Rhossili
Sign in to saveRhossili (; ) is a small village and community on the southwestern tip of the Gower Peninsula in Wales. It is within the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the United Kingdom. The village has a community council and is part of the Gower parliamentary constituency, and the Gower electoral ward. At the 2011 census, the population was 278. The community includes the hamlet of Middleton.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image_name
- Rhosilli village from the air.jpg
- UK place.welsh_name
- Rhosili
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Gower
- UK place.official_name
- Rhossili
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Swansea
- UK place.community_wales
- Rhossili
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Gower
- UK place.post_town
- Swansea
- UK place.postcode_district
- SA3
- UK place.postcode_area
- SA
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SS417881
- UK place.population
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Rhosili
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Swansea
- Population
- +299
- Area
- +1032.89
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Rhosili a'i eglwys Penrhyn Gŵyr - Rhossili and St Mary the Virgin church, Gower Pensinsula, Swansea, Wales 06.jpg
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- Church
- Rhossili Bay
- Fall Bay
- Gallery
- Notable residents
- National Trust
- Skinny dipping
- Further reading
- See also
- References
- External links
Rhossili (; ) is a small village and community on the southwestern tip of the Gower Peninsula in Wales. It is within the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the United Kingdom. The village has a community council and is part of the Gower parliamentary constituency, and the Gower electoral ward. At the 2011 census, the population was 278. The community includes the hamlet of Middleton.
The name derives from the Welsh word rhos meaning a moor and the personal name Sulein, hence "Sulein's moorland promontory". Rhossili is a popular tourist destination: the views from the headland and the Down are panoramic; several pleasant walks begin, end, or pass through the village; Iron Age remains are found on Rhossili Down. The wide sandy beach is backed with sand dunes and attracts surfers at the Llangennith end as well as along the entire stretch of beach.