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Reynoldston is a rural village and a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, which had a population of 439 in 2011.^[1] The community has its own elected community council. The village is located deep in the heart of the Gower Peninsula.

It has one of the longest functioning community broadband schemes in the UK, which has started in 2003, and has continued despite the availability of ADSL.^[2]

Reynoldston commemorates the new millennium with 'The Millennium Stone' which can be found on the village green, just underneath a tree.^[3] The village was also featured on 90s Breakfast TV show, 'The Big Breakfast', when a number of stones from an ancient circle went missing without trace. No further investigation was held.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Reynoldston Parish (W04000592)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ "Village's DIY broadband solution". BBC News. 24 September 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ "Village History | The Millennium Stone on the Village Green". Reynoldston Community Website. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

External links

51°35′23″N 4°11′37″W / 51.5896°N 4.1937°W / 51.5896; -4.1937

[1] UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Reynoldston Parish (W04000592)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

[2] "Village's DIY broadband solution". BBC News. 24 September 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

[3] "Village History | The Millennium Stone on the Village Green". Reynoldston Community Website. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

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-'''Reynoldston''' is the name of a rural [[village]] and a [[Community council|community]] in the City and County of [[Swansea]], [[Wales]].  The community has its own elected community council. The village is located deep in the heart of the [[Gower peninsula]].
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+'''Reynoldston''' is a rural village and a [[Community council|community]] in the City and County of [[Swansea]], [[Wales]], which had a population of 439 in 2011.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=W04000592|title=Reynoldston Parish|accessdate=19 August 2020}}</ref> The community has its own elected community council. The village is located deep in the heart of the [[Gower Peninsula]].
-It has one of the longest functioning community [[broadband]] schemes in the [[UK]], which has started in [[2003]], and has continued despite the availability of [[ADSL]].
+It has one of the longest functioning community broadband schemes in the UK, which has started in 2003, and has continued despite the availability of [[ADSL]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/3686388.stm|title=Village's DIY broadband solution|work=BBC News|date=24 September 2004|access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref>
-Reynoldston commemorates the new millennium with 'The Millennium Stone' which can be found on the village green, just underneath a tree.  The village was also featured on 90s Breakfast TV show, 'The Big Breakfast', when a number of stones from an ancient circle went missing without trace. No further investigation was held.
+Reynoldston commemorates the new millennium with 'The Millennium Stone' which can be found on the village green, just underneath a tree.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reynoldston.com/?page_id=29|title=Village History {{!}} The Millennium Stone on the Village Green|website=Reynoldston Community Website|access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref> {{citation needed span|The village was also featured on 90s Breakfast TV show, 'The Big Breakfast', when a number of stones from an ancient circle went missing without trace. No further investigation was held.|date=May 2020}}
+== References ==
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v t e Gower Peninsula
Geographical areas	Bishop's Wood Burry Holms Cefn Bryn Clyne Common Fairwood Common Loughor estuary
Beaches listed clockwise	Bracelet Bay Limeslade Bay Rotherslade Langland Bay Caswell Bay Brandy Cove Pwlldu Bay Hunts Bay Pobbles Bay Three Cliffs Bay Tor Bay Oxwich Bay Slade Bay Horton Beach Port Eynon Beach Mewslade Bay Fall Bay Rhossili Bay (Llangennith Sands) Burry Holms Blue Pool Bay Broughton Bay Whiteford Sands
Headlands	Burry Holms Mumbles Rhossili
Villages in Gower	Bishopston Burry Green Caswell Cheriton Crofty Gowerton Horton Ilston Kittle Knelston Landimore Langland Llanddewi Llangennith Llanmadoc Llanmorlais Llanrhidian Llethryd Middleton Murton Newton Nicholaston Oldwalls Overton Oxwich Oxwich Green Parkmill Penclawdd Pennard Penmaen Penrice Pitton Pitton Green Port Eynon Reynoldston Rhossili Slade Scurlage Southgate Three Crosses Upper Killay
Prehistoric sites	Arthur's Stone Long Hole Cave Parc le Breos Parc Cwm long cairn Paviland Cave
Castles	Loughor Castle Oxwich Castle Oystermouth Castle Pennard Castle Penrice Castle Weobley Castle
Lighthouses	Mumbles Lighthouse Whiteford Lighthouse
Other	Cuisine of Gower Geology of the Gower Peninsula Gower Ornithological Society Gower Wassail Ilston Book
People	Byron Davies Ifor Davies Edgar Evans Iris Gower Cyril Gwynn Karl Jenkins Nigel Jenkins Thomas Johnes (priest) Ernest Jones Kathleen Lloyd Jones Will Jones (rugby union) Jo Mazelis John Myles (minister) Red Lady of Paviland Colin Pressdee Phil Tanner Mark Thomas (composer) Vernon Watkins Harri Webb Audrey Williams (archaeologist) C. Anne Wilson