Whiteford Lighthouse, Gower Peninsula

Name: Whiteford Lighthouse
Address: Gower Peninsula, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Gower Peninsula

Top attraction, Lighthouse

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Whiteford Point Lighthouse is located off the coast at Whiteford Point near Whiteford Sands, on the Gower Peninsula, south Wales. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°39'9"N, 4°15'4"W

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Gower Peninsula United Kingdom

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Day trips

Whiteford Lighthouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Machynys Peninsula Golf Club & Premier Spa, Stradey Park Cricket Ground, Burry Port Lighthouse, Weobley Castle.

4.4 miE
Lounge, Golf
Machynys Peninsula Golf Club & Premier Spa, Llanelli
113 min walk • Machynys Peninsula Golf Country Club is a golf club based in Machynys, just outside Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales. This Course is a links championship golf course open to Members and Visitors. The course was opened in 2005, designed by Gary Nicklaus and is 7121 yards.
4.1 miNE
Sport venue, Sport
Stradey Park Cricket Ground, Llanelli
104 min walk • Stradey Park is a cricket ground in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1861, when Carmarthenshire played Glamorganshire.
1.7 miN
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Burry Port Lighthouse, Burry Port
44 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.
3.5 miSE
Forts and castles
Weobley Castle, Swansea
90 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.
4.2 miNE
City hall
Llanelli Town Hall, Llanelli
108 min walk • Llanelli Town Hall is a municipal building in Church Street, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, South Wales. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Llanelli Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
2.9 miN
Ruins, Manor house
Court Farm, Pembrey
74 min walk • Court Farm in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales, is an ancient and formerly imposing manor house which is now an overgrown ruin, but structurally sound, and capable of repair and restoration.
4.4 miNE
Vernacular architecture
Llanelly House, Llanelli
112 min walk • Llanelly House is one of the most notable historic properties in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales—an excellent example of an early-18th-century Georgian town house.
3.7 miNE
Harbor
North Dock, Llanelli
94 min walk • North Dock is a former industrial dock in Llanelli, West Wales used mainly for exporting coal and tin plate from South Wales. It is also the name of the area immediately surrounding the dock. Llanelli Beach is also known locally as North Dock.
4.3 miNE
Church
Hall Street Methodist Church, Llanelli
111 min walk • Hall Street Methodist and United Reformed Church is a local ecumenical partnership of two denominations in the original Methodist chapel in the town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The present building was built in 1856 and is located in Hall Street.
4.3 miNE
Church
Tabernacle Chapel, Llanelli
109 min walk • Tabernacle Chapel is an Independent chapel in the town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was built in 1872 and is located at 17 Cowell Street. It is a Grade II* listed building.
4 miE
Church
Bethel Baptist Chapel, Llanelli
101 min walk • Bethel Baptist Chapel is a Baptist chapel in the town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was built in 1840 and is located on Copperworks Road. It had a larger seating capacity than most Llanelli chapels and in 1905 could seat 850 persons.