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Mumbles Pier was opened in 1898 at the terminus of the Swansea and Mumbles Railway, which was the world's first horse-drawn public passenger train service.It opened 2 Mar 1807 and used horse power to 1877, then steam power to 1929, when it switched to double deck overhead electric tram power, lasting till the line closed in Jan 1960.
Oystermouth Castle, a venue for open air Shakespearean performances The Mumbles light house 1815 Mumbles, 1850s. Archaeological evidence indicates that an ancient submerged forest was located on what is now the foreshore of Mumbles Bay [citation needed] The bones of bears, wolves, hyenas, deer, rhinoceros and mammoth have been discovered there.
Walkway of the Mumbles pier Mumbles Lifeboat Station, at the end of the pier. The Grade II listed structure of Mumbles Pier is an 835 feet (255 m) long Victorian pleasure pier built in 1898. It is located at the south-western corner of Swansea Bay near the village of Mumbles, within the city and county of Swansea, Wales.
The Swansea and Mumbles Railway was the venue for the world's first passenger horsecar railway service, [1] located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.. Originally built under an act of Parliament of 1804 to move limestone from the quarries of Mumbles to Swansea and to the markets beyond, it carried the world's first fare-paying railway passengers under an agreement effective from 25 March 1807.
Mumbles Lighthouse, completed in 1794, is a lighthouse located in Mumbles, near Swansea. [3] The structure, which sits on the outer of two islands off Mumbles Head, is clearly visible from any point along the five mile sweep of Swansea Bay. Along with the nearby lifeboat station, it is the most photographed landmark in the village.
Newton is a village (and former electoral ward) in the city of and County of Swansea, Wales. The village is located near the Mumbles just inland and uphill from Swansea Bay. The Newton ward was a part of the Mumbles community. The sandy beaches of Langland Bay and Caswell Bay are located to the far south of the area.
1922 Mumbles Lifeboat Station, used until 2014. At a meeting of the Mumbles lifeboat committee in 1905, it was agreed that a boathouse and slipway accessed via the new Mumbles Pier was the way forward. It would be 1916 before the slipway was constructed, and a further 6 years in 1922, before a boathouse on top was completed.
Oystermouth castle, with its village and lighthouse, 1839 A 1910s photograph by P. B. Abery. In the 13th century the Braose family were Lords of Gower and held the castle as part of their extensive land holdings and titles, including other castles on Gower and in the Welsh Marches. The de Braose dynasty could afford to rebuild Oystermouth ...