Burry Holms

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Burry Holms, a tidal island with the height of is at the northern end of Rhossili Bay in the Gower Peninsula, Wales. During spring and summer, Burry Holms is covered by flowers such as thrift and sea campion. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°36'33"N, 4°18'45"W

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Burry Holms – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Burry Port Lighthouse, Weobley Castle, Whiteford Lighthouse, Red Lady of Paviland.

5.4 miNE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Burry Port Lighthouse, Burry Port
138 min walk • Burry Port harbour was built between 1830 and 1836 to replace the harbour at Pembrey, located 400 yards to the west. Burry Port was once the main coal exporting port for the nearby valleys, but the dock now houses the only marina in Carmarthenshire, and the harbour was dredged especially for this purpose.
4.9 miE
Forts and castles
Weobley Castle, Swansea
124 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.
4 miNE
Lighthouse
Whiteford Lighthouse, Gower Peninsula
102 min walk • Whiteford Point Lighthouse is located off the coast at Whiteford Point near Whiteford Sands, on the Gower Peninsula, south Wales.
4.8 miSE
Prehistoric site
Red Lady of Paviland, Rhossili
122 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.
4.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Deborah's Hole Camp, Rhossili
113 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.
5.7 miSE
Nature, Cave, Natural attraction
Long Hole Cave, Rhossili
145 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.
3.1 miS
Area
Worm's Head, Gower Peninsula
80 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'.
1.8 miSE
51°35'15"N • 4°17'29"W
Rhossili Bay, Rhossili
45 min walk • Beach
6.2 miSE
Village
Port Eynon
159 min walk • Port Eynon is a village and community within the City and County of Swansea, Wales, located on the far south tip of the Gower Peninsula within the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The A4118 from Swansea city centre terminates here.
7 miSE
Beach
Slade Bay
179 min walk • Slade Bay - marked on Ordnance Survey maps as "The Sands" - is a sandy beach near the village of Slade, south Wales. It is set in a relatively inaccessible location - being reachable only on foot and climbing over some large rocks.
1.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Llanmadoc Hill, Rhossili
49 min walk • Llanmadoc Hill is a 186-metre-high hill at the northwestern corner of the Gower Peninsula west of Swansea in South Wales. The summit at the western end of the east–west aligned ridge is crowned by a trig point; at its eastern end are a series of complex earthworks known as The Bulwark.