Mumbles
is located on the western most tip of Swansea Bay, South Wales. Some
5 miles from the city centre Mumbles village is a suburb of the City
of Swansea. But Mumbles is also on the easternmost tip of the beautiful
Gower coastline giving residents and visitors alike the best of both
worlds. Choose to visit the city centre of Swansea and enjoy all that
this "City by the Bay" has to offer including a vibrant
shopping centre, theatres, a Blue Flag Marina, an annual Dylan Thomas
Festival, and Swansea's latest development an exciting new waterpark
with Britain's first indoor surfing machine.
Or choose to use the Mumbles as the "Gateway to the Gower". A short
walk to the Mumbles headland brings fantastic views of Swansea Bay,
the Mumbles Rocks, Mumbles Pier and Lighthouse. A ten minute walk
around the point and you are in the beautiful Langland Bay a great beach
much favoured by surfers and all watersport enthusiasts. Jump in the
car and a ten minute drive brings you to two of the best beaches in
Britain, Oxwich Bay and Three Cliffs Bay. But Gower has more than just
beaches to offer with beautiful woodlands, clifftop walks, ancient castles
and interesting old churches seemingly in every village.
The village of Mumbles itself has much to offer with it's very
own castle, Oystermouth Castle, the afore mentioned Mumbles Pier with
amusements restaurant and bowling alley, a wide selection of cosmopolitan
cafe's and a good number of proper shops.
In bygone days the " Mumbles
Mile", a stretch of road that was notable for its concentration
of pubs was a popular destination for pub crawls but with increased
competition from Swansea's night attractions most notably the Wind Street
district, there are now fewer than ten pubs on the 'mile', whereas there
were once upwards of twenty. Today the nightlife revolves around eating
rather than drinking with a wide selection of restaurants and bistros
to be found in Mumbles.
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