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Cottage |3 bedrooms |Sleeps 6

Norton, Wales in Gower

From £405 per week

3 nights minimum stay

Changeover Saturday

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Key info  Beach or lakeside relaxation, balcony/terrace, car advised, private garden, pets welcome

About the home

Located in an attractive position close to Oystermouth Castle, this cosy three bedroom Victorian terraced cottage has beautiful views over Swansea Bay. It is close to the Promenade, and Mumbles Village is only a short walk away. The Beaufort pub, which serves excellent pub fayre, is just 50 metres away, whilst restaurant food at Norton House, is just a little further, around the corner.

The rear garden has a raised deck with patio furniture where you can sit and enjoy the views across the bay.

Accommodation: Ground floor: the lounge/diner is comfortably furnished and has a TV, DVD and CD system, a dining table and chairs. The fitted kitchen is fully equipped and has a gas hob and oven, microwave, dishwasher, fridge/freezer. The utility room has a washing machine.

On the first floor: Master bedroom has king size bed and an en-suite bathroom. The twin bedroom has two 2' 6" single beds. The family shower room on the first floor has a large shower cubicle, wash hand basin and a WC. Second floor: twin bedroom (with some restricted headroom) TV and DVD player.

Sleeps 4/6: 1 king, 2 twin (1 with 2' 6" beds)

C/O day - Sat. Gas CH. Bed linen and towels provided. Nine steps leading up to the property. Barbecue. Pets accepted. No smoking. Parking not available directly outside the property. Vodafone preferred network coverage.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Accommodation Ground floor: the lounge/diner is comfortably furnished and has a TV/DVD and CD system, a dining table and chairs. The fitted kitchen is fully equipped with a gas hob and oven, microwave, dishwasher, fridge/freezer. The utility room has a washing machine.

On the first floor: Master bedroom has king size bed and an en-suite bathroom. The twin bedroom has two 2' 6" single beds). The family shower room on the first floor has a large shower cubicle, wash hand basin and a WC. Second floor: twin bedroom (with some restricted headroom) TV and DVD player.

Further details outdoors:
Outside: The rear garden has a raised deck with patio furniture where you can sit and enjoy the views across the bay.

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The South Wales / Swansea/Bridgend/Neath region

Designated as Britain’s first area of outstanding natural beauty – and deservedly so because Gower has some of the most beautiful scenery you are ever likely to see.

Just 18 miles long and less than 8 miles wide the area has nearly 400 miles of public rights of way, and 23 nature reserves. Gower offers a great variety of beaches and coves which attract everyone from surfers to the more relaxed dog walkers and sun worshippers.

The Gower / Norton, Wales area

Mumbles is generally known as the Gateway to Gower. Being a seaside village everything is within walking distance - and there’s plenty on offer! The promenade, which is also a cycle path, runs all the way from Swansea to Mumbles Pier - a stretch of approximately 5 miles. Halfway between the two is the Lido at Blackpill, a safe haven for children to play on the beach, by the pool or on the many playground attractions.

Further along the promenade is Oystermouth where there are plenty of pit stops for ice ream and coffee or something stronger if it takes your fancy. Try a Joe’s ice cream - probably the best ice cream in Wales!

A little further on and you will pass the tennis courts, the bowling green and the park where there’s a children’s play ground, crazy golf and even a boules green – bring your own boules!

Right at the furthest end of the promenade is the most famous landmark of Mumbles - the Pier, with its slipway housing the Mumbles Offshore Lifeboat. Here you will find further attractions such as ten pin bowling, and an ice rink. There is often live entertainment at weekends over the summer holiday period.

Around the corner and stretching out to sea are Mumbles Head and the Lighthouse. At low tide you can walk out to the island and take a closer look. This is where Bracelet Bay begins – a pretty bay with some sand and many rock pools. There’s also a café and restaurant with spectacular views out to sea. On the other side of the cliff is Limeslade, a small sandy cove sheltered by a rockface, with more rockpools to explore.

Just a little further along is the coastal path which takes you all the way to the pretty swimming bay of Rotherslade with its beachside café – very popular with tourists and locals. The next bay is Langland – renowned for its green and white painted beach huts – a surfers’ paradise. Stroll along the coastal path and enjoy the wonderful scenery until you come to Caswell Bay a beautiful sandy bay, where there are further facilities, including the Surf Café (which offers homemade snacks and light meals), two kiosks, and a surf school.

