Oxwich

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Oxwich (Wales)
Oxwich
Oxwich
Village street in Oxwich

Oxwich is one of the most famous places on the Gower Peninsula in South Wales. Located on the south coast of the peninsula on Oxwich Bay and with only a few hundred inhabitants, Oxwich has largely retained its character as an idyllic village despite the flow of visitors. Oxwich has a larger holiday home complex as well as a large number of individual holiday homes that are scattered over a larger area in and around the town, as well as a caravan park on the northern edge of the town. The town center as such, with its old thatched cottages and half-timbered houses, is little influenced by modern times, so that the character of an old Welsh village has largely been preserved.

Importance as a resort

The importance of Oxwich as a holiday resort is mainly due to the over two kilometers long beach on Oxwich Bay, to which the beaches of Three Cliffs and Pobbles Bay connect to the east . Due to the high frequency of visitors, mostly day visitors from Swansea and Cardiff , the place and the beach have a touristic character like few places on Gower . One of the largest hotels on Gower, the Gower Bay Hotel, is also located directly on the beach. There are also opportunities for water sports such as surfing and sailing. If you leave the first section of the beach at the parking lot behind you and orient yourself more towards the Three Cliffs, you can find quiet and clean places to swim even on warm summer weekends. Due to the flat course of the beach into the sea, Oxwich is particularly suitable and widely used for families with children. The large number of visitors in Oxwich also enables a tourist infrastructure for food and drink.

Other special features

Saint Illtyd Church in Oxwich

Also worth seeing in Oxwich are the 13th and 14th century St. Illtyd's Church , as well as Oxwich Castle , a 16th century mansion that can be visited on the hillside . Penrice Castle , located in the village of Penrice , about 1.5 km to the north, can be seen from the A4118 road and is no longer accessible because it is badly derelict and on private property.

In addition to swimming and water sports, Oxwich is the ideal starting point for numerous hikes on the peninsula. Signposted hiking trails lead west to Port Eynon and Rhossili , north to Burry Green and on to Llanmadoc . In an easterly direction, hikes are possible via Nicholaston , Southgate and Caswell to Mumbles and Swansea . Thanks to the regular bus connections from all directions, which lead to a large extent via Oxwich, extended day trips are also possible, which end again in Oxwich.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′  N , 4 ° 10 ′  W