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Oxwich is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in the principal area
Subdivisions of Wales

For local government purposes, Wales is divided into 22 unitary authorities, which are responsible for the provision of all local government services, including education, social work, environment and roads services....
 of Swansea
Swansea

Swansea is a City status in the United Kingdom and subdivisions of Wales in Wales. Swansea is in the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower peninsula and the Lliw uplands....
, Wales
Wales

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. It is situated to the far south 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....
. Attractions in the village include the Oxwich Burrows marsh
Marsh

In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland which is subject to frequent or continuous flood . Typically the water is shallow and features Poaceaees, Juncaceaees, Phragmites, typhas, Cyperaless, and other herbaceous plants....
, the Tudor
Tudor architecture

Tudor architecture may refer to:*Tudor style architecture, the first architecture from the Tudor period*A style typified by Tudor City, popular in apartment buildings and housing cooperatives in New York City in the 1920s...
 Oxwich Castle
Oxwich Castle

File:Oxwich Castle 4.jpgOxwich Castle occupies a position on a wooded headland overlooking Oxwich Bay on the Gower peninsula, Wales, United Kingdom....
, Penrice Castle
Penrice Castle

Penrice Castle is a castle near Penrice, Swansea on the Gower peninsula in south Wales....
 and local sand
Sand

Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.As the term is used by geologists, sand particles range in diameter from 0.0625 to 2 millimeters....
y beach
Beach

File:MiamiSouthBeachPanoramaEdit.jpgA beach is a geology landform along the shoreline of a body of water. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of Rock , such as sand, gravel, shingle beach, pebbles, or cobble....
es including Oxwich Bay
Oxwich Bay

Oxwich 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....
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Oxwich is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in the principal area
Subdivisions of Wales

For local government purposes, Wales is divided into 22 unitary authorities, which are responsible for the provision of all local government services, including education, social work, environment and roads services....
 of Swansea
Swansea

Swansea is a City status in the United Kingdom and subdivisions of Wales in Wales. Swansea is in the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower peninsula and the Lliw uplands....
, Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
. It is situated to the far south 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....
. Attractions in the village include the Oxwich Burrows marsh
Marsh

In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland which is subject to frequent or continuous flood . Typically the water is shallow and features Poaceaees, Juncaceaees, Phragmites, typhas, Cyperaless, and other herbaceous plants....
, the Tudor
Tudor architecture

Tudor architecture may refer to:*Tudor style architecture, the first architecture from the Tudor period*A style typified by Tudor City, popular in apartment buildings and housing cooperatives in New York City in the 1920s...
 Oxwich Castle
Oxwich Castle

File:Oxwich Castle 4.jpgOxwich Castle occupies a position on a wooded headland overlooking Oxwich Bay on the Gower peninsula, Wales, United Kingdom....
, Penrice Castle
Penrice Castle

Penrice Castle is a castle near Penrice, Swansea on the Gower peninsula in south Wales....
 and local sand
Sand

Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.As the term is used by geologists, sand particles range in diameter from 0.0625 to 2 millimeters....
y beach
Beach

File:MiamiSouthBeachPanoramaEdit.jpgA beach is a geology landform along the shoreline of a body of water. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of Rock , such as sand, gravel, shingle beach, pebbles, or cobble....
es including Oxwich Bay
Oxwich Bay

Oxwich 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....
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