Port Eynon

Port Eynon
Port Eynon
	Port Eynon Bay
	Port Eynon Location within Swansea
Population	574 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	SS461852
Principal area	Swansea;
Preserved county	West Glamorgan;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SWANSEA
Postcode district	SA3
Dialling code	01792
Police	South Wales
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Gower;
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Gower;
	List of places UK Wales Swansea 51°32′42″N 4°13′12″W / 51.545°N 4.220°W

Port Eynon (also spelt Port Einon, Porth Einon in Welsh; marked on Ordnance Survey maps as Port-Eynon)^[1] is a village and community within the City and County of Swansea, Wales, on the far south tip of the Gower Peninsula within the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The A4118 from Swansea city centre terminates here.

The community has its own elected community council, and had a population of 597 in 2011.^[2] The community includes the hamlet of Llanddewi.

Village

The village itself is fairly small and extends from the beach to the top of the hill. Port Eynon village has two fish and chip shops and a gift shop at the sea front, a Youth Hostel, two pubs, and a cafe /surf shop. The Youth Hostel is a converted lifeboat house, situated on the south end of the bay, near the salt house. A neighbouring village, Overton, is to the north west of Port Eynon and footpaths from Overton lead to Overton Mere, a stony and rocky beach. Also, the village of Horton is at the east end of the main beach, approximately half a mile from Port Eynon. Public transport is good throughout the season, and buses link the beaches so one can walk to a beach and catch the bus back. Port Eynon is on the Wales Coastal path and is well signposted from Rhossili and Oxwich.

History

Port Eynon is thought to be named after Prince Einion of Deheubarth^[3] or an 11th-century Welsh Prince named Eynon.^{[citation needed]} Eynon is a surname in Wales and the church graveyard in the village shows gravestones with this surname. It is believed that the prince built Port Eynon castle which no longer exists. ^{[citation needed]}

Smuggling is thought to have been a common engagement of the local residents in the 17th century to 19th century. ^{[citation needed]}

A derelict "salt house" used for extracting salt from sea water is located a quarter of a mile from the village, just off Port Eynon Point.

In the second half of the 18th century, through to 1919, a lifeboat was operated from Port Eynon. On several occasions, the lives of lifeboatmen were lost at sea on rescues. On 1 January 1916 the lives of three young men were lost in when the lifeboat went to the assistance of SS Dunvegan which was shipwrecked off Oxwich point. A memorial to these men exists in the village churchyard. Copies of news articles on the disaster can be seen on the wall of the local fish and chip shop in Port Eynon.

Port Eynon Bay

Port Eynon Bay is a popular beach resort beside the village of Port Eynon. Port Eynon Point is the most southerly point of the Gower Peninsula. Both Port Eynon and Horton beaches have suffered from denudation of their sand cover, possibly caused by dredging activities in the Bristol Channel, though in recent years^[when?] the sand cover has greatly improved.

Notable residents

The singer and actor Walter Glynne (1870–1945) lived and died here.^[4]

References

^ "Port-Eynon, Swansea". GetOutside. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
^ Cowley, Marilyn. "The Eynon Name Archived 2013-09-12 at the Wayback Machine". 1997. Accessed 19 Feb 2013.
^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Thomas Glyn Walters, 1970: Ancestry.com (subscription required)

External links

Port Eynon Bay at enjoygower.com
www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Port Eynon and surrounding area

[1] "Port-Eynon, Swansea". GetOutside. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[2] "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".

[3] Cowley, Marilyn. "The Eynon Name Archived 2013-09-12 at the Wayback Machine". 1997. Accessed 19 Feb 2013.

[4] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Thomas Glyn Walters, 1970: Ancestry.com (subscription required)

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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