Marloes Sands
Gateholm Island
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Location and access
The beach is located SW from the Marloes village and there is a
RAF Dale, above the south-east cliffs of the beach. There are approximately three accesses to the beach which become very useful if you get caught by the tide coming in. Besides the main access from Runwayskiln, there is also access to the north, near Gateholm Island, that requires some scrambling
over the rocks and another access to the south that has steps leading to the midsection of the beach.
Geology
The surrounding cliffs are layered with red sandstone and grey shale. A feature of the beach is the Three Chimneys, three vertical lines of hard silurian sandstone and mudstone. There used to be four chimneys, but the fourth crumbled in a severe storm of 1954.[3]
Filming location
Marloes Sands was the filming location[2] for:
- Snow White & the Huntsman (September 2011).[4]
- The Lion in Winter (1968).[5]
References
- ^ "Traeth a Chors Marloes". National Trust (in Welsh). Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ a b Kevin Rushby, Daniel Start (13 February 2016). "Five of the best beaches in the UK". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ "Marloes Sands". Wales in Style.
- ^ McDowell, Martin. "Filming Snow White and the Huntsman at Marloes Sands". Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- ^ "Filming locations for The Lion in Winter". IMDB.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marloes Sands.
- Marloes and St. Brides in Pembrokeshire - the community website