Directions to Blackheath Cottage, 2 St Georges Terrace, Reynoldston

Take “Swansea West Services” Jcn 47 exit off M4. The slip-road takes you to a roundabout and a set of traffic lights above the M4.

At this large roundabout, take second exit and follow A483 following signs to “Swansea/Gower”.

Then after a mile on same road, which starts flat but then descends downhill, and you come to a roundabout*. Take the second (i.e. right hand) exit (west direction) towards “Llanelli/Gower/Gowerton” onto the A484.

*NB: At this roundabout the road signs are confusing as they also direct traffic “to Gower avoiding low bridge” taking you towards Swansea via first [left] exit of roundabout. Ignore this and take second exit right, unless you want to visit the large TESCO extra or M&S Food stores at Fforestfach before going into Gower.  

Proceed directly through the next roundabout. (2^nd exit), passing “The Farm shop” which is on the same roundabout.

You should now start to see views of North Gower and Lougher Estuary. Still follow A484 and then at another roundabout half a mile later down the incline, take the first exit turn left towards Gowerton on B4296.

You then pass a Harvester restaurant. After driving underneath railway bridge, you come to lights at Gowerton some 20yds later after railway bridge. Take a right at lights, on B4295, signed to Llanrhidian. After a mini-roundabout Tesco Express is then on your left. (Its worth stocking up on provisions here – no particularly good shops other than Petrol Station and Post Office after this).

You are now on the “North Gower Road” or B4295 which you should follow for 6 miles or so, passing through Penclawdd, Crofty, Llanmorlais.

After Llanmorlais, and after another 2 miles, still on B4295, you arrive at Llanrhidian Petrol Station (Heronsway Filling Station).

Take a left into the B4271 immediately after the Petrol Station, and almost double back on yourself, following the B4271 road [this is the road immediately outside the entrance to the North Gower Hotel across the road from the Petrol station]. Proceed in the direction towards Swansea / Killay.

After a mile on B4271, turn right off this road, just shortly after a cattle grid, following signs to Reynoldston /Port Eynon /Rhossili, (drive over Cefn Bryn incline). You will pass Broad Pool (a large pond) and then drive up incline and over the hill, then down again to arrive at Reynoldston village.

At Reynoldston, and just before you arrive outside the King Arthur, take the road right, signposted Fairyhill/Burry Green/Llangennith, crossing the top of Higher Green, and you then shortly, 100 yds later, come to the Reynoldston Post Office/shop. Turn left downhill into Robins Lane which contains within it ‘St Georges Terrace’  - half way down on the right hand side after the community centre and past some detached houses.

Parking etc

Park directly outside the cottage (there is a gentleman’s agreement between the cottages that we each park outside our own). The neighbours have asked us to remind guests to remember to shut the green garden gate to prevent the sheep getting into the gardens.

Nearest Supermarket

Do everything in reverse but then rather than going to the M4, instead follow the A484 towards Swansea and soon after at Fforestfach, you will find TESCO Extra, M&S Food plus Dixons, Borders, Pizza Hut, Argos, Boots all found in a retail park at Fforestfach around a mile past the roundabout mentioned earlier in italics.

Other superstores Morrisons (Llansamlet Business Park), Asda (Llansamlet), two more Tescos (Swansea Marina and Llansamlet), Summerfields (Gorseinon) and various Lidl stores (Morriston, Ravenhill, Penllaergear) are found in other parts of Swansea.