Wreck of the Helvetia, Rhossili

#6 among attractions in Rhossili

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Wreck of the Helvetia is a place located in Rhossili (Wales principality) and belongs to the category of shipwreck.

It is situated at an altitude of 0 feet, and its geographical coordinates are 51°34'25"N latitude and 4°17'26"W longitude.

Among other places and attractions worth visiting in the area are: Rhossili Bay (beach, 25 min walk), Worm's Head, Gower Peninsula (area, 37 min walk), Deborah's Hole Camp (nature, 48 min walk).

Coordinates: 51°34'25"N, 4°17'26"W

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Rhossili United Kingdom

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Wreck of the Helvetia – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

5.4 miE
Forts and castles, Historical place, Gothic Revival architecture
Oxwich Castle, Swansea
138 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.
4.8 miNE
Forts and castles
Weobley Castle, Swansea
122 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.
5.7 miN
Lighthouse
Whiteford Lighthouse, Gower Peninsula
146 min walk • Whiteford Point Lighthouse is located off the coast at Whiteford Point near Whiteford Sands, on the Gower Peninsula, south Wales.
2.2 miSE
Prehistoric site
Red Lady of Paviland, Rhossili
57 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.
1.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Deborah's Hole Camp, Rhossili
48 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.
3.2 miSE
Nature, Cave, Natural attraction
Long Hole Cave, Rhossili
82 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.
1.4 miSW
Area
Worm's Head, Gower Peninsula
37 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'.
5.2 miE
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Penrice Castle, Swansea
132 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.
5.4 miE
Memorial
Cefn Bryn, Swansea
138 min walk • Cefn Bryn is an ancient ridge in Britain. It is a 5-mile-long Old Red Sandstone ridge in south Wales, in the heart of the Gower Peninsula, in the City and County of Swansea.
0.9 miN
51°35'15"N • 4°17'29"W
Rhossili Bay, Rhossili
25 min walk • Beach
3.9 miSE
Village
Port Eynon
101 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.