Quality two bedroom idyllic self-catering seaside holiday cottage with logburner   

Stay at:-
Middle Cottage, Llanmadoc, Gower
Post Office Green,
Llanmadoc, 
Gower Peninsula, 
Swansea, SA3 1DE



.....it comes with.....

WIFI  Broadband  - dedicated to your sole use. So enjoy your own dedicated BT WIFI (broadband)! Obviously free of charge. Access code is issued in arrival pack.
DOGS welcome     - we have a beach he/she can run loose on (we allow two or three dogs but we do charge £15 per dog after first dog).
SKY HD TV              - Comes free with SKY Sports/Movies/ESPN sports & Documentary/History/Discovery channels on a Panasonic LED 37" 



A very popular and successful holiday cottage with many repeat visitors. Middle Cottage currently averages 46 weeks occupancy p.a.
For example, we have been almost 100% full from 5th Feb 2011 until 26th November 2011

See our current bookings and availability on http://www.goholidays.net/calendar/?i=6443
See our prices at http://www.cottages-gower.co.uk/2.html 
or select the menu buttons at the top of this page 

 
Middle Cottage is shown in green lined area above. (Parking at the rear after unloading).

NB You can also hire Wagtails Seaside Holiday Apartment (the old post office) to the right of this above aerial photo.
See Wagtails Apartment photos and facilities at its own website www.cottageingower.co.uk 
The owners of Middle Cottage, Heather and Dai Howells live at Gower Cottage - as shown in the red lined area above.

 
Where is Middle Cottage?

MiddleCottlocmaplocation













We are in the lovely seaside village of Llanmadoc (with its twin village of Cheriton) located at the north western tip of the Gower Peninsula AONB 
Latitude: 51.61712141742573

Longitude: -4.253540945053146

Llanmadoc Village sits within City and County of Swansea unitary authority area, in what was the old county of "West Glamorgan". 

Go to our DATES and PRICES pages after reading this page and seeing photos in gallery page



Garden



Photo by Leanne Richards - aerial shot, taken over North Gower.

The above beach, peninsula, dune, marshland, hill/cliff, and woodland walks are within front door walking of our cottage. The lower right hand promontory headland is Whitford Point, with Whitford Cast Iron Lighthouse just visible, and the sandy spit on the bottom left of the picture is a sand bar overwatched by the Birdwatching Hide nearer the woods. The far top left hand, just visible, is the famous (Rhossili) Worms Head at Rhossili. Broughton/Llanmadoc Bay are the main visible beaches at the centre of this photo. 

Blue Pool Corner (a bit similar to Lulworth Cove) and Burry Holm Island can be seen centre top of the picture.  We think you will be truly stunned by the exhilarating walks you can take from Middle Cottage (and Llanmadoc Village) which - on this photo - are located just slightly out of picture to the left hand side half way up the photo. 

There are woodland, sand dune and marshland as well as marine Nature Reserves within this photos, and the marshy and wooded areas (bottom left of photo) are a birders paradise, as are the beach/estuary areas.  Sheep wander around the village.

 

Heather and Dai the owners of Middle Cottage seek to provide guests with a very cosy country cottage (pictured below - the centre cottage) near the seaside and wish to make you feel genuinely welcome in offering the comfort and facilities you would normally only expect at home. 

 

We think our simple booking system for Middle Cottage is fair, with common-sense terms and conditions and overall service match or beat the large national chains such as Hoseasons, English-country-cottages, and Cottages4you.
 
P9024447 























CELEBRITY VISIT!!
We may not always have the weather of Benidorm, but the photo above is of Johnny Vegas's visit to Middle Cottage in August 2007. Heather (on the left) would like to point out that she doesnt always pull this gurn! The lady on the right is Heather's good friend Anna.  Johnny Vegas was an absolute gentleman and a joy to have visit us. He gave and then sent loads of stuff to local charities. He visited the local Ale House and gave an entirely spontaneous show for the village. What a total superstar he was. Johnny recently rang us and said he left a pair of socks somewhere at the back of a wardrobe ...so if you do visit and find a pair of ......
 

Where are we: ? 

