The number of people using the Wales Coast Path (October 2011 to September 2012) in the Swansea local authority area was 349,333.

[4] The path is maintained and administered by two county councils, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.

[5] Pwll Du and the Bishopton Valley form a statutory Local Nature Reserve.

Worm's Head is best viewed from Rhossili Bay which, in 2013, was voted the UK's number one beach, third best in Europe, and 10th best in the world, by TripAdvisor users.

[7][8] Aberavon Beach is a two-mile (3.2 km) strip of white sands, with views across Swansea Bay to the Gower Peninsula.