The Mumbles
in City and County of Swansea of Wales, United Kingdom
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Swansea Airport (4 mi) - MOD St. Athan (27 mi)
- Cardiff International Airport (31 mi)
- Haverfordwest Airport (45 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (57 mi)
- Bristol Filton Airport (61 mi)
- Exeter International Airport (63 mi)
- Plymouth City Airport (80 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 49 mi)
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (Unesco heritage, 103 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 107 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 109 mi)
- Fairwood Park Golf Club (Golf course, 3 mi)
- Earlswood Golf Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.575 and -4.000 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 34' 30" and W -4° 0' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 07:30 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:36 am and 4:25 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore The Mumbles
The Mumbles in City and County of Swansea (Wales) is a city in United Kingdom about 167 mi (or 268 km) west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in The Mumbles is now 07:30 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of The Mumbles, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Swansea Airport in a distance of 4 mi (or 6 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Blaenavon Industrial Landscape in a distance of 49 mi (or 78 km), East. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Bishopston, Swansea, Pennard, Landore and Morriston. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 49 °F
| Morning Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Night Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 83% |
| Air Pressure | 1027 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 98% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
11°C (52 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
9°C (48 °F)
6°C (44 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
11°C (51 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Cafe Valance Bar & Rooms
Swansea Marriott Hotel
The Dragon Hotel
Morgans Hotel
Alexander Hotel
The Gower Hotel
White House Hotel
The Dolphin SA1 Hotel
TRAVELODGE SWANSEA CENTRAL
Grand Hotel
Videos from this area
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More of the surf action from Langland Bay - GowerLive
Watch the cameras live at http://www.gowerlive.co.uk.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Oystermouth
Oystermouth (a corruption of the Welsh name Ystum Llwynarth or Ystumllwynarth) is an electoral ward and a village in the Mumbles community and also the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Oystermouth, the Mumbles, Thistleboon, Limeslade, in the parliamentary constituency of Gower. The ward is bounded by Newton to the west, West Cross to the north and Swansea Bay to the south and east.
Oystermouth Castle
Oystermouth Castle (Welsh: Castell Ystum Llwynarth) is a Norman stone castle in Wales, overlooking Swansea Bay on the east side of the Gower Peninsula near the village of the Mumbles.
Mayals
Mayals is a suburb of Swansea, Wales. It is located about 3 miles south west of Swansea city centre. It falls within the Mayals ward and the Mumbles community council area (MCC). The ward of Mayals lies within the constituency of Swansea West, the only MCC ward not in the Gower constituency. The suburb of Mayals consists mainly of higher value privately owned housing.
Langland Bay
Langland Bay is a popular coastal holiday resort in Gower, near Swansea in south Wales. In the right conditions, it is one of the best surf beaches in Britain. Langland annually wins the prestigious European Blue Flag award for water/sand quality.
Mumbles Beach
Mumbles Beach is a very small sheltered area of sand and rock pools sandwiched between Swansea Bay beach and Bracelet Bay in the south eastern corner of the Gower Peninsula, Swansea, Wales. A lot of sea life can be found in the pools and under the rocks, left trapped by the retreating tides. During the summer, this beach can get very busy with people combing the beach for hermit crabs and small fishes. The beach is accessible from a flight of steps beside the Mumbles Pier.
Limeslade Bay
Limeslade Bay is a small cove just to the west of Bracelet Bay in the south east corner of the Gower Peninsula, near Swansea in south Wales. It is a sheltered, mainly rocky beach with little sand. Bathing is possible. There is a car park in the adjacent Bracelet Bay. From Limeslade Bay there is a cliff walk to Langland Bay, about half a mile to the west. Of note is an iron mine at the head of the bay, near the roadside. This is believed to have been worked from Roman times.
Rotherslade
Rotherslade is a small stretch of sandy beach at the eastern end of Langland Bay in the south Gower Peninsula, Wales. Previously known as 'Little Langland', it only exists as a separate beach at high tide. At low tide it is continuous with Langland Bay.
Mayals (electoral ward)
Mayals is the name of an electoral ward of the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. It is also part of the Mumbles Community. The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following geographical areas: Blackpill, Mayals and part of West Cross, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. It is bounded by the wards of Sketty and Killay South to the north; Swansea Bay to the east; West Cross to the south; and Bishopston and Fairwood to the west.
West Cross (electoral ward)
West Cross is the name of an electoral ward in the Mumbles community and a suburb in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The ward falls within the Mumbles community. The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Manselfield, Norton, West Cross, Mumbles and Newton, in the parliamentary constituency of Gower. It is bordered by the wards of Mayals to the north; Swansea Bay to the east; Oystermouth and Newton to the south; and Bishopston to the west.
Mumbles Hill
Mumbles Hill is a hill near the south eastern tip of the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Parts of the hill form a designated Local Nature Reserve, declared in 1991. Defensive gunnery positions were built on the hill in World War II. Remnants of the 623rd Anti-Aircraft Battery gun emplacements and control bunker are still visible on the hill. Coastal Defence Battery 299 had a site on a hill with 6 inch gun and underground magazines, though none of this remains on the hill.
Princess Amelia (ship)
The Princess Amelia was a Dutch merchant ship in the service of the Dutch West India Company that carried 600 tons and was ringed with thirty-eight guns. During its 1647 arrival to and departure from New Netherland, it was commanded by Jan Claesen Bol, who was twenty eight at the time. The ship carried Petrus Stuyvesant, the new Director-General of New Netherland, his wife Judith Bayard, and Stuyvesant’s councilors to Manhattan, where they landed May 1647.
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
The Mumbles, Mumbles
