07/09/2026
In this new series of posts, each day will be a selected location from my fotoVUE photography guidebook - Explore & Discover South Wales, today’s post: Rhossili & Worm's Head
It's a bit of a cliché to say but the first view you'll see of Rhossili beach will really take your breath away! Mainly getting over the vastness of it, there's no denying it is one huge beach! A three mile long beach on its own won't grab too much interest, so thankfully there's plenty of great locations around here to get your photographic juices flowing. Firstly you'll notice the small cottage halfway along the beach, this is called the Old Rectory and could make an interesting element to include to capture scale in your scenes. At low tide there's also parts remaining of an shipwreck. The Helvetia ran aground in 1887 bearing witness to the challenging sea conditions around the Gower. Backing onto the beach are the fabulous Rhossili Downs. 'Rhos' in Welsh means heath, so there's no denying the areas namesake. Swathes of lowland heath and home to a variety of birds and insects including the rare black bog ant. Plants are a mixture of brackens, heather and gorse which carpet this area, coming alive in the summer months with vivid greens, purples and yellows. From the top of Rhossili Down stands the Beacon (193 metres) the highest point on Gower peninsula giving unparalleled views across the sea to West Wales, Lundy Island and the north Devon coast.
