Knab Rock, Southend, Mumbles
From Then
Knab Rock and Mumbles Pier, from The Beach House Hotel, Southend, Mumbles, post 1898
Knab Rock and Mumbles Pier, from The Beach House Café and Treffgarne Hotels, Southend, Mumbles, c.1930
On 2 March 1929, a gleaming new fleet of brown & cream (later changing to red) electric trains superseded the steam locomotives.
Many of photos in our archive were taken from this bridge over the railway at Southend, which was demolished when the railway was closed
Family boating at the slipway in from of the Canopic Restaurant, Southend, Mumbles
The Mumbles Train passing the Bristol Chanel Yacht Club (BCYC) at Southend, from Ronal Studden, 1933.
The years leading up to the Great War were undoubtedly the hey-day of the line with immense numbers of holiday-makers and day-trippers visiting the village.
The open-top bus on route to Limeslade Bay, 1982
The new Knab Rock car park and slipway
Construction work underway on the Knab Rock slipway, photo: 1983
Construction work at The Kab Rock development.
Construction work underway on the Knab Rock slipway, photo: August 1983
The new Knab Rock development, photo: 20 July 1984
Knab Rock slipway, between 1984 & 1993
Knab Rock slipway during yachting event, pre 1993
To Now