When it comes to eating, Mumbles has plenty to choose from with a wide choice of restaurants that includes everything from fine dining at Knights, PA’s or Patricks, to Mediterranean, Indian, Chinese or Italian. If you prefer to cook your own food you can enjoy perusing the shelves of the local deli’s, green grocers, fishmongers or butchers a rare luxury these days. And if you are lucky enough to visit during the first Saturday of the month you can visit the local produce market.

The main shopping street in Mumbles is Newton Road, which runs from the seafront at Oystermouth, all the way up the hill to Newton – a village overlooking Mumbles. Here you will find an interesting mix of individually owned designer boutiques, gift shops and cafes. Just up the hill, on the right is Oystermouth Castle a good place to stop and admire the view, and further up the road is Underhill Park a pleasant place to play ball games or picnic. All of this is within easy walking distance.

Half an hour by car will take you to Rhossili Bay, a wide beach with miles of golden sand, when even on a busy day it never feels crowded. At one end is Burry Holmes, an outcrop of land, with a tiny chapel. Beyond the headland is Broughton Bay which has an abundance of sand dunes. At the other end of Rhossili Bay is Worms Head which rears out of the sea with its impressive Blow Hole which you can explore at low tide, and up on the cliff top is the village of Rhossili where there are a few shops and cafes with some amazing views over the bay – watch out for the paragliders.

The village of Llangennith is half way along the bay and about a mile inland. There is a campsite and caravan park set back from the beach with parking, a café and facilities – a good base if you want to enjoy the beach and popular with surfers. With only a pub and a surf shop the village of Llangennith remains untouched, but the pub fayre is fairly inexpensive with nice views over the bay complimented by a very tasty Gower Special pizza (cockles and bacon).

Further along the coast is Port Eynon, a village of white washed cottages surrounding a church which, it is believed was founded in the 6th century. There is a fairly quiet sandy beach, which has parking close by, and is patrolled by lifeguards in the summer months. The village has a shop, a public house and a café (open in season).

Oxwich is the next bay along and probably the busiest of the beaches on Gower with good facilities. The Oxwich Bay Hotel offers bar meals as well as a restaurant and the beach itself has a water sports club where you can learn to sail or surf, wakeboard or take a doughnut ride - and if you don’t feel like driving to Oxwich you could travel by water taxi.

At the other end of Oxwich is Three Cliffs Bay (finalist on TV’s ‘Britain’s favourite view’ programme) – one of the most photographed beauty spots on Gower. Here a river meets the sea, sheep graze on the grassy verges overlooking the beach, wild ponies roam freely and the board walk winds its way up to Pennard Castle. There’s a lot to absorb in just one snapshot.

A short walk away through the woods and inland towards the South Gower Road is Parkmill, where you will find the Gower Heritage Centre with its many attractions for all the family including an 800 year old working water mill. A few yards away are 70 acres of peaceful Parc le Breos where you can take a quiet stroll, hire bikes or enjoy a day out on horseback.

At the centre of the peninsula is the lofty moor land called Cefn Bryn, one of the highest points on Gower, and the burial ground of the legendary King Arthur. From here, on a clear day you can see as far as Devon to the south and the Black Mountains to the North.

The village of Reynoldston is just across the green, home to the King Arthur Hotel where some of the best pub fayre in the area can be found.

How to get there

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By car: M4 take J42 onto the A483 to Swansea. The property is approximately 16 miles from this junction. (A full set of directions are available on request). Many airlines fly into Cardiff International which is approximately 1 hour by car. The next closest airport is Bristol which is approximately 2 hours away. Alternatively all major airlines fly to London Heathrow and Gatwick which is approximately 3.5 hours by car.

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Rental prices

Prices for group size 6
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
A	10 Feb 12	31 Mar 12	405£ 405	0-	0-	3 Nights
B	31 Mar 12	14 Apr 12	465£ 465	0-	0-	3 Nights
A	14 Apr 12	2 Jun 12	405£ 405	0-	0-	3 Nights
C	2 Jun 12	14 Jul 12	530£ 530	0-	0-	3 Nights
D	14 Jul 12	8 Sep 12	650£ 650	0-	0-	3 Nights
C	8 Sep 12	22 Sep 12	530£ 530	0-	0-	3 Nights
B	22 Sep 12	29 Sep 12	465£ 465	0-	0-	3 Nights
A	29 Sep 12	27 Oct 12	405£ 405	0-	0-	3 Nights
B	27 Oct 12	3 Nov 12	465£ 465	0-	0-	3 Nights
A	3 Nov 12	22 Dec 12	405£ 405	0-	0-	3 Nights

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

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