Visiting all the beaches in Swansea and Gower
- Author Benjy Stanton
- Date (updated 22 August 2023)
- Categories
I’ve set myself a challenge to visit all the beaches in Swansea and Gower. There are about 39 in total.
We visit some of these beaches regularly, but loads are completely new to me. No strict rules, I’m going to include beaches I’ve visited recently, to give myself a head start.
Very important stats
- Beaches visited: 16 of 39 (41%)
- Longest continuous stretch: 9 beaches
- Seals spotted: 0
Swansea Bay
![A small dog sniffs near 3 mounds of long grass in the sand. Choppy sea in the background. Rays of sun and blue sky break through a grey sky.](/images/swansea-bay.jpg)
- Date: 8 March 2022
- Location: Swansea Bay on Open Street Map
Knab Rock
![Two paddle boarders on the sea. Cliffs topped with trees in the background. Sky is cloudy and blue.](/images/knab-rock.jpg)
- Date: 28 July 2022
- Location: Knab Rock on Open Street Map
Mumbles Head Beach
![Small rocky island with a lighthouse, just the other side of the water from a sandy beach.](/images/mumbles-head.jpg)
- Date: 19 November 2022
- Location: Mumbles Head Beach on Open Street Map
Bracelet Bay
![Sandy beach with rocks at the shore. In the distance is a lighthouse on a small rocky island.](/images/bracelet-bay-02.jpg)
- Date: 16 October 2022
- Location: Bracelet Bay on Open Street Map
Limeslade Beach
![Grey rocks and pebbles disappear into the sea at the shore. Jagged rocks poke out of the sea, and rocky headland can be seen in the distance.](/images/limeslade-bay.jpg)
- Date: 14 November 2022
- Location: Limeslade Beach on Open Street Map
Rotherslade Bay
![A sandy, pebbly beach at low tide. Beyond the rocks on one side, another beach and green hills can be seen.](/images/rotherslade-bay.jpg)
- Date: 4 November 2022
- Location: Rotherslade Bay on Open Street Map
Langland Bay
![Waves on a sandy shoreline. Sunrise behind the headland in the distance is reflecting orange in the wet sand.](/images/langland-bay.jpg)
- Date: 9 October 2022
- Location: Langland Bay on Open Street Map
Caswell Bay
![Beach with tide out. Sun, blue sky and cliffs in distance reflect off the water.](/images/caswell-bay.jpg)
- Date: 6 February 2022
- Location: Caswell Bay on Open Street Map
Brandy Cove
![View down from a coastal path to a small sandy and rocky beach. Small waves break from the left. Cliffs on the far side lead up to dark green hills with shrubs and bushes.](/images/brandy-cove.jpg)
- Date: 3 December 2022
- Location: Brandy Cove on Open Street Map
Rhossili
![Steep cliffs topped with green grass reflect in wet sand below. Sky is grey.](/images/rhossili.jpg)
- Date: 28 June 2023
- Location: Rhossili on Open Street Map
Llangennith
![Surf board on the sand. Sea and cliffs in the background. Blue clouds with wispy clouds.](/images/llangennith.jpg)
- Date: 15 June 2022
- Location: Llangennith on Open Street Map
Burry Holms
![A small island in the distance surrounded by choppy seas. Long dune grass in the foreground is being blown sideways by the wind.](/images/burry-holms.jpg)
- Date: 15 July 2023
- Location: Burry Holms on Open Street Map
Blue Pool Bay
![Rocky cliffs from the beach. A hole has formed in the rocks and you can see blue sky through the middle.](/images/three-chimneys.jpg)
- Date: 10 August 2022
- Location: Blue Pool Bay on Open Street Map
Little Broughton
![A massive stretch of wet sand with grass topped cliffs in the distance. The cliffs and sky are mirrored almost perfectly in the wet sand below.](/images/little-broughton.jpg)
- Date: 12 November 2022
- Location: Little Broughton on Open Street Map
Broughton Bay
![Beach at high tide. Sun light is reflecting off the surface. The sun is covered by small clouds. A bird flies past, and there is a hill in the background.](/images/broughton-bay.jpg)
- Date: 14 August 2022
- Location: Broughton Bay on Open Street Map
Whiteford Sands
![Windswept sand dunes in early morning light, topped with beachgrass.](/images/whiteford-sands.jpg)
- Date: 22 August 2023
- Location: Whiteford Sands on Open Street Map
All the beaches in Swansea and Gower
- Jersey Marine Beach
Swansea BayKnab RockMumbles HeadBracelet BayLimeslade BeachRotherslade BayLangland BayCaswell BayBrandy Cove- Pwll Du Bay
- Bantam Bay
- Hunts Bay / Deep Slade
- Foxhole
- Pobbles Bay
- Three Cliffs Bay
- Tor Bay
- Nicholaston / Crawley Beach
- Oxwich Bay
- Slade Sands
- The Cove / Horton Beach
- Port Eynon
- Salt House Mere
- Overton Mere
- Common Cliff
- Foxhole Slade
- Knave Bay
- Ramsgrove
- Butterslade
- Mewslade Bay
- Fall Bay
RhossiliLlangennithBurry HolmsBlue Pool BayLittle BroughtonBroughton BayWhiteford Sands- Llanrhidian Sands