Fairwood Common, Swansea

Name: Fairwood Common
Address: Swansea, United Kingdom

#77 among attractions in Swansea

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Facts and practical information

Fairwood Common is a large area of barely populated common land in the heart of the Gower Peninsula, south Wales. It forms part of the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. ()

Coordinates: 51°36'32"N, 4°4'1"W

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Penrhyn Gŵyr (Gŵyr)Swansea United Kingdom

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Fairwood Common – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fairwood Park Golf Course, Pennard Castle, Clyne Gardens, Capel Y Crwys.

1.2 miE
Golf
Fairwood Park Golf Course, Swansea
31 min walk • Fairwood Park Golf Club is a golf club based on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. It is the only 'Championship' status golf course on the Gower Peninsula, having twice hosted the Welsh PGA Championships.
2.7 miSW
Forts and castles
Pennard Castle, Swansea
69 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.
2.9 miE
Park, Garden
Clyne Gardens, Swansea
74 min walk • Clyne Gardens is a botanical garden located in Swansea, Wales, UK. The current park was formed from the landscaped gardens created by Glynn Vivian of the Vivian family who purchased Clyne Castle in 1860.
1.3 miN
Church
Capel Y Crwys, Swansea
34 min walk • Capel y Crwys is an Independent chapel located on the Gower Peninsula in the village of Three Crosses, Swansea. It is the largest chapel on the Gower earning itself the colloquial name of Gower's "Cathedral". With a history of over two centuries it continues today with a popular membership and involvement in the local community.
2.9 miE
Forts and castles
Clyne Castle, Swansea
74 min walk • Clyne Castle is a Grade II*-listed building situated on a hill overlooking Swansea Bay, adjacent to the Clyne valley, near Blackpill, Swansea.
2.1 miS
Area
Pennard, Gower Peninsula
53 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.
2.2 miSE
Golf
Clyne Common, Swansea
56 min walk • Clyne Common is a lowland area of common land in the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Clyne Common is the easternmost of a set of commons that includes Fairwood Common, Forest Common, Pengwern Common, and Welsh Moor.
2.1 miE
Park
Clyne Valley Country Park, Swansea
54 min walk • The Clyne Valley Country Park is an area of parkland in Britain, at Swansea in south Wales. It lies on either side of the valley of the Clyne River and comprises an area of over 700 acres of land running from the sea at Blackpill, Swansea, inland to Gowerton.
3.2 miSE
Beach
Caswell Bay, Swansea
81 min walk • Caswell Bay or Welsh Bae Cas-wellt, is a beach on the south east of the Gower Peninsula, Swansea, Wales. It is a sandy beach popular with families, holiday makers and surfers, and it regularly achieves Blue Flag status.
2.4 miSW
Nature, Cave, Natural attraction
Cathole Cave, Swansea
60 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.
2.4 miSW
Memorial
Parc Cwm long cairn, Swansea
62 min walk • Parc Cwm long cairn, also known as Parc le Breos burial chamber, is a partly restored Neolithic chambered tomb, identified in 1937 as a Severn-Cotswold type of chambered long barrow.