Rhossili

Rhossili
Rhossili is located in Swansea
Rhossili
Rhossili
Location within Swansea
Population278 
Community
  • Rhossili
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSwansea
Postcode districtSA3
PoliceSouth Wales
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Swansea
51°34′07″N 4°17′13″W / 51.56856°N 4.28690°W / 51.56856; -4.28690

Rhossili (Welsh: Rhosili; Welsh pronunciation) is both a small village and a community on the southwestern tip of the Gower Peninsula[1] in Wales. It is within the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the United Kingdom. The village has a community council and is part of the Gower parliamentary constituency, and the Gower electoral ward. At the 2011 census, the population was 278. The community includes the hamlet of Middleton.

The name derives from the Welsh word rhos meaning a moor and the personal name Sulein, hence "Sulein's moorland promontory".[clarification needed][2] Rhossili is a popular tourist destination: the views from the headland and the Down are panoramic; several pleasant walks begin, end, or pass through the village; Iron Age remains are found on Rhossili Down. The 2.8-mile (4.5 km) wide sandy beach is backed with sand dunes and attracts surfers at the Llangennith end as well as along the entire stretch of beach.

  1. ^ A Guide to Gower, published by the Gower Society, ISBN 0-902767-23-2
  2. ^ Owen, Hywel Wyn; Morgan, Richard (2007). Dictionary of the Place-names of Wales (First ed.). Llandysul, Ceredigion: Gomer. p. 415. ISBN 9781843239017.