There are two unique features to Langland Bay - the rows of green beach huts that are leased for the season by Swansea City Council and the large mock-gothic mansion that looks out magnificently over the sea from the middle section of the beach. This rather magnificent and imposing building was built circa 1850 as a summer villa for Henry Crawshay, son of a Merthyr Tydfil iron-master. Later enlarged to form a hotel, the mansion is now used as a convalescent home.
For those after something a little more invigorating than an afternoon soaking up the summer sun, there is an excellent 2.5 kilometre cliff walk east to Mumbles, which is suitable for families, and a slightly rougher cliff walk west to Caswell - 2.5 kilometres to the west.
The bay and surrounding area's name is a corruption of " Long Land " - a reference to the way the farming land here used to be divided into long field strips.
The eastern end of the bay, separated by a brief spur of rock, is known as Rotherslade. This beach only exists separately from Langland at high tide.
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