Rhossili Bay Worms Head Wales
The southern half is known as rhossili and the northern half as llangennith.
Rhossili bay worms head wales. The perfect place to get away from it all with its magnificent setting that is wild yet peaceful. Welsh pronunciation is both a small village and a community on the southwestern tip of the gower peninsula in wales. Worm s head and rhossili bay are some of the uk s most beautiful locations. The vile at rhosili is an example of a medieval open field strip system.
If the tide is out the adventurous can cross the rocky causeway to the tidal island of worms head where grey seals can be seen lazing on the rocks below. The tide is currently falling in rhossili bay beach. Rhossili bay is a 3 mile long beach at the far western end of the gower peninsula. Gowers landscape has been shaped by farming since the stone age.
And of course rhossili bay is part of the gower coast path. The village has a community council and is part of the gower parliamentary constituency and the gower electoral ward. Rhossili bay is accessed via steps from the small village of rhossili. Be warned that the causeway is only open 2 5 hours either side of low tide.
Try and catch sunset afterwards in the beer garden at the worm s head hotel if you can. It is one of the best surf beaches in wales at its best before the high tide. The worm s head hotel is a family run hotel with stunning views of rhossili bay and the worm s head. Worm s head swansea worm s head is a narrow tidal island joined by a causeway to a promontory on the south side of rhossili bay and it forms the westernmost point of the gower peninsula.
Stunning rhossili bay which never disappoints. Click here to see rhossili bay beach s tide chart for the week. The head looks amazing. A walk from rhossili bay to worm s head the easiest and most accessible walk at rhossili is to follow the path from the car park to the old coastguard lookout at kitchen corner.
The views are incomparable and are best enjoyed from one of the many walking routes which feature the beach worm s head and the cliffs you may even see some basking seals or dolphins playing in the surf. The beach consists of fine golden sand backed by a grass bank with some shingle. I must admit that i didn t walk out to worms head only as far as the rnli shack above the causeway. We were unsure if a running buggy would make it down to the beach via the path but at a slow walking pace and carrying it over the steps on the path it did easily and was totally worth it.