Gower was the first place in the UK to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in 1956, and is now a National Landscape. The peninsula packs surf beaches, salt marsh, limestone cliffs and commons into about nineteen miles west of Swansea.
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Small sites behind the south-coast beaches, usually seasonal.
Year-round options when the fields are too wet for tents.
A long surf beach with a tidal island at its end.
The Worm''s Head causeway is only passable around low tide. Check the tide times before setting out.
A much-photographed bay reached on foot across dunes and a stream crossing.
Estuary grazing marsh, big skies and wintering birds.
Schools operate on the south-coast beaches through the season.
The limestone cliffs are used for both, with local guides.
The Loughor estuary holds large numbers of waders and wildfowl in winter.
Cockles have been gathered from the north Gower sands for generations and appear on local menus.
Most of the main bays have a seasonal cafe at the car park.
Rhossili Bay runs for around three miles under Rhossili Down. At its western end, Worm''s Head is a tidal island: the causeway is only crossable for a few hours around low tide, and people are cut off there every year.
Check the tide times posted at the coastwatch lookout before crossing, and turn back in good time.
The north coast is a different landscape: salt marsh, grazing sheep and long views over the Loughor estuary, with far fewer visitors than the south-facing beaches.
The inland commons are good for early evening walks when the beach car parks are full.
Every place on Outdoor Explorer sits near an independent stay you can book direct with the owner.
