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| Let's move to the Gower Peninsula, Glamorgan | Let's move to the Gower Peninsula, Glamorgan |
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| What's going for it? The Gower has long been the fanciest-pantsiest pretty-prettiest part of Wales. This is the Hamptons of Swansea, with added starriness, of course, because a certain Ms Zeta-Jones and Mr Gekko/Liberace often pop home here to stock up on bara brith en route between LA and Cannes. You may find it hard to picture Michael Douglas on Mumbles prom, but there are pictures to prove it. Mumbles, with its wooded slopes and gentrified seaside, is where you'll find Wales's A-listers, such as Bonnie Tyler. But cleverer clogs head west on to the peninsula proper, a patch of landscape composed almost entirely of the sandy coves and rolling breakers of your dreams. This was Britain's first area of outstanding natural beauty; it still makes you gasp. If God were a surfer and Welsh (you never know), this is the kind of landscape she'd create. | What's going for it? The Gower has long been the fanciest-pantsiest pretty-prettiest part of Wales. This is the Hamptons of Swansea, with added starriness, of course, because a certain Ms Zeta-Jones and Mr Gekko/Liberace often pop home here to stock up on bara brith en route between LA and Cannes. You may find it hard to picture Michael Douglas on Mumbles prom, but there are pictures to prove it. Mumbles, with its wooded slopes and gentrified seaside, is where you'll find Wales's A-listers, such as Bonnie Tyler. But cleverer clogs head west on to the peninsula proper, a patch of landscape composed almost entirely of the sandy coves and rolling breakers of your dreams. This was Britain's first area of outstanding natural beauty; it still makes you gasp. If God were a surfer and Welsh (you never know), this is the kind of landscape she'd create. |
| The case against August. Gridlock. And very few roads on or off the peninsula. Only Rhossili Bay ("Bleak and barren," Dylan Thomas said) is big enough to lose yourself. Not cheap, by local standards. | The case against August. Gridlock. And very few roads on or off the peninsula. Only Rhossili Bay ("Bleak and barren," Dylan Thomas said) is big enough to lose yourself. Not cheap, by local standards. |
| Well connected? You'll need a car, though prepare your blood pressure for the traffic in summer. From Rhossili, it can take 50-60 minutes to get to the M4 or Swansea city centre. | Well connected? You'll need a car, though prepare your blood pressure for the traffic in summer. From Rhossili, it can take 50-60 minutes to get to the M4 or Swansea city centre. |
| Schools Primaries: Knelston, Pennard, Cila, Crwys, Newton, Mayals, Oystermouth in Mumbles are "good", Estyn says, with Llanrhidian, Pen-y-Fro, Whitestone and Grange in Mumbles "good" with "outstanding" features. Secondaries: Gowerton is "good" with "excellent" prospects, Bishopston "good" with "outstanding" features, Olchfa and Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr "outstanding". | Schools Primaries: Knelston, Pennard, Cila, Crwys, Newton, Mayals, Oystermouth in Mumbles are "good", Estyn says, with Llanrhidian, Pen-y-Fro, Whitestone and Grange in Mumbles "good" with "outstanding" features. Secondaries: Gowerton is "good" with "excellent" prospects, Bishopston "good" with "outstanding" features, Olchfa and Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr "outstanding". |
| Hang out at… A local food mecca. The Mumbles Mile is not quite what it was, despite recent gentrification, though spots such as Out Of The Blue are helping. Newton Road is the other hub. Fairy Hill in Reynoldston is fanciest. | Hang out at… A local food mecca. The Mumbles Mile is not quite what it was, despite recent gentrification, though spots such as Out Of The Blue are helping. Newton Road is the other hub. Fairy Hill in Reynoldston is fanciest. |
| Where to buy Pick a cove. The south and west are all headlands and waves. Caswell and Langland bays are the poshest, Rhossili and the far west quietest. The north coast is more wetlands, estuary and cockle beds. The heathy hilly inland is marginally cheaper. Prices plummet to south Wales levels once you hit Three Crosses. | Where to buy Pick a cove. The south and west are all headlands and waves. Caswell and Langland bays are the poshest, Rhossili and the far west quietest. The north coast is more wetlands, estuary and cockle beds. The heathy hilly inland is marginally cheaper. Prices plummet to south Wales levels once you hit Three Crosses. |
| Market values Huge detacheds, £600,000-£1.5m. Large detacheds, £350,000-£600,000. Detacheds, £180,000-£350,000. Semis, £115,000-£400,000. Terraces and cottages, £100,000-£280,000. | Market values Huge detacheds, £600,000-£1.5m. Large detacheds, £350,000-£600,000. Detacheds, £180,000-£350,000. Semis, £115,000-£400,000. Terraces and cottages, £100,000-£280,000. |
| Bargain of the week Three-bedroom terrace right on the seafront at Penclawdd, £139,950, with Peter Alan. | Bargain of the week Three-bedroom terrace right on the seafront at Penclawdd, £139,950, with Peter Alan. |
| From the streets | From the streets |
| David Stallard "We have some great beaches, such as Tor Bay, Pobbles and Whiteford Point, to get away from the crowds. Must-sees for visitors include Oystermouth Castle, Mumbles, Worm's Head and Rhossili beach. Great food served at the new Coalhouse restaurant on Oxwich bay." | David Stallard "We have some great beaches, such as Tor Bay, Pobbles and Whiteford Point, to get away from the crowds. Must-sees for visitors include Oystermouth Castle, Mumbles, Worm's Head and Rhossili beach. Great food served at the new Coalhouse restaurant on Oxwich bay." |
| Anna Zoeftig "A great place to live. The community coffee shop in Llanmadoc post office has cakes made by people in the village, local produce and good coffee, and it's well located for walkers and cyclists." | Anna Zoeftig "A great place to live. The community coffee shop in Llanmadoc post office has cakes made by people in the village, local produce and good coffee, and it's well located for walkers and cyclists." |
| • Live in the Gower Peninsula? Join the debate below. | • Live in the Gower Peninsula? Join the debate below. |
| Do you live in Liskeard, Cornwall? Do you have a favourite haunt or a pet hate? If so, please email lets.move@guardian.co.uk by Tuesday 16 July. | Do you live in Liskeard, Cornwall? Do you have a favourite haunt or a pet hate? If so, please email lets.move@guardian.co.uk by Tuesday 16 July. |
| Top mortgages | Top mortgages |
| Chelsea Building Society | Chelsea Building Society |
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| HSBC | HSBC |
| Provided by London & Country for the Guardian | Provided by London & Country for the Guardian |