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Cefn Bryn – View from the Top of Cefn Bryn loop from Reynoldston

Cefn Bryn – View from the Top of Cefn Bryn loop from Reynoldston

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Cefn Bryn – View from the Top of Cefn Bryn loop from Reynoldston

01:08

22.5km

380m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 28, 2026

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Gower National Landscape

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1.17 km

Cefn Bryn

Highlight • Viewpoint

This ancient 5-mile (3 km) long sandstone ridge is the highest point on the Gower Peninsula. The ridge is made up of historic common land and Arthur's Stone, a large Neolithic monument is located close to the summit. Known locally as the 'backbone of Gower', this is a wonderful place to spot wildlife and explore ancient history.

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2.02 km

View of Gower National Landscape High Point

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is a scenic stretch of trail in the Gower, offering an uphill or downhill route (depending on direction) that passes near the area's highest point.

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2.32 km

View from the Top of Cefn Bryn

Highlight • Summit

worth the climb!

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8.37 km

Weobley Castle

Highlight • Historical Site

Weobley Castle dates back to the 14th centure and is situated in a fine location overlooking the saltmarshes of the Gower Peninsula. The place was a fortified manor house more than a castle built by the powerful de la Bere family. The castle was attacked and damaged by the forces of Owain Glyndŵr in the early 15th century, but most of the building was left standing. The castle is now in the care of CADW.

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11.5 km

St. Madoc's Church, Llanmadoc

Highlight • Religious Site

Historic highlights at Llanmadoc include a 6th century stone, 7th century boundary marker, and a Norman font. Medieval wall paintings were revealed during restoration in the mid-19th century, but unfortunately most of these paintings were destroyed.

History
While the origins of Madoc's original church here are lost in the mists of time, we do know that around 1156 Margaret, Countess of Warwick, granted the parish to the Knights Templar. After the Templars were suppressed in the early 14th century the church passed to the Knights Hospitallers (forerunners of the St John Ambulance). The church was restored in 1861 under the direction of Rev. JD Davies, who carved the oak altar frontal himself.

The chancel arch is probably 12th century, while the tower was probably added later in the medieval period. It is oddly low, out of proportion to the body of the church. This has led some historians to suggest that it was originally much higher, but was shortened during restoration. There is a medieval trefoil window set in the south wall of the chancel.

One historian has suggested that St Madoc's, along with other Gower churches, was fortified against attack by the Welsh. This seems a bit unlikely, though it is possible the churches were strengthened against possible pirate raids from the sea.

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12.0 km

Britannia Inn

Highlight • Restaurant

Excellent food good service staff are very friendly. We enjoyed our few hours in this location

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16.3 km

St Cenydd's Church, Llangennith

Highlight • Religious Site

The village of Llangennith clusters round a central village green and the church of St Cenydd (also Kyned/Cynydd) - the largest in Gower - which was founded in the 6th century, in the days of the undivided Church. According to legend the church was established as a hermitage by St Cenydd; but in 986 the early buildings were destroyed by Vikings. The present structure dates from the 12th century - it was consecrated in 1102 - when Norman war-lords were building castles and churches all over Gower, as elsewhere in Britain. The large fortified square tower is unusually placed north of the nave in which is a filled in, low, eastern arch, likely associated with a small priory which was attached through the Middle Ages. The church is the reputed burial place of Iestyn ap Gwrgant, the last ruler of the Welsh kingdom of Morgannwg, who is said to have become a religious at Llangennith after being deposed by the Norman Robert Fitzhamon in 1090. The church contains the mutilated effigy of a 13th-century knight known locally as 'the Dolly Mare' and believed to represent a member of the de la Mere family who held lands nearby, and a significant Norman font. The church interior was restored and remodelled in the 1880s, and the interior floor raised by several feet to counteract damp. The remodelling was relatively restrained and the church retains many original features.

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16.3 km

The King's Head Pub, Llangennith

Highlight • Pub

Set in a row of 17th century buildings this low key pub with rooms is a mile from llangennith beach. We stay her when we are walking in the gower.Has serve good food rooms are great always clean

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22.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

22.0 km

491 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

21.5 km

1.02 km

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Lowest point (20 m)

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Saturday 18 July

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14°C

15 %

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Cefn Bryn – View from the Top of Cefn Bryn loop from Reynoldston

Cefn Bryn

View of Gower National Landscape High Point

View from the Top of Cefn Bryn

Weobley Castle

St. Madoc's Church, Llanmadoc

Britannia Inn

St Cenydd's Church, Llangennith

The King's Head Pub, Llangennith

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