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Cottage |1 bedroom |Sleeps 2

Blue Anchor in Gower

From £290 per week

3 nights minimum stay

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Key info  Beach or lakeside relaxation, car advised, no pets allowed

About the home

The Gallery has a five foot bed on the first floor and takes its name from the beautiful bedroom gallery which was reclaimed from a local chapel.
The decor and furnishings are of the high standard one would expect from a 5 Star Cottage with a suitable mixture of modern conveniences and antique furniture which sets the traditional mood of the property.

Stone fireplace, beams, wooden floor, well fitted kitchen and comfortable soft furnishings complete the warmth and atmosphere of this pretty cottage.
The Gallery has a romantic air and has hosted a few honeymoon couples (perhaps the Romeo and Juliet factor).

Facilities

Further details indoors:
This cottage is well equipped with everything needed for a fantastic holiday. They have full size cookers and good quality equipment including microwaves, TV and video, cassette/CD players and many extras. Hot water and heating are available on demand and each cottage has additional heating in the form of feature electric log fires.

Further details

There are washing machines and dryers available in the adjoining utility room and are available by coin operated meter.

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The Lounge Area

 

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The Fully Equipped Kitchen

The South Wales / Swansea/Bridgend/Neath region

Forty years ago, Gower peninsular, Swansea County, became the U.K.'s first designated "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty". From enchanting rugged countryside to historic woodlands, quaint thatched cottages to mysterious castles; wild ponies roam here across Europe's most spectacular seascape scenery. Gower is a dozen golden bays, a land of legends and prehistoric secrets swept over by ancient sands. Gower visibly reflects a broad timeline from pre-history to a sedate rural lifestyle long forgotten elsewhere. At just nineteen miles wide, the peninsular represents the epitome of ancient Celtic beauty and a microcosm of old-world charm - Gower is the very pride of Wales ... Gower is a living Welsh poem.

Some of the oldest human remains have been discovered on Gower; a testimony to the people who have lived on this dramatic, gold soaked coastline for many thousands of years. Some villages are buried beneath the sands, but other monuments stand above land as a reminder of the civilisations which existed long before time froze over Gower.

Reaching the peninsular is a seamless journey travelling west from Swansea Bay for just a mile or two. Many people like to walk the coastal path from Swansea Maritime Quarter which ensures you never lose sight of the angry sea crashing on the rocks below. In no time you'll reach the peninsular's first dazzling golden bay, or a cosy Gower village pub ... your sensations will start tell you that you've walked into a dream.

The Gower / Blue Anchor area

Up until the end of the 19th century, Penclawdd was a flourishing sea port, with several coal mines, and tinplate, copper and brass works. It was a bustling commercial centre for much of North Gower. There was a time, almost within living memory, when it had a railway station, a forge, twenty grocers, three butchers, three drapers and four fish and chip shops; for happy hours, there were eleven pubs and a cinema, and for holy hours, three chapels and a church.

But above all else, Penclawdd was synonymous with cockles and cockling, and this is the only one of the old industries to survive. The famous low-tide cockle beds on the Burry Estuary sands have always produced a good quality harvest. During the Industrial Revolution, women whose husbands were unfit for work in the coalmines turned to cockle gathering as a lifeline, and right up to the 1970s, women were the main gatherers. Working with donkeys, hand rakes and riddles (coarse sieves), the women were tough and resilient, famed for their ability to withstand all weather conditions on the estuary.

Today, with demand ever increasing, the industry is run by men with tractors and four-wheel drives, but they still gather the cockles with the traditional hand tools. The cockles are processed in local factories, carefully prepared and heat-treated for export nationwide. Look out for the cockle stalls in Swansea Market, and for establishments, such as the Kings Head Hotel at Llangennith, which serve a traditional Welsh breakfast featuring cockles, bacon and laverbread (laver seaweed washed, dipped in oatmeal and fried in bacon fat).

Penclawdd and Crofty both have high locations and enjoy spectacular views over the Loughor estuary and the surrounding countryside. Worth visiting in Crofty is the graveyard of the ruined Hermon Chapel, for its profound atmosphere and marvellous views(see below). Originally painted white, the chapel, built in 1807, was an important landmark for ships navigating the estuary.

How to get there

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Bothe BMI Baby and British Airways offer very cheap regular flights to Cardiff Airport.

If driving by car:

Leave M4 at junction 47. Follow signs for Penllergaer then signs for Gowerton. You will pass a Harvester pub and go under a railway bridge before you reach traffic lights. Turn right at traffic lights then straight through second traffic lights. The road signs for Gower at both lights. Travel 3.5 miles to Penclawdd.
Turn left at the mini roundabout opposite Gower Timber and follow the road to a junction at the top of the hill. Turn left at junction and approx 100yds along there is a small lane sloping down towards the left. Take this turn, go approximately 150 metres until you see a stone wall and electric gate on the left. The wall has a nameplate “Blaen Cedi Farm”.

Activities near Gower

Rental prices

Prices for group size 2
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Low Season	28 Jan 12	11 Feb 12	290£ 290	0-	0-	3 Nights
Mid Season	11 Feb 12	18 Feb 12	390£ 390	0-	0-	1 Week
Low Season	18 Feb 12	31 Mar 12	290£ 290	0-	0-	3 Nights
Mid Season	31 Mar 12	7 Jul 12	390£ 390	0-	0-	1 Week
High Season	7 Jul 12	1 Sep 12	580£ 580	0-	0-	1 Week
Mid Season	1 Sep 12	22 Sep 12	390£ 390	0-	0-	1 Week
Low Season	22 Sep 12	27 Oct 12	290£ 290	0-	0-	1 Week
Mid Season	27 Oct 12	3 Nov 12	390£ 390	0-	0-	1 Week
Low Season	3 Nov 12	22 Dec 12	290£ 290	0-	0-	3 Nights
Mid Season	22 Dec 12	5 Jan 13	390£ 390	0-	0-	1 Week

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

Deposit of £150 per week,balance payable 28 days before start date of holiday.

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5 years listed You are contacting Jeffrey Walters Landline +44 01792 851448 Mobile +44 079789 470345 Languages spoken The owner is based in the United Kingdom and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2007. This cottage has so far received 0 reviews.

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