Beaches · South Wales
Brandy Cove
Brandy Cove is a beach in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Summer (Jun–Aug)
- Nearest railway station
- Gowerton · 9.0 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Brandy Cove is a named beach on the United Kingdom coastline. Coordinates: 51.5682°, -4.0426°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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From the Wikipedia article
Brandy Cove (Welsh: Bae gîl) is a very small beach in the Gower Peninsula, south Wales, that is much less accessible than Caswell Bay immediately to the east. It is set at the end of a valley from Bishopston village. It is reachable by footpath from Bishopston or from Caswell Bay over some steep cliffs. The bay gets its name from stories of smugglers using the bay to unload their illegal tobacco and alcohol goods during the eighteenth century. The sandy stretches of the beach are only exposed at low tide. It is a Pleistocene raised beach where the surrounding geography shows evidence that the sea level was once thirty feet higher than it is today. The beach has a couple of legends of the supernatural associated with it. One is about a witch who lived in the caves near the beach. The other story is connected to a chilling real life murder that took place near the beach in 1919. Nearby villagers claimed that they could hear screams coming from the caves near the beach at night.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 51.5682, -4.0426
- District
- Swansea
- Parish
- Bishopston
- Postcode
- SA3 3DT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Gower
- Nearest railway station
- Gowerton — 9 km
Sources
- osm: w24968147 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Brandy Cove (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Brandy Cove?
- Brandy Cove is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SA3 3DT), in the parish of Bishopston.
- Is Brandy Cove free to visit?
- Yes, Brandy Cove is free to enter.
- How do I get to Brandy Cove?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SA3 3DT. It sits within the Gower parliamentary constituency.