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Photo of Blue Pool Bay, a cove near Llangennith in Gower, Swansea, south west Wales.

© Colin Park / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Blue Pool Bay

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Blue Pool Bay is a quiet cove on the north Gower coast, named for the deep circular rock pool worn into its shore platform, which fills and stills at low tide. It’s reached on foot along the coast from Broughton Bay or Blue Pool Corner, over rocks that turn slippery when wet, and there are no facilities. Best explored around low water.

More places to visit near Blue Pool Bay

Photo of Gower, a National Landscape in Swansea, south west Wales.Highlight

Gower

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Llanrhidian

Britain's first AONB — limestone headlands, vast beaches and salt marsh on Swansea's wild peninsula.

Photo along the Wales Coast Path, an 870-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Queensferry, Wales.Highlight

Wales Coast Path

Long-distance path

Walk the outline of a whole nation — 870 miles of cliff, estuary and beach from Chepstow round to Queensferry.

0.1 km E · spans 16 counties

Photo of Broughton Bay, a beach near Llangennith in Gower, Swansea, south west Wales.Highlight

Broughton Bay

Beach near Llangennith

Dune-backed beach at the north-west corner of the Gower, near Whiteford Point.

0.7 km E

Photo of Rhossili Bay, a beach in Gower, Swansea, south west Wales.Iconic

Rhossili Bay

Beach near Rhossili

Three-mile sweep of sand backed by Rhossili Down at the western tip of the Gower.

4.6 km S

Photo of Whiteford Lighthouse, a lighthouse near Cheriton (Cheriton) in Gower, Swansea, south west Wales.Highlight

Whiteford Lighthouse

Lighthouse near Cheriton (Cheriton)

Rare cast-iron sea lighthouse of 1865 standing off Whiteford Point, exposed at low tide.

5.4 km NE

Photo of Worm's Head, an island in Swansea, south west Wales.Iconic

Worm's Head

Island near Rhossili

Serpent-shaped tidal island off Rhossili, crossed via a rocky causeway at low tide, with seabirds, seals and a blowhole

5.6 km S