In the early hours of Monday July 14th 2025, the Worm’s Head Hotel was destroyed by fire. In this article, Adrian Short, one of the owners of the family-run hotel,…
A night to remember: Worm’s Head Hotel Rhossili is destroyed by fire
The Worm’s Head Hotel at Rhossili
In the early hours of Monday July 14th 2025, the unthinkable happened. One of Rhossili’s cultural landmarks, the Worm’s Head Hotel – in the Conservation Area of Rhossili village –…
From Sea to Sky: the layers of Rhossili’s landscape
More Than Just a Pretty View Look for details online about Rhossili Bay and the Worms Head and you’ll spot words and phrases that keep popping up: “iconic”, “the crown…
Rhossili Now and Then
The Worm’s Head Hotel as we know it today, is very different from the row of cottages it grew from in the 1880s. In Jack Bevan’s book, Reminiscences of Pre-War…
Change – Though not decay
An article by Jack Bevan (pictured above in 1956), published in the Gower Society Journal in 1949. The sale of the Penrice Estate this year has altered a pattern of…
Remembering Rhossili
Letter from Australia Judith Mary Jenkins has been living in Brisbane, Australia for the past 20 years or so and here she shares her memories of growing up in Rhossili.…
Over my shoulder
An article by Jack Bevan, published in the Gower Society Journal in 1949. It’s funny how some little things start us thinking back, and comparing today with yesterday. I was…