We are in the lovely seaside village of Llanmadoc (with its twin village of Cheriton) located at the north western tip of the Gower Peninsula AONB (Britain's first AONB established in 1956) within walking distance of both a pub/food, and perched 100m on the hillside above three miles of golden beaches with some of the UKs best surf, headlands, dunes, estuary marshland, woodland, limestone clifftop and valley walks, and iron age hill forts at "Llanmadoc Hill" and "Rhossili Down". Gower is part of the Unitary Authority Area of City of Swansea, in South Wales in what was until 1974, the old County of Glamorgan (and more recently West Glamorgan until 1996).  

Latitude: 51.61712141742573

Longitude: -4.253540945053146

Llanmadoc Village sits within City and County of Swansea unitary authority area, in what was the old county of "West Glamorgan". 

The Village is one of the famous "Welsh Speaking Villages" of north Gower, and Welsh language can still be heard in the Village Shop (Siop y Bobl - 'The people's shop ) but these days the village is also home to folk from many parts of the British Isles and even Europe such is its enticing charms.

We have some gentle national banter with each other during the Six Nations Rugby in the village public house.



MIDDLE COTTAGE: Has 2 bedrooms, sleeps up to 4/5. Walk to the local real ale pub, restaurant, beach & woodlands, nature reserves and fine walks nearby. Friendly and helpful owners.

2 mins walk out of back gate to the Village shop, 10 mins drive to Knelston petrol station and bakery/shop/PO. 

THE BEACH AND PROXIMITY TO IT 

The beach is approx 30 minutes gentle walk, down a lane (which is quite steep in places for 200 yards). 

A scenic idyllic 1.5 km walk via country lane (downhill) to Whiteford / Llanmadoc [20 mins brisk pace walk or 35 mins slow walk to start of sand-dunes/top of beach and woodlands and a further 10-15 mins to the water if tide is out]

  • Reaching the beach can take longer e.g. at a very ambling slowish pace  - perhaps 30-35 minutes. Equally a fast walker can do it to the beach in 15 minutes - it is mostly downhill. 
  • NB: The Cwm Ivy lane which leads immediately down to the Llanmadoc end of the beach is quite steep for those who find walking a problem. Bear this in mind when deciding what to take and take soem water or a re-fillable bottle.

     - There is a drinking water tap at bottom near woods entrance near Cwm Ivy Lodge. (30 yds inside gate, and in front of tin roof lodge - on wooden standpipe beside the footpath). 
  • The other route to the beach is less steep towards Broughton and Whitford Caravan Park direction. Perhaps under 30 mins average stroll. 

    NOTE THE STEEP LANE AT CWM IVY ON YOUR RETURN 
    JOURNEY IF YOU GO THAT ROUTE

    Our booking system is simply by email and we offer a 100% no quibbles refund if you have to cancel before 60 days - unlike the big operators. You pay a sensible 30% deposit and the balance is 60 days before arrival. 

     
    See the facilities page option to the left, for a full facilities specification.

    See the photo gallery for many more photos.

    Kind Regards

    Heather and Dai Howells
    Tel: 01792 386668 or 07990 522250 
    HeatherAndDaiHowells@GowerCottage.Com

    GUEST COMMENTS

    What did previous guests say?
    SEE  OUR GUEST COMMENTS 
    http://www.cottages-gower.co.uk/21.html




    Click "Cottage Photos" Button above to see dozens of photos of the cottage and locality (the beach below is a 15 mins stoll from the cottage).

    LLANMADOC VILLAGE

    Simply bustling with beautiful walks and things to do. Around 15-20 mins stroll to the dunes/woodlands [downhill] and maybe an extra 5-10 mins stroll to the first wave of the sea at Llanmadoc beach or if you head west to Broughton Beach then it is a 15-30 mins walk to Broughton Beach depending how fast you walk and where you consider the beach to start e.g. at the dunes or on the sand. Set in the heart of west Gower, with the historic twin churches of St Madoc's (at Llanmadoc) and St Cadog's at nearby Cheriton 0.5km away. 

