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Extract from the Mumbles and Oystermouth Travel Guides:
At the far westernmost end of Swansea Bay,
Mumbles
(Mwmbwls) derives its name from the French
mamelles
, or breasts, a reference to the twin islets off the end of Mumbles Head, and is now used as the name for all of the loose sprawl around
OYSTERMOUTH
(Ystumllwynarth). Here, the seafront is an unbroken curve of budget hotels, breezy pubs and cafs, leading down to the refurbished pier and the rocky plug of Mumbles Head. Around the headland, reached either by the longer, barren coast road or by a short walk over the hill, is the district of
Langland Bay
, whose sandy beach is fairly... read the whole Mumbles and Oystermouth Travel Guides...
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