Mumbles Head collection
Walks, Views and History
by Carol Powell
The Cutting, was a way for the village to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887. Until that time, one would have had a steep climb up over Mumbles Hill or sail round the Headland to reach Bracelet and beyond.
Few people know what lies behind the doors protecting these tunnels. Large quantities of stone were mined from Mumbles Head and much of this used to create the Bracelet Bay car park and fill in the old Iron Mine on Mumbles Hill.
Not to confused with 'The Cutting,' which is a way to travel to Bracel;et Bay.
Haematite at Limeslade Bay (East) >
The old Iron Mine on Mumbles Hill
Jessica's Nature Blog > examines the source of iron which was an important discovery for the Romans along a geological fault which runs right through the limestone of Mumbles Hill, Swansea
Doctor's Iron Mine, Thistleboon >
The hazardous journey down into Ginny's Gut, Langland Cliffs, leads to the forbidden depths of 'Doctor's Mine,' an iron mine, which extended up into the fields off Higher Lane, Thistleboon.
The changes through the years
Mumbles Pier
Mumbles Pier: Past and Present >
Mumbles Pier was opened on 10th May 1898, along with an extension of the railway, from Oystermouth to Mumbles Head.
More photos: The Copperfish Restaurant and the old Cinderellas Dance Hall/Disco were totally destroyed in a fire around 11am on Wednesday 31st August 2022.
A Roman site on Mumbles Hill Local Nature Reserve
The excavations on Mumbles Hill, in March 2017, by Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust & Mumbles Development Trust, has confirmed that it was a Roman site.
The easiest route to the site is from Thistleboon Drive, parking is very limited.
by Carol Powell M.A.
Mumbles Hill and we can continue to enjoy the wide-sweeping views of the bay
from the autobiography of Freda Marrison.
Freda not only describes the area in an interesting way, but also mentions the Swansea Main Drainage Scheme and the Old Iron Mine on Mumbles Hill in general terms.
Time marches onwards : in 2021, Forte's Celebrated 85 years
They are giving away free ice-cream at Forte's by Grafton Maggs >
Our generation was expert on ice cream in the thirties
by Carol Powell MA
These accounts were obtained partly from three people who recorded their experiences in the ... from Mumbles people would have had to climb up the hill at Dickslade or Western Lane, or take a boat around the headland
A collection of articles from this website concerning this topic- Everyday Life on Mumbles Coastguard Station 1930 & 1940s by Bet Ogbourne & Pat Symmons ... operational on Mumbles Hill
My Life at Mumbles Coastguard Station >
by John Jeffers . The Mumbles Coastguard Station, then at Westbourne Place, was much larger than we had previously experienced. It was the Divisional Headquarters.
The 'Lookout' on Tutt Hill always known as the 'Tutt' was a constant watch station
I served in the WRNS at Mumbles Coastguard Station by Joan Jones >
Mrs Joan Jones served in the WRNS at The Naval Signal Station at The Tutt.
Until 1826, when the Swansea to Oystermouth turnpike road opened, Mumbles had been a small isolated fishing village with no road access around the bay to ...
A fantastic sight, The waves on the Mixon
How very pretty the walk up to and over the Mumble [sic] Hill. You ascend a narrow, steep, road, commencing in the middle of the village, turn round ... there is a cave beneath it through which you can pass at low water.
Mumbles Hill from The Quarry I was born in a small, square, limestone-walled house overlooking the old village of Mumbles, which nestles close to the shoreline of Swansea Bay ...
During the Second World War coastal defense guns were installed on Mumbles Hill, now a Local Nature Reserve
