GREAT S EA ANG LING VENUES
Your insight into the best shore and boat fishing that the UK and Ireland have to offer
The pier, which is 255m long, is at the western corner of Swansea Bay, which sweeps 17 miles eastwards to Morfa beach. It sits to the north of the rocky outcrop of Mumbles Head, where the swirling tide induces a strong race at the head of the pier.
Originally built in 1898, Mumbles Pier had long been a favourite with anglers, being a noted venue for a wide variety of species; however, like so many of these coastal relics of the Victorian era, the years have not been kind.
Gradually it had slipped into such a sorry state of disrepair that it became dangerous and in 2011 the access gate was locked and the pier sat silent while awaiting renovation work, including an upgrade to the RNLI boathouse. Many anglers, myself included, doubted that
