Mixon Sandbank

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.

Watch the waves on The Mixon Sands on this Utube video

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,          

Nostalgia by Bryn Balsdon

... 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.