Car not necessary Wheelchair access Nearest amenities: 1 km
Notes:
May take pets - please enquire Suitable for children No smoking at this property Self-catering
Home description
Situated above Langland Bay in Britain's first Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty with magnificent unspoilt Blue Flag beaches and superb coastal walking.
Surfing,crabbing, shrimping and messing about in sand and rock pools on the doorstep. Hotel bar and restaurant across the road. All-weather tennis, golf and beachside cafes at Langland Bay 5-10 mins. walk. Pony trekking at Three Cliff Bay or hairy water slides at Swansea Leisure Centre 15 minutes by car. A little further afield water skiing and Jet boat round Gower at Oxwich and paragliding and coasteering at Rhosili. Brecon Beacons National Park 45mins. Tenby, Dylan Thomas boathouse at Laghrne and St. Davids about an hour and a half.
The house is very large with accommodation on three floors with 3 en suite bathrooms, 3 further bedrooms and two additional toilets and showers.There is a good sized breakfast room with double Aga and a dining room with table extendible to take up to 20, It has French doors opening on to the patio as does the sitting room with its 3 sofas and additional easy chairs.Both the sitting room and the dining room have open fires.The house sits atop a small hill and gets sun all day.
House and garden
Mumbles sea front
Langland Beach-5min. walk
Dining Room
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The South Wales / Swansea/Bridgend/Neath region
The village of Mumbles is a short walk away and Swansea is six miles, easily accessed by bus or car, or you can walk /cycle the whole way along the dedicated track that hugs the bay.
Swansea has the usual range of amenities of a large city, shops,cinemas,bars,museums,galleries, theatres and restaurants.Wind Street is the bar and night club centre. More uniquely it has the National Waterfront Museum just down from the newly re-furbished Leisure Centre and adventure water park for all ages. A short walk away from these is the the Dylan Thomas Centre celebrating the turbulent life and work of the beery bard. A short drive away there are several Norman castles, the National Wetland centre,National Botanical Gardens, Dan-yr Ogof show caves, and Brecon Beacons National Park. A little further afield are Tenby Laugharne and St. Davids.
Details of these and many more diversions/excursions will be available in your welcome pack.
Gower area
Gower was the first site in Britain to be designated an AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY. The 22 mile coastal path winds atop limestone cliffs past secluded coves and long golden beaches to the dramatic terminus of the peninsular at Worm's Head.A shot of Three Cliff Bay recently featured on the front page of the Sunday Times beneath the caption 'Britain's Best View'.
Apart from walking, surfing and cycling, there's pony trekking and kayaking, coasteering, skydiving, water skiing and hang gliding all available for the adventurous.
The more sedate can visit the plethora of castles,hill forts, burial chambers,standing stones and places steeped in Arthurian legend. Gower is a multi-faceted jewel.
Mumbles itself boasts an annual Jazz and Blues as well as Real Ale festivals.There are weekly Jazz gigs and W.I. markets and a monthly farmers market.It has many small boutiques,four art galleries and numerous pubs and wine bars.
How to get there
By car M4 to Swansea; from London aprox. 4 hours, By train 3 hours from Paddington. Good bus service almost to our door 20 mins from Swansea.
Nearest Travel Links
Airport:
Cardiff: 70 km
Railway:
Swansea: 8 km
Ferry:
Fishguard: 76 km
Activities near Gower
Sports: Tennis in town Watersports Horse Riding Golf less than 15 mins walk Fishing
Great for: Walking holidays Rural / countryside retreats Beach or lakeside relaxation Good nightlife Cycling holidays
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