List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Glamorgan
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This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the West Glamorgan
Area of Search
. For SSSIs elsewhere in Wales
, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.
West Glamorgan
West Glamorgan is a preserved county and former administrative county of Wales, one of the divisions of the ancient county of Glamorgan.West Glamorgan was created on 1 April 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972 from the county borough of Swansea, the municipal boroughs of Neath and Port Talbot,...
Area of Search
Area of Search
Areas of Search are geographical areas used in the selection of Sites of Special Scientific Interest. In England these are largely based on the 1974–1996 administrative counties...
. For SSSIs elsewhere in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.
- Arfordir Pen-bre / Pembrey Coast
- Barland Common Stream Section, Bishopston
- Berry Wood
- Bishop's WoodBishop's WoodBishop's Wood is a nature reserve in the Gower Peninsula, south Wales.The area consists of 46 acres of limestone woodland and grassland. Part of the wood is classified as ancient woodland...
- BlackpillBlackpillBlackpill is a suburban area of Swansea, Wales. It is located beside Swansea Bay, about south west of the city centre.Blackpill falls into the Mayals ward....
, Swansea - Bracelet BayBracelet BayBracelet Bay is a small bay on the south of the Gower Peninsula. It is the first bay one comes to after leaving Swansea Bay and rounding Mumbles Head....
- Burry Inlet and Loughor EstuaryRiver LoughorThe River Loughor in Carmarthenshire, Wales has its source at an underground lake at the Black Mountain. It flows past settlements like Ammanford and Hendy in Carmarthenshire and Pontarddulais in Swansea. The river divides Carmarthenshire from Swansea for much of its course and it separates Hendy...
- Caeau Afon Gwili
- Caswell BayCaswell BayCaswell Bay is a popular UK holiday resort in the south east of the Gower Peninsula, Swansea, Wales.Access to the beach is relatively easy and inland from the sandy beach is a recreational park. Caswell is ideal for surfing, holidays in the nearby Hotels and Chalet Park. The beach regularly...
- Cefn Bryn CommonCefn BrynCefn 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 it protrudes from surrounding limestone...
- Cefn Gwrhyd, Rhydyfro
- CilybebyllCilybebyllCilybebyll is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot County Borough in Wales. It includes the villages of Alltwen, Fforest Gôch, Gellinudd and Rhos, and is located east of Pontardawe, north of Neath and north east of Swansea...
- Coed Cwm Du, Cilmaengwyn
- Coedydd Parkmill a Cwm Llethrid/Parkmill Woodlands and Llethrid Valley
- Crymlyn BogCrymlyn BogCrymlyn Bog is a nature reserve and a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest of international significance, near Swansea, south Wales....
- Courthouse Grasslands
- Crymlyn BurrowsCrymlyn BurrowsCrymlyn Burrows is an area of land in Wales, UK to the east of Swansea city centre, and south of Crymlyn Bog. It is bounded by Jersey Marine Beach to the south and the River Neath to the east...
- Cwm Clydach, Cydweli
- Cwm Gwrelych and Nant Llyn Fach Streams
- Earlswood Road Cutting and Ferryboat Inn Quarries
- Eglwys Nunydd ReservoirEglwys NunyddThe Eglwys Nunydd is a large reservoir in Margam, South Wales originally constructed to provide water for the large steelworks at Margam and specifically for cooling water for the cold rolling mills at the eastern end of the works...
- Fairwood, Pengwern and Welshmoor Commons
- Felin Fach Meadows, Cwmgwili
- Frondeg
- Glais Moraine
- Gorsllwyn, Onllwyn
- Gower CoastGower PeninsulaGower or the Gower Peninsula is a peninsula in south Wales, jutting from the coast into the Bristol Channel, and administratively part of the City and County of Swansea. Locally it is known as "Gower"...
- Graig Fawr, Pontardulais
- Gwernydd Penbre
- Gweunydd Glan-y-glasnant
- Gwrhyd Meadows
- Hafod Wennol Grasslands
- Horton, Eastern and Western Slade
- Ilston Quarry
- Langland BayLangland BayLangland Bay is a popular coastal holiday resort in Gower, near Swansea in south Wales. In the right conditions, it is one of the best surf beaches in Britain...
(RothersladeRothersladeRotherslade is a small stretch of sandy beach at the eastern end of Langland Bay in the south Gower Peninsula, Wales. Previously known as 'Little Langland', it only exists as a separate beach at high tide. At low tide it is continuous with Langland Bay....
) - Margam MoorsMargam MoorsMargam Moors is a community of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Together with the community of Margam, it forms the Margam electoral ward....
- Minchin Hole
- Morfa a Chraig Cwm Ivy / Cwm Ivy Marsh and Tor
- Nant y Crimp
- Nicholaston Wood
- Oxwich BayOxwich Baythumb|Oxwich Bay on the Gower Peninsula of South WalesOxwich Bay is a bay on the south of the Gower Peninsula, Wales.Its landscape features sand dunes, salt marshes and woodland. Oxwich Bay includes a 2.5-mile long sandy beach, accessible from the village of Oxwich. It is a popular spot for...
- Oystermouth Old Quarry
- Pant-y-Sais
- Penard Valley
- Penllergaer Railway Cutting
- Penplas Grasslands
- Penrice Stables and Underhill Cottage
- Penycastell, Cefn Cribwr
- Pwll-Du Head and Bishopston ValleyPwlldu BayPwlldu Bay is a small beach on the south Gower Peninsula coast in south Wales. It is one of the more remote beachs and is not easily accessible by car but there are three narrow footpaths leading down to the beach....
- Pyllau Machynys (Machynys Ponds)
- Rhossili DownRhossiliRhossili is a small village and community on the southwestern tip of the Gower Peninsula near Swansea in Wales. Since the 1970s it has fallen within the boundaries of Swansea. It is within an area designated as the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the United Kingdom...
- Rose Cottage, Llethrid
- Sluxton Marsh, Whitemoor
- Smarts Quarry
- Tairgwaith
- Twyni Chwitffordd, Morfa Landimor a Bae Brychdwn/Whiteford Burrows etc