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Mumbles - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 51°34′05″N 3°59′06″W / 51.568°N 3.985°W

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Gower
Morning Sun at Tor Bay
Geographical areas Bishop's Wood Burry Holms Cefn Bryn Clyne Common Fairwood Common Loughor estuary
Beaches listed clockwise Bracelet Bay Limeslade Bay Rotherslade Langland Bay Caswell Bay Brandy Cove Pwlldu Bay Hunts Bay Pobbles Bay Three Cliffs Bay Tor Bay Oxwich Bay Slade Bay Horton Beach Port Eynon Beach Mewslade Bay Fall Bay Rhossili Bay (Llangennith Sands) Burry Holms Blue Pool Bay Broughton Bay Whiteford Sands
Headlands Burry Holms Mumbles Rhossili
Villages Bishopston Burry Green Caswell Cheriton Crofty Gowerton Horton Ilston Kittle Knelston Landimore Langland Llanddewi Llangennith Llanmadoc Llanmorlais Llanrhidian Llethryd Middleton Murton Newton Nicholaston Oldwalls Overton Oxwich Oxwich Green Parkmill Penclawdd Pennard Penmaen Penrice Pitton Pitton Green Port Eynon Reynoldston Rhossili Slade Scurlage Southgate Three Crosses Upper Killay
Prehistoric sites Arthur's Stone Long Hole Cave Parc le Breos Parc Cwm long cairn Paviland Cave
Castles Loughor Castle Oxwich Castle Oystermouth Castle Pennard Castle Penrice Castle Weobley Castle
Lighthouses Mumbles Lighthouse Whiteford Lighthouse
Other Cuisine of Gower Geology of the Gower Peninsula Gower Ornithological Society Gower Wassail Ilston Book
People Byron Davies Ifor Davies Edgar Evans Iris Gower Cyril Gwynn Karl Jenkins Nigel Jenkins Thomas Johnes (priest) Ernest Jones Kathleen Lloyd Jones Will Jones (rugby union) Jo Mazelis John Myles (minister) Red Lady of Paviland Colin Pressdee Phil Tanner Mark Thomas (composer) Vernon Watkins Harri Webb Audrey Williams (archaeologist) C. Anne Wilson
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Mumbles (Welsh: Mwmbwls) is a headland sited on the western edge of Swansea Bay on the southern coast of Wales.

Toponym

Mumbles has been noted for its unusual place name.^[1] The headland is thought by some to have been named by French sailors, after the shape of the two anthropomorphic islands which the headland comprises: the word "Mumbles" may be a corruption of the French les mamelles, meaning "the breasts". Another possible source of the name is the word Mamucium, which is generally thought to represent a Latinisation of an original Brythonic name, either from mamm- ("breast", in reference to a "breast-like hill") or from mamma ("mother", in reference to a local river goddess).^{[citation needed]}

Mumbles Lighthouse was built during the 1790s, and was converted to solar powered operation in 1995.^[2]

Notable features

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.^[3]

Mumbles Lifeboat Station has operated since 1866. In 1947, the entire lifeboat crew was lost at sea, attempting to rescue the crew of the SS Samtampa, in what has become known as the Mumbles lifeboat disaster. The nearest church, All Saints' Church, Oystermouth, contains memorials to the crew.

Climate

Climate data for Mumbles Head (32m elevation) 1981–2010
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	8.0 (46.4)	7.8 (46.0)	9.5 (49.1)	11.9 (53.4)	15.0 (59.0)	17.7 (63.9)	19.6 (67.3)	19.7 (67.5)	17.8 (64.0)	14.4 (57.9)	11.1 (52.0)	8.7 (47.7)	13.5 (56.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	4.0 (39.2)	3.6 (38.5)	4.8 (40.6)	6.3 (43.3)	9.2 (48.6)	11.8 (53.2)	13.9 (57.0)	14.0 (57.2)	12.4 (54.3)	9.9 (49.8)	6.9 (44.4)	4.7 (40.5)	8.5 (47.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	95.5 (3.76)	67.0 (2.64)	72.9 (2.87)	58.5 (2.30)	62.8 (2.47)	63.8 (2.51)	71.9 (2.83)	83.9 (3.30)	77.4 (3.05)	123.1 (4.85)	112.1 (4.41)	110.3 (4.34)	999.2 (39.34)
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm)	15.0	11.0	13.5	10.6	10.3	9.9	10.1	11.2	11.4	15.4	15.0	14.4	147.9
Source: metoffice.gov.uk^[4]

