Pennard (previously Llanarthbodu)[1] is a village and community on the south of the Gower Peninsula, about 7 miles south-west of Swansea city centre.

[8] The poets Vernon Watkins (1906–1967), Harri Webb (1920–1994) and Nigel Jenkins (1949–2014) are buried in the churchyard.

The Pennard community (civil parish) includes the nearby villages of Southgate, Kittle, Sandylane, Cannisland and Langrove.

The council is divided into two ward areas, Southgate and Kittle, who return eleven and three councillors respectively.

[12] It made the Swansea news in 2013 when the chairman resigned after other councillors expressed concerns about the running of the council.