Penmaen
in City and County of Swansea of Wales, United Kingdom
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Swansea Airport (3 mi) - MOD St. Athan (32 mi)
- Cardiff International Airport (36 mi)
- Haverfordwest Airport (40 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (62 mi)
- Exeter International Airport (66 mi)
- Plymouth City Airport (80 mi)
- Newquay Cornwall Airport (87 mi)
- RAF Fairford (101 mi)
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport (133 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 54 mi)
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (Unesco heritage, 102 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 109 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 109 mi)
- Fairwood Park Golf Club (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Earlswood Golf Club (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.575 and -4.129 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 34' 30" and W -4° 7' 45"
- 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: 03:02 PM (Wednesday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:59 am and 8:29 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
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- 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: 2024-04-24 08:14:40
Explore Penmaen
Penmaen in City and County of Swansea (Wales) is a city in United Kingdom about 172 mi (or 277 km) west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Penmaen is now 03:02 PM (Wednesday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports in the vicinity of Penmaen, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Swansea Airport in a distance of 3 mi (or 5 km), North-East. 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 54 mi (or 87 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: Pennard, Bishopston, Swansea, Landore and Morriston. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 10°C / 51 °F
| Morning Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Night Temperature | 5°C / 42 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 71% |
| Air Pressure | 1018 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 36% of sky |
| General Conditions | Scattered clouds |
Thursday, 25th of April 2024
10°C (50 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Friday, 26th of April 2024
9°C (48 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
10°C (50 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Gower Hotel
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Three Cliffs Bay - Gower Peninsula Wales
A must see for all lovers of this awe inspiring Bay. A journey through the seasons to the most stunning and dramatic of all Gower coastlines - Three Cliffs.
Pennard Golf Club
Golf journalist James Mason from www.planetgolfreview.com planetgolfreview.co.uk and www.sportsjournalist.info plays the Pennard Golf Club on a recent trip to South Wales, playing 7 courses...
Three Cliffs.mp4
AR Drone flight at Three Cliffs, Gower.
Swansea Ramblers walking in Parkmill, crossing a swollen stream
Swansea Ramblers went for a pub lunch at The Gower Inn at Parkmill. We went for a short walk beforehand around Parkmill and Green Cwm. New walkers came to join us for the walk and pub lunch....
Ilston Valley in Spring
Video of Ilston Valley on the Gower Peninsula, South Wales, UK. The valley is one of the locations used by Gower Photography for their photographic instructional day workshops. It shows the...
Pa pa Gallery, Parkmill, Gower
Virtual tour of the Pa-pa Gallery, Parkmill, Gower SA3 2EH. Designer jewellery by local silversmith and coastal gifts for anyone with a love for the sea.
Swansea Ramblers on a Southgate Circular walk in Gower
Swansea Ramblers went for a walk in Gower, starting at Southgate and headed along the coast to Pennard Castle. We then turned inland to Parkmill and Lunnon before descending into Green Cwm...
surf extreme channel, surf lesson Gower Swansea South Wales
Surf lesson with Ben Room director Brd Ltd (board riding development Mountain Boarding Centre) filmed by extreme channel (location gower, Swansea)
Red Arrows, September 2007
Red Arrows over Swansea Bay, Wales.
Three Cliffs SUP
Stand up paddle boarding on the Gower peninsula. This small stream 'Pennard Pill' winds down through Pennard Valley to Three cliffs bay . We then paddled over to Oxwich as winds were light...
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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.
Three Cliffs Bay
Three Cliffs Bay, otherwise Three Cliff Bay, is a bay on the south coast of the Gower Peninsula in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The bay takes its name from the three sea cliffs that jut out into the bay. Pennard Pill, a large stream, flows into the sea in the middle of the bay. The beach is an important asset for locals and visitors and routinely qualifies for Blue Flag status. Dogs are allowed on the beach all year.
Oxwich Bay
Oxwich Bay is a bay on the south of the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Its landscape features sand dunes, salt marshes and woodland. Oxwich Bay includes a 2.5-mile long sandy beach, accessible from the village of Oxwich. It is a popular spot for swimming and watersports including diving, sailing, water skiing and windsurfing. There is a public footpath along the cliffs from Oxwich Bay, around Oxwich Point, and to Port Eynon Bay. Buses run every couple of hours between Oxwich and Port Eynon.
Cefn Bryn
Cefn Bryn is an ancient ridge in Britain. It is a 5 mile long Old Red Sandstone ridge in south Wales, in the heart of the Gower Peninsula, in the City and County of Swansea. Local people colloquially refer to it as the "backbone of Gower", as it protrudes from surrounding limestone. The highest point on the ridge is the second highest point in the peninsula, offering panoramic views of the surrounding country and seas. The swathes of grassland around the ridge are known as Cefn Bryn Common.
Pennard (electoral ward)
Pennard is the name of an electoral ward, a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Pennard has its own community council. The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following places: Bishopston, Fairwood Common, Kittle, Parkmill, Pennard and Southgate in the parliamentary constituency of Gower. Pennard is bounded by the wards of Gower to the west; Fairwood to the north and Bishopston to the east. The Bristol Channel borders Pennard to the south.
A4118 road
The A4118 road is a road in Swansea, Wales which connects Dyfatty Street in the city centre with the village of Port Eynon. It runs in an approximate east-west direction. Beginning from the city centre, the route runs though suburban areas until it reaches Upper Killay where the road crosses rural areas. Places along on the route: Mount Pleasant Uplands Sketty Killay Upper Killay Fairwood Common Parkmill Penmaen Knelston Llandewi Scurlage
La Charrette
La Charrette was for several decades the smallest cinema in the UK. It closed in February 2008. A tiny, 23-seat venue, sited in a back garden in the town of Gorseinon, near Swansea, 'La Charrette' (French for 'the carriage') was built from a disused railway carriage. With flock wallpaper and hand-operated curtains, 'La Charrette' began showing films in 1953.
Parc Cwm long cairn
Parc Cwm long cairn (Welsh: carn hir Parc Cwm), also known as Parc le Breos burial chamber (siambr gladdu Parc le Breos), is a partly restored Neolithic chambered tomb, identified in 1937 as a Severn-Cotswold type of chambered long barrow. The cromlech, a megalithic burial chamber, was built around 5850 years before present (BP), during the early Neolithic.
Parc le Breos
Parc le Breos was a great medieval deer park in the south of the Gower Peninsula, about eight miles (13 km) west of Swansea, Wales, and about 1+⁄4 miles north of the Bristol Channel. The park was an enclosed, oval area of 6.7 miles in circumference, covering about 2,000 acres and measuring 2 ½ miles (east–west) by just over 1 ¾ miles (4.1 km by 2.9 km).
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Penmaen.
- Pennard
- Bishopston
- Swansea
- Landore
- Morriston
- Kidwelly
- Clydach
- Llanddarog
- Llangathen
- Llangain
- Llansteffan
- Carmarthen
- Port Talbot
- Llanfynydd
- Llangynog
- Ystradgynlais
- Crynant
- Abernant
- Bryn
- Pyle
- Llansadwrn
- Llansawel
- Seven Sisters
- Llanddowror
- Llanddeusant
- Cefn Cribwr
- Glyncorrwg
- Llanwinio
- Trelech
- Merthyr Mawr
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Penmaen