References

^ Symons, Mitchell (8 November 2012). The Bumper Book For The Loo: Facts and figures, stats and stories – an unputdownable treat of trivia. Transworld. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-4481-5271-1.
^ "Mumbles". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.
^ "The Swansea and Mumbles Railway - the world's first railway service".
^ "Climate Normals 1981–2010". Met Office. Retrieved 24 February 2021.

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v t e Gower Peninsula
Geographical areas	Bishop's Wood Burry Holms Cefn Bryn Clyne Common Fairwood Common Loughor estuary
Beaches listed clockwise	Bracelet Bay Limeslade Bay Rotherslade Langland Bay Caswell Bay Brandy Cove Pwlldu Bay Hunts Bay Pobbles Bay Three Cliffs Bay Tor Bay Oxwich Bay Slade Bay Horton Beach Port Eynon Beach Mewslade Bay Fall Bay Rhossili Bay (Llangennith Sands) Burry Holms Blue Pool Bay Broughton Bay Whiteford Sands
Headlands	Burry Holms Mumbles Rhossili
Villages in Gower	Bishopston Burry Green Caswell Cheriton Crofty Gowerton Horton Ilston Kittle Knelston Landimore Langland Llanddewi Llangennith Llanmadoc Llanmorlais Llanrhidian Llethryd Middleton Murton Newton Nicholaston Oldwalls Overton Oxwich Oxwich Green Parkmill Penclawdd Pennard Penmaen Penrice Pitton Pitton Green Port Eynon Reynoldston Rhossili Slade Scurlage Southgate Three Crosses Upper Killay
Prehistoric sites	Arthur's Stone Long Hole Cave Parc le Breos Parc Cwm long cairn Paviland Cave
Castles	Loughor Castle Oxwich Castle Oystermouth Castle Pennard Castle Penrice Castle Weobley Castle
Lighthouses	Mumbles Lighthouse Whiteford Lighthouse
Other	Cuisine of Gower Geology of the Gower Peninsula Gower Ornithological Society Gower Wassail Ilston Book
People	Byron Davies Ifor Davies Edgar Evans Iris Gower Cyril Gwynn Karl Jenkins Nigel Jenkins Thomas Johnes (priest) Ernest Jones Kathleen Lloyd Jones Will Jones (rugby union) Jo Mazelis John Myles (minister) Red Lady of Paviland Colin Pressdee Phil Tanner Mark Thomas (composer) Vernon Watkins Harri Webb Audrey Williams (archaeologist) C. Anne Wilson

City and County of Swansea

History

Politics

Swansea East Constituency	Bon-y-maen Cwmbwrla Landore Llansamlet Morriston Mynydd-bach Penderry St. Thomas Waterfront (part)
Swansea West Constituency	Castle Cockett Dunvant and Killay Mayals Sketty Townhill Uplands Waterfront (part) Waunarlwydd
Gower Constituency	Bishopston Clydach Fairwood Gorseinon and Penyrheol Gower Gowerton Llangyfelach Llwchwr Mumbles Pen-clawdd Penllergaer Pennard Pontarddulais Pontlliw and Tircoed West Cross

Communities

Culture

Education

Sports

Buildings

Transport

Roads	M4 motorway European route E30 A48 road A483 road A484 road A4067 road A4216 road A4217 road A4240 road A4118 road
Bus	First Cymru Gorseinon bus station Gower Explorer Metro (Route 4) National Express Swansea bus station
Cycling	Celtic Trail National Cycle Route 4 National Cycle Route 43
Railway lines	South Wales Main Line West Wales line Heart of Wales line Swansea District line
Railway stations	Gowerton Llansamlet Pontarddulais Swansea
Air	Swansea Airport
Waterways	River Tawe Swansea Canal Tennant Canal
Sea	Swansea docks Swansea Marina Swansea Cork ferry (Fastnet Line) Severn Link

51°34′05″N 3°59′06″W / 51.568°N 3.985°W / 51.568; -3.985

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