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Start/Finish Bracelet Bay (SS 6250 8715) Distance 11.5km (7¼ miles) Total ascent 290m Time 3hrs Refreshments Forte’s Ice Cream Parlour, Plunch Lane; cafés in Rotherslade and Langland; shops and pubs in The Mumbles.

The walk follows the cliff path west from Bracelet Bay to Langland and Caswell before heading inland through Bishop’s Wood, returning to the start via Oystermouth Castle and Mumbles Head. The footpath to Caswell is along a tarmac surface with the route becoming a little boggy crossing a short section of Clyne Common. There are plenty of opportunities for refreshments along the way and two beautiful beaches for a swim.

Bracelet Bay and Mumbles Lighthouse

With the ice cream parlour on your right, take the road to the west that soon becomes the cliff path. In the rocky cove of Limeslade there is a sandy beach at low tide with interesting rock pools. The rocks here are made of Carboniferous limestone.

Just up Plunch Lane is a house built by Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas. On the headland to the east is the aerial and building of the Mumbles Coastguard station. Beyond is Bracelet Bay and Mumbles Head. The lighthouse was built on the Outer Head, the last island of three, in 1794 and is accessible by foot at low tide. The light was originally lit by two open coal fires arranged vertically to distinguish it from other beacons. These were replaced by an oil lantern and lens creating two beams.