Fairwood Common

Fairwood Common is a large area of barely populated common land in the heart of the Gower Peninsula, south Wales. It forms part of the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Swansea Airport is located in the middle of the common. This was developed from the World War II airfield named RAF Fairwood Common.

Fairwood Park Golf Course

The area is also home to Fairwood Park Golf Course, the only 'Championship' status golf course on the Gower Peninsula, having twice hosted the Welsh PGA Championships.^[1] The 6,700 yard, 18 hole course is situated in 150 acres (0.61 km²) of undulating parkland terrain. The clubhouse was previously a secret RAF Hospital during WWII.

References

↑ Fairwood Park website

External links

CADW Historic Landscape Characterisation: Fairwood Park and Golf Course

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 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 Gower Society Gower Ornithological Society Parc le Breos

Coordinates: 51°36′32″N 4°04′01″W / 51.609°N 4.067°W / 51.609; -4.067

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