    NB: The Cwm Ivy lane which leads immediately down to the Llanmadoc end of the beach is quite steep for those who find walking a problem. (There is a tap in the woods entrance at the bottom for drinking water for your pooch - inside gate 30 yards near old tin roof lodge). The other route to the beach is less steep towards Broughton and Whitford Caravan Park direction.

    Stroll each morning onto the beachwoodsdunes, or picnic at the Bronze Age hill fort (the Bulwark) at Llanmadoc Hill - Gower's second highest peak. Walk out to Whiteford Lighthouse, and take a circular walk around Whiteford Peninsula/Cwm Ivy National Trust Woods, or hand-pick Samphire Grass at Landimore Marsh, fish or kayak on the local beaches, or pick your own cockles and mussels. Enjoy a pint of Guinness, Marstons Pedigree, or a local ale such as Rhymney Bitter or for wine drinkers, a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc or Chilean Merlot (many others available) at The Britannia Inn, whilst sampling their a la Carte menu.

    P1014934 


     MIDDLE COTTAGE BOUNDARY SHOWN BELOW IN BRIGHT RED 

    Middle

    Its position has natural charm being located are at the top the village, on the village green, overlooking Llanmadoc/Whiteford beach. It is on the bus route, and only a 7 min walk to local inn, 1 mins from our local shop and close to some of Gower's best walks. The cottage has quality furniture, and we provide fresh bed-linen and towels in the price. Enjoy the feature stone fireplace, former bread-oven and cosy multifuel stoveburner (we provide free logs).

