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Langland Bay is a designated conservation area with 75 Edwardian beach chalets overlooking the sandy beach. Notice an impressive building with a green turret behind the beach. This is a Scottish Baronial-style mansion built in the mid-19th century by the Crawshay family, the Merthyr Tydfil Ironmasters, as their summer residence.

Continue along the coastal path towards Caswell Bay. To the right are Newton Cliffs and Summerland Cliffs Local Nature Reserve. Rare plants such as hoary rockrose exist within this calcareous grassland, itself a rare habitat within the UK. The path climbs up to Whiteshell Point from where there is a fine view west of Caswell Bay, Brandy Cove and Pwlldu Bay. Notice the furrows running down the cliffs between the bay and Pwlldu Head. These were once quarried for limestone (ssss1). Brandy Cove was famous for smuggling.

Cross over the road into the car park and follow the path that runs along the valley on its left-hand side into Bishop’s Wood to a wooden building with a turf roof. The path on the right tends to be muddy in winter.