B&B’s/Guest Houses in Penmaen:
 Three Cliffs Bay Caravan Site
       North Hill Farm
       North Hill Lane
       Penmaen
       Swansea
       West Glamorgan
       SA3 2HB
 01792 371218

 Riding in Penmaen:
 Parc-Le Breos
       Penmaen
       Swansea
       West Glamorgan
       SA3 2HA
 01792 371636

Penmaen (Pen-Maen) - From 'A Topographical Dictionary of Wales' (1849)
PENMAEN (PEN-MAEN), a parish, in the union and hundred of Swansea, county of Glamorgan, South Wales, 9 miles (W. S. W.) from Swansea; containing 149 inhabitants. The name of this place, signifying literally "the head of the rock," is derived from its situation at the extremity of a ridge of rocks forming the eastern side of Oxwich bay in the Bristol Channel. The parish comprises but a small tract of land, of which little more than half is inclosed and cultivated, The rocks on the coast below the church rise with majestic grandeur from the shore, and have a strikingly imposing appearance; one of them, called the Tor, after attaining a considerable elevation, terminates nearly in a point. Another remarkable rock, the "Three Cliffs," situated about a quarter of a mile east of the Great Tor, extends 300 or 400 yards from east to west, and in the centre is a large perforation, designated the "Arch," through which at low water people occasionally pass on horseback, but through which at floodtide the sea rushes with great violence. Over the arch the rock is divided into three distinct points, similar to the Needles in the Isle of Wight; and altogether this work of nature forms an interesting object when passing from Penmaen church towards Penrice Castle. The smooth and firm sands, likewise, present an opportunity for a most pleasing ride of three miles in front of the sea, from the Great Tor to the village of Oxwich. About six miles west of the church is the small hamlet of Paviland, belonging to this parish, from which place one of the churchwardens is invariably chosen. The living is a discharged rectory, rated in the king's books at £4. 10., endowed with £200 private benefaction and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Crown; present net income, £210, with a glebe-house. In the hamlet of Paviland is a small meeting-house. A Sunday school is held in the church.