DISTANCE FROM HOLIDAY COTTAGES: 19 miles
TYPE OF COURSE: Links
HOLES: 18
LENGTH: 6030 yds
WEBSITE: www.pennardgolfclub.com

“One of the most spectacular I’ve ever seen”
Tom Doak, US Golf Architect

A hidden gem on a cliff top - a world-renowned golfing masterpiece, Pennard is one of the oldest, established links courses in Wales. Founded in 1896, designed by the great James Braid, the Scot responsible for some of the most famous golf courses in the world. It is a classic seaside links course with unpredictable difficult winds, enjoying a dramatic setting with views across Swansea. Pennard is on the list of the best Welsh courses alongside Royal Porthcawl, Tenby, Royal St David's and the Celtic manor. Six time Curtis Cup player Vicky Thomas started at the club, where many top amateur tournaments are held.

The course has seen little change over the last century and still features fearsome bracken, gorse and the fairways with their sand traps. The old-fashioned course can be found just beyond Pennard village, 8 miles west of Swansea on the A4607 and the B4436.

GOLF COURSES LOCAL TO OUR HOLIDAY COTTAGES

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Fairwood Park Golf Club - Flat Championship Parkland
Garnant Park Golf Club - Rolling Parkland
Glynneath Golf Club - Parkland/Woodland
Gower Golf Club - Parkland
INCO Golf Club - Flat Parkland
Lakeside Golf Club - Flat Parkland
Langland Bay Golf Club - Seaside Parkland
Machynys Golf Club - Nicklaus Designed Links
Morriston Golf Club - Parkland
Neath Golf Club - Parkland/Mountainous/Heathland
Palleg Golf Club - Meadowlands
Pennard Golf Club - Links
Pontardawe Golf Club - Mountainous
Swansea Bay Golf Club - Links

Swansea Valley Holiday Cottages are ideally placed to offer superb opportunities for a huge range of activities from birdwatching to mountain biking to surfing to sea fishing.

Brecon Beacons National Park and the Gower Coastline are both wonderful natural adventure activity playgrounds. Few places in Europe can boast a mountain wilderness and a coastline designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty within 30 miles of each other. In addition to a wide range of outdoor pursuits, the Swansea area boasts an extensive range of indoor leisure facilities for visitors.

Why not take advantage of some of the best surfing beaches in Europe for your activity package? The opportunity to try such varying activities as surfing and canyoning provides much excitiement and sets it apart from other traditional destinations to make it a memorable experience.