Weymouth Bay Balaclava Bay West Bay, Dorset West Bay Lyme Bay Labrador Bay Tor Bay Start Bay Bigbury Bay St Austell Bay Veryan Bay Gerrans Bay Falmouth Bay Mount s Bay St Ives Bay Ligger Bay Watergate Bay Padstow Bay Bude Bay Barnstaple Bay Bideford Bay Morte Bay Porlock Bay Bridgwater Bay Wales Cardiff Bay Swansea Bay Rhossili Bay Carmarthen Bay St Bride s Bay Fishguard Bay Newport Bay Cardigan Bay Tremadog Bay Caernarfon Bay Holyhead Bay Conway Bay England from the River Dee, Wales River Dee to the Solway Firth Liverpool Bay Morecambe Bay Duddon Estuary Moricambe Bay Scotland Kirkcudbright Bay Wigtown Bay Luce Bay Ayr Bay Irvine Bay Gruinard Bay Enard Bay Achmelvich Achmelvich Bay Clashnessie Bay Eddrachillis Bay Dunnet Bay Sinclair s Bay Burghhead Bay Spey Bay Lunan Bay St Andrews Bay Fife Largo Bay Aberlady Bay Gosford Bay Wemyss Bay Coldingham Bay Hebrides Islay Laggan Bay Isle of Mull Mull Calgary, Mull Calgary Bay Lewis Broad Bay Lewis Broad Bay Orkney Mainland Scapa Bay Bay of Firth Bay of Kirkwall Inganess Bay Isle of Man Clockwise from the Point of Ayre Ramsey Bay , Ramsey, Isle of Man Ramsey Bulgam Bay Laxey Bay , Laxey Garwick Bay Douglas Bay , Douglas, Isle of Man Douglas Derbyhaven Bay , Derbyhaven Castletown Bay , ... more details
Use dmy dates date August 2011 distinguish2 Lieutenant Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans E.R.G.R. Teddy Evans , Scott s second in command on the Terra Nova expedition. for the Welsh opera singer Edgar Evans tenor Petty Officer Edgar Evans 7 March 1876 17 February 1912 was a member of the Polar Party on Robert Falcon Scott s companions on his ill fated Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole in 1911 1912. This final group of five men, personally selected for the final expedition push, attained the Pole on 17 January 1912 but all of them, including Evans, perished as they attempted to return to their base camp. Background Evans was born in Middleton, Rhossili , ref http www.archivesnetworkwales.info cgi bin anw fulldesc nofr?inst id 34&coll id 11286&expand Memorial in Parish Church ref Wales , the son of a seaman. He attended St. Helen s Boys School from the age of six until he was thirteen, then enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1891, and in 1899 began service on HMS Majestic 1895 HMS Majestic , where Scott was serving as a torpedo lieutenant. Discovery Expedition main Discovery Expedition Evans then joined Scott s first Antarctic expedition in RRS Discovery Discovery in 1901 1904. Along with William Lashly , he accompanied Scott on his Furthest West sledge journey to the interior of Victoria Land in 1903. Terra Nova Expedition main Terra Nova Expedition seealso Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions Scott s biographer Roland Huntford described Evans as a huge, bull necked beefy figure and a beery womanizer who was running a bit to fat by the time of Scott s second expedition in Terra Nova ship Terra Nova . Evans was nearly left behind in New Zealand when he drunkenly fell into the water while boarding the ship. However, held in high regard by Scott for his resourcefulness, his strength and fund of anecdotes, Scott decided to overlook the incident. Scott chose Evans as a member of his polar party, together with Lieutenant Henry Robertson Bowers , Lawrence ... more details
Image River Loughor downstream.JPG thumb right River Loughor just above the Loughor bridges The River Loughor IPAc en icon l x r ref G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names Oxford UP, 1971 , p. 92. ref lang cy Afon Llwchwr in Carmarthenshire , Wales has its source at an underground lake at the Black Mountain range Black Mountain . It flows past settlements like Ammanford and Hendy in Carmarthenshire and Pontarddulais in Swansea . The river divides Carmarthenshire from Swansea for much of its course and it separates Hendy from Pontarddulais at the point where the river becomes tidal. The Loughor meets the sea at its estuary near the town of Loughor where it separates the south coast of Carmarthenshire from the north coast of the Gower Peninsula . Among its tributaries is the River Amman , which joins the Loughor near Pantyffynnon . In the 18th century, the river was a noted salmon and sea trout river. Fish from the river was then carried on ponies to be sold at Swansea Market . The fishing declined in the 19th century due to increasing pollution from industrialisation. Carmarthenshire County Council is currently undertaking studies into the possibility of constructing a barrage across the River Loughor upstream from the Loughor bridges. Estuary Image Burry Holms.jpg thumb Looking out to the Loughor estuary from Rhossili The Loughor Estuary aka Burry inlet or Burry estuary , from the small Burry River which enters on the Gower side near its mouth is the region of the waterway below the road and rail bridges at Loughor, where it turns abruptly from a southerly to a westerly direction towards Carmarthen Bay . The Afon Lliw empties into the estuary just below the Loughor bridges. This region almost completely empties at low tide, exposing extensive sandy areas supporting a thriving Cockle bivalve cockle industry. On the south side of the inlet, the gathering and processing of cockles Cerastoderma edule contributes significantly to the economy of the ... more details
communities of Penllergaer and Pontarddulais . ref name PhisicalDescription File Rhossili 06 05.jpg thumb right Rhossili Beach as seen from headland, Gower Peninsula About three quarters of Swansea is bordered ... edge from Mumbles to Rhossili Worm s Head and the salt marshes and dune systems of the Loughor estuary ... , a ridge of high land, forms the backbone of the Gower Peninsula. Rhossili Down, Hardings Down and Llanmadoc ... more details
Mill Dale on the River Dove at the start of the path to Tissington File Worm s Head Rhossili .jpg thumb Cliffs and Worm s Head at Rhossili The Trust s land holdings account for more than 630,000 ... more details
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