Welcome to The Mumbles (Y Mwmbwls)

Strung out along the shoreline at the southern end of Swansea Bay, The Mumbles has been Swansea's seaside retreat since 1807, when the Oystermouth Railway, built three years previously for transporting coal on horse-drawn carriages, was adapted for human cargo. Closed in 1960, it has the distinction of being the first passenger railway service in the world.

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Once again fashionable, with bars and restaurants vying for trade along the promenade, The Mumbles received a boost to its reputation when its most famous daughter, Hollywood actor Catherine Zeta-Jones, built a £2-million luxury mansion at Limeslade, on the south side of the peninsula. Singer Bonnie Tyler also has a home here.

The origin of The Mumbles' unusual name is uncertain, although one theory is that it's a legacy of French seamen who nicknamed the twin rounded rocks at the tip of the headland Les Mamelles – 'the breasts'.

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