Parc-le-Breos is located in a lightly wooded area in the south of the Gower Peninsular, south Wales in the United Kingdom.

The Gower Peninsular is known as the coast of lost ambition; most visitors don't want to leave and those that do nearly always want to come back. It was the first area in Britain to be designated an "Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty".

The Peninsula is a compact area with an impressive variety of coastline and countryside.

The south coast has rugged cliffs, secluded bays, long sandy beaches and woodland walks, all linked by coastal footpaths and cycle trails.

The north coast has open salt marsh and dunes.

Inland are green hills - from the top of Cefn Bryn, just outside the campsite, are panoramic views of the Peninsular, the Bristol Channel, the Devon Coast and the Brecon Beacons.

How to find us

The Parc-la-Breos Scout campsite is in Parkwoods, Parkmill - on the A4118 (South Gower road) just 8 miles to the west of Swansea.

By car from the east

Leave the M4 motorway at Junction 42. Follow the A483 into Swansea. Carry straight on, following the brown tourist signs for South Gower. Once through Swansea, turn right on the B4436, then after 4 miles, following the signs marked Gower Heritage Centre turn right, then Left into Parkmill. The site is next to the Heritage Centre in the Forestry Parkwoods (13 miles from M4 junction)

By Car: from the West

Leave the motorway at junction 47 and follow A483 into Swansea, then brown signs for Gower via the A4216, then take the A4118 past Swansea airport and into Parkmill (8 miles from M4 junction).

By Bus

The No.18 bus leaves from Swansea bus station. It takes about 30 minutes to reach Parkmill and runs every couple of hours, leaving at 9am, 11am, 1pm and 3:30pm. There are return buses from Parkmill at 10:20am, 12:20pm, 2:20pm, 3:35pm, 5:10pm and 6:10pm. There are no direct buses on Sundays. For more information contact First Cymru buses on 0870 6082608.

By Train

To Swansea Rail Station, then by bus from the Quadrant bus station (see above).

By Plane

Cardiff Airport is just over an hour away, up the M4. Swansea Airport has a few regular air services and is only 2 miles from the campsite.

By Ferry

From Cork to Swansea, turn left out of docks and follow as above from Swansea. From the Fishguard Ferry's follow the signs East for M4 motorway, (then as above from the West).

UK map

The black part of the above map shows the Scout Area of Glamorgan West.

Map courtesy of ScoutBaseUK

Gower map

A map of the Gower is available to view here (jpeg 74k). Map courtesy of City and County of Swansea Council.

Click here to view a higher quality version as a pdf file (194k) of Gower and surrounding area.

Swansea City map

A map of Swansea is available to view here (jpeg 61k). Map courtesy of City and County of Swansea Council. (please note alterations are currently taking place in the city centre.)

Go to the Site information page for information on the site itself.