Gower Way
A 34-mile long-distance walk in the Gower Peninsula Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, celebrating the countryside away from the coast with a direct line through the heart of the peninsula from Penlle’r Castell to Worm’s Head Causeway. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SN 665 096
Distance: 34 miles (54 km)
Time: 13–17 hours
Duration: 3–5 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL12 Brecon Beacons / Bannau Brycheiniog: Western Area
164 Gower / Gwyr and Llanelli
165 Swansea / Abertawe
178 Llanelli and Ammanford / Rhydaman
Summary
The Gower Way came about as a Millennium project. The Gower Society created the route between Penlle’r Castell in the north-east of the Gower Peninsula and Rhossili on the south-west coast. It reveals unknown Gower by utilizing existing paths, dismantled railways, permissive rights of way, and roadways to form a continuous walk between the upland areas and the coast. The Gower Way was inaugurated by the Prince of Wales in July 1998. Walking the Gower Way is a journey through 5,000 years of history—from the Bronze Age to the Industrial Revolution and the South Wales mining legacy up to the present day. From beginning to end, the route visits the Upper and Lower Lliw Reservoirs, Felindre, Pontlliw, Gorseinon, Gowerton, Three Crosses, Welsh Moor, Park Woods, Cefn Bryn, Holy Well, Reynoldston, Knelston, Llanddewi, Talgarth’s Well, Rhossili, and Worm’s Head.