Pendine
Pendine Sands is a 7 mile long beach stretching from Gilman Point in the west to Laugharne Sands in the east. The village of Pendine is situated near the western end of Pendine Sands.
Pendine Sands was used for world land speed record attempts, Malcolm Campbell being the first on September 25, 1924 settting a number world land speed records in his car Bluebird.
Welshman J.G. Parry Thomas also set records in his car Babs and the150 mph barrier was decisively broken, then Campbell raised the record to 174.22 mph (280.38 km/h) in February 1927.
On March 3, 1927 Parry-Thomas attempted to beat Campbell's record. At 180 mph (290 km/h) he lost control of Babs, the car rolled over and he was killed. Parry-Thomas' car Babs was buried in the sand dunes near the village of Pendine and no further speed records were undertaken here.
In 1969 Owen Wyn-Owen, an engineering lecturer from Bangor Technical College, sought and received permission to excavate Babs. Over the next 15 years he restored the car, which is now housed in the Museum of Speed in Pendine village.
This is a huge beautiful sandy beach with safe bathing, rockpools to wonder at - a world to shrimp, crabs to chase and capture then release, cliffs with caves to explore, rocks that look like dragons and places to paddle and splash.
The village has two pubs, fish and chip shops, eateries, crazy golf and is backed by a large holiday village, fabulous for families.
Pendine Sands was used for world land speed record attempts, Malcolm Campbell being the first on September 25, 1924 settting a number world land speed records in his car Bluebird.
Welshman J.G. Parry Thomas also set records in his car Babs and the150 mph barrier was decisively broken, then Campbell raised the record to 174.22 mph (280.38 km/h) in February 1927.
On March 3, 1927 Parry-Thomas attempted to beat Campbell's record. At 180 mph (290 km/h) he lost control of Babs, the car rolled over and he was killed. Parry-Thomas' car Babs was buried in the sand dunes near the village of Pendine and no further speed records were undertaken here.
In 1969 Owen Wyn-Owen, an engineering lecturer from Bangor Technical College, sought and received permission to excavate Babs. Over the next 15 years he restored the car, which is now housed in the Museum of Speed in Pendine village.
This is a huge beautiful sandy beach with safe bathing, rockpools to wonder at - a world to shrimp, crabs to chase and capture then release, cliffs with caves to explore, rocks that look like dragons and places to paddle and splash.
The village has two pubs, fish and chip shops, eateries, crazy golf and is backed by a large holiday village, fabulous for families.
