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Oxwich Bay is a bay
Bay

A bay is an area of water bordered by land on three sides. Bays generally have calm waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some ocean surface wave and often reducing winds....
 on the 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....
, Wales
Wales

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.

Its landscape features sand dune
Dune

In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built by aeolian processes. Dunes are subject to different forms and sizes based on their interaction with the wind....
s, salt 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....
es and woodland
Woodland

Ecologically, a woodland is an area covered in trees, usually at low density, forming an open habitat, allowing sunlight to penetrate between the trees, and limiting shade....
. Oxwich Bay includes a 2.5 mile long sandy 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....
, accessible from the village of Oxwich
Oxwich

Oxwich is a village in the subdivisions of Wales of Swansea, Wales. It is situated to the far south of the Gower peninsula. Attractions in the village include the Oxwich Burrows marsh, the Tudor architecture Oxwich Castle, Penrice Castle and local sandy beaches including Oxwich Bay....
. It is also a popular spot for swimming
Swimming

Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance. Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and recreational....
 and watersports including diving
Diving

Diving refers to the sport of performing acrobatics while jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard of a certain height. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games....
, sailing
Sailing

Sailing is the art of controlling a boat with large pieces of canvas cloth called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and dagger or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to change the direction and speed of a boat....
, water skiing
Water skiing

Water skiing is a sport where an individual is pulled behind a motor boat or a Cable skiing on a body of water wearing one or more skis. The surface area of the ski keeps the person skimming on the surface of the water allowing the skier to stand upright while holding the tow rope....
 and windsurfing
Windsurfing

Windsurfing, or sailboarding, is a Surface Water Sports using a windsurf board, also commonly called a sailboard, usually two to five meters long and powered by the wind pushing on a sail....
.






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Oxwich Bay is a bay
Bay

A bay is an area of water bordered by land on three sides. Bays generally have calm waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some ocean surface wave and often reducing winds....
 on the 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....
, Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
.

Its landscape features sand dune
Dune

In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built by aeolian processes. Dunes are subject to different forms and sizes based on their interaction with the wind....
s, salt 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....
es and woodland
Woodland

Ecologically, a woodland is an area covered in trees, usually at low density, forming an open habitat, allowing sunlight to penetrate between the trees, and limiting shade....
. Oxwich Bay includes a 2.5 mile long sandy 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....
, accessible from the village of Oxwich
Oxwich

Oxwich is a village in the subdivisions of Wales of Swansea, Wales. It is situated to the far south of the Gower peninsula. Attractions in the village include the Oxwich Burrows marsh, the Tudor architecture Oxwich Castle, Penrice Castle and local sandy beaches including Oxwich Bay....
. It is also a popular spot for swimming
Swimming

Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance. Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and recreational....
 and watersports including diving
Diving

Diving refers to the sport of performing acrobatics while jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard of a certain height. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games....
, sailing
Sailing

Sailing is the art of controlling a boat with large pieces of canvas cloth called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and dagger or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to change the direction and speed of a boat....
, water skiing
Water skiing

Water skiing is a sport where an individual is pulled behind a motor boat or a Cable skiing on a body of water wearing one or more skis. The surface area of the ski keeps the person skimming on the surface of the water allowing the skier to stand upright while holding the tow rope....
 and windsurfing
Windsurfing

Windsurfing, or sailboarding, is a Surface Water Sports using a windsurf board, also commonly called a sailboard, usually two to five meters long and powered by the wind pushing on a sail....
. There is a public footpath along the cliffs from Oxwich Bay, around Oxwich Point, and to Port Eynon
Port Eynon

Port Eynon is a village and Community council in the city and county of Swansea, Wales. The community has its own elected community council. The village is located in the remote south western corner of the Gower peninsula which is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....
 Bay. Buses run every couple of hours between Oxwich and Port Eynon.

A variety of submarine cables leave the mainland of Britain
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 from Oxwich. These include the SOLAS cable across the Irish Sea
Irish Sea

The Irish Sea also known as the Mann Sea or Manx Sea, separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected to the Celtic Sea portion of the Atlantic Ocean by St George's Channel between Republic of Ireland and Wales, and to the north by the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland which forms part of...
, and the TAT-11
TAT-11

TAT-11 was AT&T's 11th transatlantic telephone cable, in operation from 1993, initially carrying 2 x 565 Mbit/s between United States and France....
 and Gemini North transatlantic telephone cable
Transatlantic telephone cable

A transatlantic telephone cable is a submarine communications cable that carries telephone traffic under the Atlantic Ocean.When the first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid in 1858 by businessman Cyrus West Field, it operated for only a month; subsequent attempts in 1865 and 1866 were more successful....
s. These latter two do not terminate here but instead continue on to France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 (TAT-11) and England
England

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 (Gemini).

On 1 February 2007, The named Oxwich beach the most beautiful in Britain.

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