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{{short description|Headland on Swansea Bay in Wales}}
{{about|the headland of Swansea, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
[[File:The Mumbles light house, Glamorganshire (1130083).jpg|thumb|240px|Mumbles and lighthouse, mid-1800s]]
{{Gower Peninsula|sidebar=yes}}
'''Mumbles''' ({{langx|cy| Mwmbwls}}) is a headland sited on the western edge of [[Swansea Bay]] on the southern coast of [[Wales]].

==Toponym== 
Mumbles has been noted for its [[place names considered unusual|unusual place name]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Symons|first=Mitchell|title=The Bumper Book For The Loo: Facts and figures, stats and stories – an unputdownable treat of trivia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vnxaoks-vtAC&pg=PA272|date=8 November 2012|publisher=Transworld|isbn=978-1-4481-5271-1|page=272}}</ref> The headland is thought by some to have been named by French sailors, after the shape of the two [[anthropomorphic]] islands which the headland comprises: the word "Mumbles" may be a corruption of the French ''les mamelles,'' meaning "the breasts". Another possible source of the name is the word [[Mamucium]], which is generally thought to represent a Latinisation of an original [[Common Brittonic|Brythonic]] name, either from mamm- ("breast", in reference to a "breast-like hill") or from mamma ("mother", in reference to a local river goddess).{{cn|date=December 2023}}

[[Mumbles Lighthouse]] was built during the 1790s, and was converted to solar powered operation in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses/lighthouse_list/mumbles.html|title=Mumbles|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203120031/http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses/lighthouse_list/mumbles.html|archive-date=2013-12-03}}</ref>

==Notable features==
[[Mumbles Pier]] was opened in 1898 at the terminus of the [[Swansea and Mumbles Railway]], which  was the world's first horse-drawn public passenger train service. It opened 2 Mar 1807 and used horse power to 1877, then steam power to 1929, when it switched to double deck overhead electric tram power, lasting till the line closed in Jan 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.welshwales.co.uk/mumbles_railway_swansea.htm |title=The Swansea and Mumbles Railway - the world's first railway service}}</ref>

[[Mumbles Lifeboat Station]] has operated since 1866. In 1947, the entire lifeboat crew was lost at sea, attempting to rescue the crew of the ''[[SS Samtampa]]'', in what has become known as the [[Mumbles lifeboat disaster]]. The nearest church, [[All Saints' Church, Oystermouth]], contains memorials to the crew.

[[Image:Pier y Mwmbwls a'i Oleudy.jpg|thumb|center|900px|Panoramic photograph of [[Mumbles Pier]]; the Lifeboat station and the lighthouse on the right]]

==Climate==
{{Weather box
|location = Mumbles Head (32m elevation) 1991–2020
|collapsed = 
|metric first = y
|single line = y
|Jan high C = 8.3
|Feb high C = 8.3
|Mar high C = 9.8
|Apr high C = 12.4
|May high C = 15.2
|Jun high C = 17.8
|Jul high C = 19.6
|Aug high C = 19.7
|Sep high C = 18.0
|Oct high C = 14.7
|Nov high C = 11.5
|Dec high C = 9.1
|year high C = 13.7
|Jan low C = 4.3
|Feb low C = 4.1
|Mar low C = 5.1
|Apr low C = 6.9
|May low C = 9.5
|Jun low C = 12.2
|Jul low C = 14.1
|Aug low C = 14.2
|Sep low C = 12.7
|Oct low C = 10.1
|Nov low C = 7.3
|Dec low C = 5.1
|year low C = 8.8
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 102.5
|Feb precipitation mm = 73.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 69.9
|Apr precipitation mm = 59.9
|May precipitation mm = 64.5
|Jun precipitation mm = 68.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 73.6
|Aug precipitation mm = 87.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 76.4
|Oct precipitation mm = 112.8
|Nov precipitation mm = 117.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 114.1
|year precipitation mm = 1021.6
|unit rain days = 1.0 mm
|Jan rain days = 15.6
|Feb rain days = 12.1
|Mar rain days = 12.8
|Apr rain days = 10.6
|May rain days = 10.4
|Jun rain days = 10.3
|Jul rain days = 10.5
|Aug rain days = 12.0
|Sep rain days = 11.4
|Oct rain days = 14.9
|Nov rain days = 16.0
|Dec rain days = 15.9
|year rain days = 152.5
|source 1 = metoffice.gov.uk<ref>{{cite web
  | url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/location-specific-long-term-averages/gcjjm7j5g
  | title=Climate Normals 1991–2020
  | publisher=Met Office
  | access-date=16 April 2025}}</ref>
  | date=16 April 2025
}}

==See also==
*[[Mumbles (district)]], a district of Swansea
*[[Mumbles RFC]]
*[[Breast-shaped hill]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Mumbles}}
* [http://www.visitmumbles.co.uk Mumbles]
* [https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2733560 www.geograph.co.uk Photos of The Mumbles and surrounding area]


{{Gower Peninsula}}
{{Swansea}}

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[[Category:Seaside resorts in Wales]]
[[Category:Populated places on the Gower Peninsula]]
[[Category:Swansea Bay]]
[[Category:Mumbles| ]]