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Exploring Cwm Ivy, Gower
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Nov · highs 10–18 °C (50–64 °F)
- J8°5°138
- F8°4°95
- M9°5°110
- A10°7°74
- M13°9°80
- J15°12°79
- J17°14°86
- A18°14°105
- S16°13°116
- O14°11°162
- N11°8°151
- D9°6°143
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Trail takes you along a new wildlife-rich salt marsh, past two bird hides and plenty of opportunities for wildlife spotting - kingfishers, otters and wading birds. Dogs on leads due to livestock on trail.
OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 2.4 km · 1.5 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 2.4 km · 1.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 6.2 km W of Llanrhidian (City and County of Swansea, Wales) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Nov
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Swansea
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- National Trust
- From / to
- Cwm Ivy Car Park, Llangennith, Llanmadoc, SA3 1DJ;SS441933 → Cwm Ivy Car Park, Llangennith, Llanmadoc, SA3 1DJ;SS441933
- Route centre
- 51.6227, -4.2543
- Route start
- 51.6201, -4.2565
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17803767
- Official info
- nationaltrust.org.uk/cy/visit/wales/whiteford-an
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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