Skip to Content

Routes : Europe : Wales : Gower Peninsula : Pennard(OS)

Pennard(OS)

RSS FeedClick on "Routes" to subscribe to a RSS feed of all new routes added to this category. Click on "Ascents" for a RSS feed of all new ascents recorded in this category. Routes | Ascents

Climbing Sections:


About Pennard(OS):

The cliffs are well above waterline and have some excellent buttresses. Watch the birds, they can be annoying. About 30 routes in the Diff to VS category, and another 20 or so Extremes of very good quality. South facing and quick drying. Well worth a visit.
Nearest town or city: Swansea
Directions: OS 159 GR SS 565 866 Alt. 0m 12 miles WSW of Swansea. Take the A4067 out of Swansea, then before the Mumbles turn right on the B4436. After 3.5 miles at Pennard, where the road turns sharply right, go straight on to Southgate, and keep following this road to the National Trust car park at the end. From here walk east (left) along the coast for about ten minutes until some impressive 100 foot buttresses are reached.
Latitude, Longitude: 51.55953, -4.07033
Access Issues:
Camping: Pay
When to Climb:
Quantity of Climbs: Year