Beaches & swimming in SwanseaSwansea, Wales

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

Sandy bay framed by three limestone peaks, a salt marsh and a winding stream on south Gower.

Wide dune-backed beach and national nature reserve on the south Gower coast.

Crescent bay lined with beach huts just west of Mumbles, popular with surfers.

Remote north-Gower cove named for a deep circular rock pool in the shore platform.

Rocky cove beneath Mumbles Head, looking out to the lighthouse islands.

Small sandy cove east of Caswell, once used by smugglers on the south Gower coast.

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

Popular family beach near Mumbles, the first bay west of the Bishopston valley.

Small rocky cove at the eastern end of the Gower coast near Mumbles Head.

Wild cove of sand at low tide reached through a limestone valley on south-west Gower.

Sheltered sandy bay on south Gower shared by the villages of Port Eynon and Horton.

Shingle-and-sand cove at the mouth of the Bishopston valley, reached only on foot.

Secluded sandy beach between Great Tor and Oxwich Point, reached on foot across the dunes.

Two-mile dune-backed beach and nature reserve on the north-west Gower coast.