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Photo of St Cenydd's Church, Llangennith, a church in Gower, Swansea, south west Wales.

© Eirian Evans / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

St Cenydd's Church, Llangennith

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St Cenydd’s is the largest church on the Gower, standing at Llangennith below Rhossili Down on the site of a 6th-century priory said to have been founded by St Cenydd himself. It’s the village church for the surfers’ end of the peninsula, near the great sweep of Rhossili and Llangennith beach. Open to visitors.

More places to visit near St Cenydd's Church, Llangennith

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: Llanmadoc Hill, a viewpoint near Llangennith in Gower, Swansea, south west Wales.Highlight

Llanmadoc Hill

Viewpoint near Llangennith

North-west Gower hill crowned by the Bulwark Iron Age hillfort, with wide island views.

0.9 km N

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.

1.4 km SW · spans 16 counties

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.

3.4 km SW

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

5.4 km SW

Photo of Paviland Cave, a cave near Rhossili in Gower, Swansea, south west Wales.Highlight

Paviland Cave

Cave near Rhossili

Sea cliff cave, also called Goat's Hole, where the Palaeolithic Red Lady of Paviland burial was found.

5.6 km S