    Hits>>>  HitCounter

    DETAILS AND FEATURES SUMMARY

    MIDDLE COTTAGE, at
    LLANMADOC, NORTH WEST GOWER, WALES

    • Simply as good a location/position as you could ask for for a holiday break.
    • Situated right in the heart of Llanmadoc, close to Cwm Ivy National Trust walks/woods, and three nature reserves. (Steep lane!)
    • Helpful, relaxed, friendly, informative host guests living next door in Gower Cottage. We leave out guests get on with it unless you need something - pop in for a cuppa and a good 'natter' about Gower etc during your stay.  
    • Sleeps 5 in two bedrooms in comfort.
    • 2 bedrooms, Three beds including: Bedroom 1 - Kingsize bed. Bedroom 2 - one single bed and one 4ft [threequarter] bed.
    • Dining room with a quality table, 6 fine chairs, rocking chair, and bookcase and CD player & DAB radio.
    • HD (High Definition) SKY TV box (with Sky Plus Planner and full HD subscription), Blue-Ray DVD player (plays both Blue Ray and DVDs), 37" LED Flatscreen Panasonic TV, with SKY Movies and Sky Sports - relax and watch movies, F1 racing, the golf, rugby football, tennis or cricket - you're on holiday! Also ESPN Sports HD subscription Sports.
    • WIFI broadband. (Bring the laptop)
    • Master Bedroom also has Toshiba TV with freeview and in-built DVD player (as well as DAB radio alarm).
    • Flagstone floor yellow cream stone. (With some rugs to soften the flooring up).
    • Downstairs bathroom, with electric shower over (new steel enamel) bath, sink and WC. (also includes asher/dryer).
    • Worcester/Bosch Heatstar Greenslave 18/25 Combi Boiler Central Heating system (fitted spring 2008) hence constant hot water for nice candle lit bath after a long day walking! Heat the cottage as much as you like!
    • New 6ft high Hotpoint frost free larder fridge / freezer (three large freezer compartments).
    • 900mm wide CAPLE Gas six burner stainless steel cooker, with large oven, multi-setting convection oven, and grill. (also rotisserie).
    • Full size Bosch dishwasher in the kitchen.
    • Hotpoint 8kg Washing Machine /seperate White Knight Tumble Dryer.  
    • Minor but helpful extras sych as salt/pepper, t-towels, j-cloths/wipes, towels, bedding, kitchen roll, toilet roll, cleaning liquids etc. all provided, fully inclusive.
    • 7 mins walk to the local real ale pub and excellent pub food / Sunday lunches
    • 15-30mins walking distance to the beach/woods depending how fast you walk and which route you take. STEEP LANE!  
    • Middle Cottage has some limited views of the sea from bedrooms.
    • Only 10-12 mins drive to other beaches at Port Eynon or Horton, Oxwich Bay or Llangennith (great surfing), 15 mins to Three Cliffs Bay or 20 mins by car to Caswell, Langland.
    • Quality bed linen provided
    • Available to let all year round - 12 months and short breaks / weekends
    • Prices range from £140 (two midweek nights off peak) to £895 per week (late July and August) typically around £450-£575 p/w.
    • Short breaks for 2/3 nights available Nov-Feb incl.  
    • Arrivals after 4pm, departures 10.30am 
    • Sorry but no smoking
    • All in one Hotpoint 8kg Washer/dryer, Bosch fullsize dishwasher
    • Two further bespoke tumble dryers in garage.
    • Quality microwave oven, ceramic 4 plate hob, CAPLE electric oven/grill,
    • Ironing board and iron, hairdryers
    • Quality Le Creuset pots and pans and decent "Denby Merlot" & "Denby Calm" crockery
    • Electric/gas, cleaning materials/toilet roll etc obviously included in the price
    • Lounge sits 5-6 comfortably on three brown or cream leather sofas 
    • Gas BBQ on rear sun patio (free gas bottles provided as well as free logs - no penny pinching here!)
    • Parking at the rear of the cottage in drive for at least 2 cars
    • 2 mins walk out of back gate to the Village shop, 10 mins drive to Knelston petrol station and bakery/shop/PO.
    • A scenic idyllic 1.5 km walk via country lane (downhill) to Whiteford / Llanmadoc [20 mins brisk pace walk or 35 mins slow walk to start of sand-dunes/top of beach and woodlands and a further 10-15 mins to the water if tide is out]
    • This walk can take longer e.g. at a very ambling slowish pace  - perhaps 30-35 minutes. Equally a fast walker can do it to the beach in 15 minutes.
    • NB: The Cwm Ivy lane which leads immediately down to the Llanmadoc end of the beach is quite steep for those who find walking a problem. (There is a tap in the woods entrance at the bottom for drinking water for your pooch - inside gate 30 yards near old tin roof lodge).
    • The other route to the beach is less steep towards Broughton and Whitford Caravan Park direction. Perhaps under 30 mins average stroll.
    • NOTE THE STEEP LANE AT CWM IVY ON YOUR RETURN JOURNEY IF YOU GO THAT ROUTE
    • The beach is sweeping and perhaps 2 miles long extending from Broughton and Bluepool cliffpath at west end, east around three Tors (rocky promentory headlands),  then around an L shaped sandy sweep then a further mile or so out to Whiteford Lighthouse and point (pick your own mussels when the month has an 'r'  in it). The beach is almost entirely sandy and water is shallow shelving. Anglers catch Bass and Founder here, some Dabs and Plaice, even Black Bream, and Seals regularly spotted in the waves at Llanmadoc Beach and off Whitefore Lighthouse.
    • There are extensive marin grass sand dunes at the high water mark of the beach for almost the entire sweep including very large (i.e. raised high) dunes above the Whiteford Beach end towards the lighthouse, fun for setting up picnic camp for the day with raised view over the bay. Also fun "bumsliding" down sloping dunes down onto the beach below. These raised dunes run for over a mile and form the beach boundary around which walkers with dogs stroll along the water edge. The views here are beautiful and you will be stunned at how few people there are here other than a few holiday makers staying in local cottages, one or two caravan site guests/owners,and the odd local couple walking the dog.
    • Behind the sand dunes at Whiteford/Llanmadoc, there are pine woods, and coastal scrub / marin grass, with sheep and cattle wandering, on a 2 mile x 1 mile peninsula sticking out into Burry Estuary (Berges' Island' / Whiteford Peninsula National Trust including several Nature Reserves incl a marine Nature reserve and Bird Hide Hut right out).
    • The very most extreme end of the Whiteford Peninsula has a lighthouse (one end) and a birdhut and sand spit on the other with a very exposed almost completely deserted beach and woods facing due north west. This beach is truly stunning and you will see welsh black cattle wander in and out of the pine woods onto the beach
    • The area (incl Whiteford Peninsula) is a Birdwatchers paradise - Merlins, Greater Spotted & Green Woodpeckers, Goldfinches, stonechats, Redwings, Grey Herons, Oystercatchers, Lapwings, Plover, green/Redshank, Sanderlings, Marsh and Willow Tits, many waders, Fieldfare and redwings in winter, Redpolls sometimes spotted, and Yellow and Grey Wagtails in local woods and streams such as at Cheriton Pill.
    • Surfing for the kids (or parents!) off the beach - albeit Llangennith is better than Llanmadoc for this most times. Kayaking best undertaken from Oxwich Beach (park to edge) but we do see some locals incl. caravaners from Whiteford Bay Caravan site take Kayaks out and around to Burry Holm or Bluepool.
    • Hill walking available over Llanmadoc Hill, and to Rhossili Down or Llangennith from the cottage
    • Superb idyllic spot away from it all and not too close to more touristy areas of Gower (e.g. Rhossili Village, Llangennith Beach) but close enough to get to them if you want
    • Your Dog/s are welcome - [but always by agreement on booking].

