Whiteford National Nature Reserve, Gower Peninsula

#4 among attractions in Gower Peninsula

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Whiteford National Nature Reserve location map

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Facts and practical information

Whiteford National Nature Reserve includes an expanse of sandy beach, Whiteford Sands, a wildlife rich sand dune system and forest. ()

Coordinates: 51°38'16"N, 4°14'49"W

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Penrhyn Gŵyr (Gŵyr)Gower Peninsula United Kingdom

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Day trips

Whiteford National Nature Reserve – 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.

4.5 miE
Lounge, Golf
Machynys Peninsula Golf Club & Premier Spa, Llanelli
114 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.
4.6 miNE
Sport venue, Sport
Stradey Park Cricket Ground, Llanelli
119 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.
2.7 miN
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Burry Port Lighthouse, Burry Port
71 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.
2.7 miSE
Forts and castles
Weobley Castle, Swansea
69 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.
4.7 miNE
City hall
Llanelli Town Hall, Llanelli
119 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.
1 miN
Lighthouse
Whiteford Lighthouse, Gower Peninsula
27 min walk • Whiteford Point Lighthouse is located off the coast at Whiteford Point near Whiteford Sands, on the Gower Peninsula, south Wales.
3.9 miN
Ruins, Manor house
Court Farm, Pembrey
100 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.
4.1 miNE
Harbor
North Dock, Llanelli
104 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.
4.7 miSE
Memorial
Cefn Bryn, Swansea
121 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.
4 miSW
51°35'15"N • 4°17'29"W
Rhossili Bay, Rhossili
102 min walk • Beach
4.7 miNE
Church
Tabernacle Chapel, Llanelli
121 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.