Port Eynon - Gower, Wales.
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member veritas vita
N 51° 32.789 W 004° 12.740
30U E 415935 N 5711295
Port Eynon village is located in the remote south western coastal corner of the Gower Peninsula which is a designated 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.' Near Swansea, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMQDHA
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/10/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist
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Port Eynon bay has a mile of lovely, easily accessible sandy beach. The coordinates for this waymark are based on One of my Waymarks the 500,000th waymark posted. (visit link)

"In the churchyard, is a memorial to the three lifeboat crew who lost their lives at sea in 1916. The lifeboat station was closed in 1919, when it was considered too dangerous to be located in Port Eynon. A new lifeboat station was opened in Horton in 1968." Text Source; (visit link)

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