    Tel: 01792 386668 (home) or 07990 522250 (Heather) or 07795 177663 (Dai)

    EMAIL HeatherAndDaiHowells@GowerCottage.Com 

      




     






    Taking a break away from the UK this year?

    MURCIA, SPAIN

    FANCY A PEACEFUL BREAK AT A GOLF RESORT APARTMENT IN THE HISTORIC REGION OF MURCIA, SPAIN? MANY LOCAL PLACES OF INTEREST, GREAT BEACHES AND LOCAL RESTAURANTS WITH FRESH SEA FOOD NEARBY. Fly direct from many UK airports to Murcia Airport or not far from Alicante Airport. If so take a look at our friend’s Apartment found at http://www.spanishgolfingapartment.co.uk/

    Very sensible prices.  Sunny and warm even in December.




    END OF WEBPAGE 















































    Try our other websites.

    http://www.Goweraccommodation.com  http://www.accommodationgower.com  http://www.self-catering-gower.co.uk http://www.walesgowercottage.co.uk  http://www.holidaycottagesgower.co.uk http://www.gower-cottage.co.uk

     
    http://www.iknow-wales.co.uk

    <a id="iknow" href="http://www.iknow-wales.co.uk/cardiff_south_wales/gower/holiday_cottages/" target="_BLANK">Gower Holiday Cottages, iknow-wales.co.uk</a>

    <a id="iknow" href="http://www.iknow-wales.co.uk/cardiff_south_wales/gower/holiday_cottages/" target="_BLANK">Gower Holiday Cottages, iknow-wales.co.uk</a>

    http://www.gower-cottage.co.uk

     

    http://www.cottages-gower.co.uk 

     

    http://www.cottageingower.co.uk 

     

    http://www.Cottagesgower.com

     

    http://www.Cottagesgower.net

     

    http://www.Gowercottage.net

     

    http://www.Gowercottages.net

     

    http://www.Gowercottages.org

     

    http://www.visitgower.org.uk

     

    http://www.cottages-in-gower.co.uk

     

    http://www.cottagesingower.co.uk

     

    http://www.middle-cottage.co.uk

     

    http://www.walesgowercottage.co.uk

     

    http://www.holidaycottagesgower.co.uk

     

    http://www.gowercottage.com

     

    http://www.goweraccommodation.com

     

    http://www.self-catering-gower.co.uk1

     

    http://www.northgowercottages.co.uk

     

    http://www.cottagegowercottages.co.uk

     

    http://www.accommodationgower.com

     

    http://www.holidaycottageingower.co.uk

     

    http://www.gowerholidaycottage.com

     

    http://www.bassanglinglessons.co.uk

     

    http://www.bassfishinglessons.org

     

    http://www.bassfishinglessons.co.uk

     

    http://www.gowerpeninsula.org

     

    http://www.cottagesingower.com

    http://www.northgowercottages.com

    http://www.cottageinthegower.com

    http://www.cottageinthegower.co.uk

    http://www.holidaycottagesgower.com

    http://www.welshcountrycottages.org.uk

     

    •  
      Site Map