Worm's Head, Gower Peninsula

Name: Worm's Head
Address: Gower Peninsula, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Gower Peninsula

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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'. The headland of carboniferous limestone comprises three islands: the Inner Head, the Middle Head which features a collapsed sea cave and is known as the Devil's Bridge, and the Outer Head. In total, it is approximately one mile long. The Inner Head is up to 200 yards wide. Worm's Head is only accessible on foot for 2+1⁄2 hours either side of low tide, fatal to attempt to wade or swim to when the causeway from the mainland is flooded. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°33'51"N, 4°19'11"W

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Penrhyn Gŵyr (Gŵyr)Gower Peninsula United Kingdom

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Worm's Head – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Weobley Castle, Red Lady of Paviland, Deborah's Hole Camp, Long Hole Cave.

6.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Weobley Castle, Swansea
158 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.
2.9 miE
Prehistoric site
Red Lady of Paviland, Rhossili
75 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.
2.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Deborah's Hole Camp, Rhossili
68 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.
3.9 miE
Nature, Cave, Natural attraction
Long Hole Cave, Rhossili
101 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.
2 miNE
51°35'15"N • 4°17'29"W
Rhossili Bay, Rhossili
52 min walk • Beach
4.8 miE
Village
Port Eynon
124 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.
3.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Llanmadoc Hill, Rhossili
97 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.
5.2 miE
Beach
Horton Beach
134 min walk • Horton Beach is located in Port Eynon Bay on the south coast of the Gower Peninsula in Wales. It is reached from the nearby village of Horton via a steep hill, and has a car park sited a few minutes' walk away. Despite its accessibility and its popularity with surfers, the beach is usually very quiet and it has sand even at high tide.
3.1 miN
Island
Burry Holms
80 min walk • 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.
1.4 miNE
51°34'25"N • 4°17'26"W
Wreck of the Helvetia, Rhossili
37 min walk • Shipwreck