Horton Beach
#5261 among destinations in the United Kingdom
Facts and practical information
Horton Beach is located in Port Eynon Bay on the south coast of the Gower Peninsula in Wales. ()
WalesUnited Kingdom
Horton Beach – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Pennard Castle, Oxwich Castle, Weobley Castle, Church of St Illtyd.
Forts and castlesPennard Castle, Swansea
120 min walk • Pennard Castle is a ruined castle, near the modern village of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, in south Wales. The castle was built in the early 12th century as a timber ringwork following the Norman invasion of Wales.
Forts and castles, Historical place, Gothic Revival architectureOxwich Castle, Swansea
39 min walk • Oxwich Castle is a Grade I listed castle which occupies a position on a wooded headland overlooking Oxwich Bay on the Gower Peninsula, Wales.
Forts and castlesWeobley Castle, Swansea
115 min walk • Weobley Castle is a 14th-century fortified manor house on the Gower Peninsula, Wales, in the care of Cadw. The castle overlooks Llanrhidian saltmarshes and the Loughor estuary.
ChurchChurch of St Illtyd, Swansea
48 min walk • The Church of St Illtyd is Grade II* Listed Building in the city and county of Swansea in south Wales. It is 1 km from Oxwich village, on a site overlooking Oxwich Bay and reached by the Wales Coast Path. It has a square churchyard with a stone wall and a modern gate.
Prehistoric siteRed Lady of Paviland, Rhossili
60 min walk • The Red Lady of Paviland is an Upper Paleolithic partial skeleton of a male dyed in red ochre and buried in Britain 33,000 BP. The bones were discovered in 1823 by William Buckland in an archaeological dig at Goat's Hole Cave — one of the limestone caves between Port Eynon and Rhossili on the Gower Peninsula, Swansea, south Wales.
Nature, Natural attraction, CaveDeborah's Hole Camp, Rhossili
67 min walk • Deborah's Hole Camp is an Iron Age hillfort situated atop the cliff above Deborah's Hole cave in the unitary authority of Swansea, Wales. It is crossed by the Wales Coast Path.
AreaPennard, Gower Peninsula
153 min walk • Pennard is a village and community on the south of the Gower Peninsula, about 7 miles south-west of Swansea city centre. It falls within the Pennard electoral ward of Swansea.
Nature, Cave, Natural attractionLong Hole Cave, Rhossili
39 min walk • Long Hole, also spelled Longhole, is a limestone cave on the south coast of the Gower Peninsula between Paviland and Port Eynon. It is relatively small, measuring about 15 m deep after several excavations. It was first excavated in 1861 by Colonel E. R. Wood. Wood found evidence of a lithic assemblage and faunal remains.
AreaWorm's Head, Gower Peninsula
134 min walk • Worm's Head is a headland, at Rhossili, part of the City and County of Swansea, Wales. It is the furthest westerly point of the Gower Peninsula. The name Worm's Head is derived from an Old English word 'wyrm' for 'sea serpent'.
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecturePenrice Castle, Swansea
59 min walk • Penrice Castle is a 13th-century castle near Penrice, Swansea on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Nearby is a neo-classical mansion house built in the 1770s.
Nature, Cave, Natural attractionCathole Cave, Swansea
122 min walk • Cathole Cave, Cat Hole Cave or Cathole Rock Cave, is a cave near Parc Cwm long cairn at Parc le Breos, on the Gower Peninsula, Wales.
Wales