Mixon Sandbank
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Also spelt 'Mixen'
There is a place at Mumbles that has been both the scene of rare adventures and much tragedy. That place is the Mixon, a dangerous sandbank which lies just off the coast at Bracelet Bay and is marked with the large red Mixon Bell.
The Mixon Sands Adventure, Bracelet Bay
On two occasions in 1928 and in January 1957, it was decided to land on the Mixon shoal and play a game of cricket for the short duration that the sandbank was uncovered
by John & Carol Powell
Including remarkable videos.
A fantastic sight, The waves on the Mixon February 2012 Even more incredible are the photos of the paddle-boarders on the Mixon. It is not recommended that you follow them ...
Watch the waves on The Mixon Sands on this Utube video
The Mixon featrures in many other articles on this site-
Memories of Visits to Bracelet Bay by Carol Powell MA
The Mumbles Coast Guard Service who took part in the trip to the Mixon Sandbank in January 1957. My own memories date from the 1950s. Bracelet was once so busy...
Days out at Bracelet Bay by Carol Powell M.A.
In the winter you could watch the stormy sea thunder over the Mixon Shoal (also called Mixen). Bathing Machines for hire In the latter years of the nineteenth ...
Grandpa Darling by Maisie Harris
... which affected Grandpa the most, was the wreck of the ‘Cornish Diamond’ on the Mixon Sands (20 April 1871). The boats from Cornwall were regular callers coming over with ballast ...
Keepers of the Light By Carol Powell MA
And the breakers dash on the rocky shore, And the Mixon is drowned in the thundering gale. . . This is the story of the families who lived ...
Walks along the Cliff Path from the autobiography of Freda Marrison
My father would point out the Mixon Sands and explain to us that these were quick-sands, nearly a mile long, which ...
When Mumbles was ‘The Mumbles’ - poem
... Jasper’ on the lighthouse all passing vessels warned To shape their course away from Mixen Sands, When Mr. Clough held classes where Mumbles ladies learned
Boatmen and their Boats by Harry Ward
... in the tragic death of two young men off Mixon Sands, (also called the Mixen). They had gone out in a canoe with a young lady, Beryl Batchelor’s sister . . . .
The Mumbles Oyster Trade by Carol Powell
... their dredger, the 'Sarah and Rachael’ foundered on the Mixon sands (also called the Mixen Sands). The season was from September until May and in Victorian times, would be commenced with an Oyster fair, when at the skiff‑owners' expense, the oyster dredgers would be given a meal of bread, cheese and beer.
The Mumbles Lifeboat and Lighthouse In the Nineteenth Century
... of the hazards off the Mumbles Head, namely the Mixon Sands (also called the Mixen Sands) and the Cherry Stone Rock. Mumbles Lighthouse in 1841,
... back. Standing at the tiller, as we rolled and pitched our way past the Mixon, I envied no one . . . such was the stuff that dreams are made of.
A low tide, the waves running over this shoal can also be seen from Limeslade Bay.