Photo of Brandy Cove, a cove near Bishopston in Gower, Swansea, south west Wales.

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Brandy Cove

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Contraband was once landed at this small sandy cove east of Caswell Bay, which is where the name comes from. No road reaches it — you walk in from Caswell or Bishopston down a wooded path — so it stays quiet, with sand at low tide and rocks higher up the beach. There are no facilities.

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