Llanrhidian Lower is a
community
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in the
Gower
The Gower Peninsula (), or simply Gower (), is a peninsula in the south-west of Wales. It is the most westerly part of the historic county of Glamorgan, and is now within the City and County of Swansea. It projects towards the Bristol Channel ...
peninsula forming the west of
Swansea
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, south
Wales
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. The community has its own elected community council.
The population was 512 as of the 2011 UK census.
The area covered by the community council includes
Llanrhidian
The Gower Peninsula () in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, contains over twenty villages and communities. Most of the peninsula is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Villages
Bishopston
Bishopston (, or historically ''Ll ...
village and less populous
Cilibion to the east,
Oldwalls, Leason,
Llethryd and The Common. The main village sits well above steep coastal banks on a rolling plain below two promontories,
Arthur's Stone, Gower
Cefn Bryn is an ancient ridge in Britain. It is a 5-mile-long Old Red Sandstone ridge in south Wales, in the heart of the Gower Peninsula, in the City and County of Swansea. Local people colloquially refer to it as the "backbone of Gower", as ...
on the peninsula's main escarpment
Cefn Bryn
Cefn Bryn is an ancient ridge in Britain. It is a 5-mile-long Old Red Sandstone ridge in south Wales, in the heart of the Gower Peninsula, in the City and County of Swansea. Local people colloquially refer to it as the "backbone of Gower", as ...
, specifically being its western burial mound sometimes called Burnt Mound (154 metres
Above Ordnance Datum
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); and a closer example, a small freestanding
tor
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equally close to the coast, Cilifor Top at 118 metres.
The coast here consists of broad and long Llanrhidian Marsh followed by similar-size (tidal) Llanrhidian Sands and then the relatively thinly watered
Loughor Estuary
The River Loughor () () is a river in Wales which marks the border between Carmarthenshire and Swansea. The river is sourced from an underground lake at the Black Mountain emerging at the surface from which translates from the Welsh as "eye of ...
at low tide;
Llanelli
; ) is a market town and community (Wales), community in Carmarthenshire and the Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is on the estuary of the River Loughor and is the largest town in the Principal areas of Wales, ...
,
Pwll
Pwll is a small coastal village, located between Llanelli and Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Situated on a narrow ledge above the tidal Burry Estuary, the village offers panoramic views across the water to the Gower Peninsula and is travers ...
and
Burry Port (Porth Tywyn) face the other side of the estuary and lack such a marsh habitat though have more
mudflat
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s in places.
Llanrhidian Lower has a
community council
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In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies. ...
of six councillors, who meet monthly at Llanrhidian Community Hall.
See also
*
Llanrhidian Higher
Llanrhidian Higher is a community in Swansea, Wales. The community has its own elected community council.
The area covered by the community council includes the villages of Penclawdd, Crofty, Llanmorlais, Blue Anchor and Wernffrwd. The population ...
Sources
Gower Community Councils: Map of the Community Councils on Gower
References
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Communities in Swansea
Populated places on the Gower Peninsula