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This pub has been named the best in Wales in a village with some of the best views you will find
This pub has been named the best in Wales in a village with some of the best views you will find
The National Pub and Bar Awards 2025, organised by Pub and Bar magazine, were held in London on Tuesday night, with pubs across the UK recognised.
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The charming little village of Llanmadoc sits above Cwm Ivy and Whiteford Sands. To the north is a nature reserve, to the south stunning Llangennith. But it's in the village itself you can find Wales' best pub.
The beloved 17th-century Britannia Inn has been given the prestigious title at the 2025 National Pub and Bar Awards.
Inside the pub you will find an inviting and original inglenook fireplace with a leg warming log burner.
Whatever the time of year, the 17th century bar feels particularly cosy and welcoming with its low beamed ceilings, old tiled floor, exposed stone walls, and old wooden tables and chairs.
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The pub still has its original bread oven and in parts of the pub you can still see the old gas lamps.
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The beams in the lounge are reputed to be from shipwrecks which were 'lanterned' ashore by wreckers for their valuable cargo.
The bar serves a great menu with an extensive specials board also available and excellent service.
There is also a restaurant serving special set menus, a specials board, and an a la carte menu that runs on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturday evenings.
They also serve a traditional Sunday roast, along with locally sourced Gower Salt Marsh Lamb, Selwyn's seaweed, Swansea smoked salmon and Gower gold Ale.
If the weather's good, the pub also has an extensive garden area with children's play equipment , a decking area and views across the Loughor estuary which are to die for.
And it's a particularly beautiful part of the world for a walk.
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Head up the hill from the Britannia Inn pub and you will see a sign saying Whiteford Burrows and a lane going along between two cottages.
It takes you down the side of a valley with lush views over the Loughor estuary and across to the Carmarthenshire coast.
At the bottom of the hill take a left through the trees, leading to Cwm Ivy where you will find a café and some cute little cottages.
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Turn right and a path will take you down to Whiteford Sands and acres of pine forest that line the huge expanse of sand.
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There is plenty to explore here, including Whiteford Lighthouse, the only sea-washed cast iron lighthouse in the UK, but if the lure of the pub at the end of the walk is calling, then head left, up the hill, to the top of Llanmadoc village.
As far as circular pub walks go, circles, pubs and walks don't get much better than this.
