Directions for walking the Gower Way are in 3 leaflets. You can buy them from some shops and from our Publications Officer. Prices and how to order.
Connecting communities across the Lordship of Gower
The GOWER SOCIETY in partnership with
	The City and County of Swansea
	The Ramblers Association
	Community Councils
	Welsh Water
	The Commoners Association
	The Countryside Council for Wales
	The Somerset Trust

To celebrate the Millennium, the Gower Society planned a symbolic link across the area covered by the ancient lordship of Gower, using existing footpaths and permissive rights of way to form a continuous pathway between the upland areas of Welsh Gower and the coasts of English Gower.

The pathway, inaugurated by the Prince of Wales in July 1998, has a central spine from Rhossili in the far south-west of the peninsula to Penlle'r castell in the north-east of the lordship. The central spine is now complete and all three descriptive leaflets are available in the shops. Our next task will be to complete a series of walks based on the Way and to publish a book for the whole project.

The project opens up unknown parts of Gower and provides a range of business opportunities associated with "green tourism" in the communities through which the Way passes. Its success has depended on the co-operation of these communities and individual farmers / landowners, as well as the partners listed above.

History

The Gower Way traverses the length of the ancient lordship of Gower, surrounded by 5,000 years of history, from Bronze Age dolmens and Iron Age forts, medieval platform sites, to holy wells, Norman castles and churches. The central section passes close to one of Gower's historic industrial and mining areas, now largely cleared, but with some evidence still of this earlier activity.

Beauty

Much of the path is in the Gower peninsula, Britain's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Upland Gower, though less well known, has a wilder beauty of its own and is equally attractive to walkers.

Rarely can such a variety of scenery be seen in such a short distance.