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The beauty of Swansea Bay has often been compared with that of the Bay of Naples and was described by Dylan Thomas, as ‘a long and splendid curving shore’. Part of the Bristol Channel, it has one of the largest tidal ranges in the world at 10.5m and the tide literally appears to go out for miles due to the beach’s shallow gradient.

This area is a Local Nature Reserve and habitat types include maritime heath, limestone grassland, limestone scrub and woodland, each supporting different plants and animals. Over 200 species of plants and fungi, 40 species of birds and hundreds of species of insects have been recorded on the Hill.

A Neolithic stone axe head was discovered in an allotment in 1938 and a fissure on the hill has also revealed prehistoric human bones and teeth. A military camp was established during the Second World War and remnants of the 623rd Anti-Aircraft Battery gun emplacements and control bunker are still visible.

Drop down the seaward side of the hill along the obvious track to the road above Bracelet Bay.