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Limeslade Bay is a small cove just to the west of Bracelet Bay
Bracelet Bay

Bracelet Bay is a bays and headlands on the south side of the Gower peninsula, Wales, just to the southwest of Swansea Bay.It is a small bay surrounded by limestone cliffs....
 in the south east corner of the Gower peninsula
Gower Peninsula

The Gower Peninsula is a peninsula on the south coast of Wales, on the north side of the Bristol Channel in the southwest of the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan....
, Wales
Wales

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. It is a mainly rocky beach with little sand.

Of note is an iron mine at the head of the bay, near the roadside. This is believed to have been worked from Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 times. It is now closed and sealed off. The beach itself has a varied and very different geology compared to the neighbouring Bracelet Bay.

Adjacent to the beach is the popular Fortes cafe that specialises in home made ice-cream, one of a number of companies in Swansea offering this product.






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Limeslade Bay is a small cove just to the west of Bracelet Bay
Bracelet Bay

Bracelet Bay is a bays and headlands on the south side of the Gower peninsula, Wales, just to the southwest of Swansea Bay.It is a small bay surrounded by limestone cliffs....
 in the south east corner of the Gower peninsula
Gower Peninsula

The Gower Peninsula is a peninsula on the south coast of Wales, on the north side of the Bristol Channel in the southwest of the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan....
, Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
. It is a mainly rocky beach with little sand.

Of note is an iron mine at the head of the bay, near the roadside. This is believed to have been worked from Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 times. It is now closed and sealed off. The beach itself has a varied and very different geology compared to the neighbouring Bracelet Bay.

Adjacent to the beach is the popular Fortes cafe that specialises in home made ice-cream, one of a number of companies in Swansea offering this product. Fortes previously operated a much large cafe on the landward side of the old Oystermouth Bus/Mumbles Railway Station.

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