THE GOWER SOCIETY
Guarding Gower for all its worth!
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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. Three descriptive leaflets are available in some shops and from our Publications Officer.
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.
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.
Here are some walks using parts of the Gower Way
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