Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
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rotelharp
Manchester, UK566 contributions
Sept 2020 • Couples
We did the coastal walk from Tenby to Saundersfoot which included some challenging terrain. I would recommend bringing and using walking aids, especially if it has rained recently. We met lots of friendly people on the trail, which was well marked and easy to navigate. We caught a bus back, which was on time leaving and was quick to get into Tenby. We ended up on a coastal walk by accident when we visited the Lily Ponds at Bosherton due to poor signage and had to keep asking people for directions. We saw some beautiful scenery and coastline, but there were time we were worried we would not be able to find our way back to the car which we parked in Stackpole/Bosherton.
Written 11 October 2020
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Gracie Fields
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Aug 2020
We decided to embark on the Coastal Path when we were staying in Tenby last week. It seemed like a great idea as it was only 5 miles to Saundersfoot and generally speaking we've always enjoy walking along coastal routes on holidays in the UK.
However, this particular stretch was not a good one to say the least. It featured all the bad thinks about walks, ie. repeated very steep climbs and drops on narrow, twisty, dangerous paths through wooded areas, with very few of the good things about walking, like reaching places with continuous good views.
Only for about 10 minutes in total was there chance to even see the coast, the rest of the time had to be spent watching the paths and hauling your body up and down extremely steep, never ending climbs, with trees blocking the sight of the sea.
It can honestly say it was the most awful walk it has ever been my displeasure to do. This would be the kind of endeavour that would put young people of walking for life, if it were an early experience . Please don't do this to yourself, unless you're into endurance tests or personal suffering. Try another stretch.
However, this particular stretch was not a good one to say the least. It featured all the bad thinks about walks, ie. repeated very steep climbs and drops on narrow, twisty, dangerous paths through wooded areas, with very few of the good things about walking, like reaching places with continuous good views.
Only for about 10 minutes in total was there chance to even see the coast, the rest of the time had to be spent watching the paths and hauling your body up and down extremely steep, never ending climbs, with trees blocking the sight of the sea.
It can honestly say it was the most awful walk it has ever been my displeasure to do. This would be the kind of endeavour that would put young people of walking for life, if it were an early experience . Please don't do this to yourself, unless you're into endurance tests or personal suffering. Try another stretch.
Written 26 August 2020
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Suppose That
Leesburg, VA40 contributions
May 2024 • Couples
This planet has a wide variety of coastlines to explore- you could select one with a nuclear power plant or oil refinery, but I think you would find the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path in Wales to be a better choice. Weather in Wales is unpredictable, so don't even bother to ask- just bring a strong poncho just in case. And, you could plan the hike yourself or follow someone else's plans- we chose "Celtic Trails" for the planning of this unguided 7-day adventure. Tenby, St. David's, St. Justinians, the unending fields of wildflowers, the check-for-lowtide feature of hiking through Sandy Haven, the fish and chips and double dragon ale in Marloes,fields of bluebells and Ramsey Island. I don't really need to mention anymore- just get on in there. When you find yourself eating your lunch and walking barefoot on a soft green carpet of grass and flowers on these beautiful headlands, you'll thank me.
Written 30 August 2024
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Erniesverdict
Birmingham, UK368 contributions
Jun 2021 • Couples
If you like walking, great views and a pretty easy walk then the coastal Walk to whitesands from porthclais is a great one to do. It was 7 miles and was not difficult, it starts with a bit of a climb. But then it’s a pretty flat walk along the clifftops to whitesands, with some good stops along the way such as st Justinians.
Written 1 August 2021
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Sole2012_12
London, UK85 contributions
Aug 2023 • Couples
The absolute beauty of the Pembrokeshire Coast. We visited so many beaches along the coast that could be better than any beach abroad. The shame is that we do not have the weather to go with these beautiful places. However, these beaches are of outstanding beauty sun or no sun. We will be going back as these beaches were memorising.
Written 2 September 2023
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Madeleine C
The Netherlands12,712 contributions
Aug 2023 • Friends
The national park has many hiking trails, beautiful beaches, bays, nice villages and what not. Unfortunately, we have difficulty walking, but we drove part of the way through this park during our road tour through Wales. From beautiful Tenby, Manorbier, Pembroke continue along the coast road via Little Haven, Broad Haven and Newgale to St David. We drove through beautiful narrow roads, past bays, beautiful views and here and there a castle. It's beautiful.
Written 23 October 2023
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Sam M
Wagga Wagga, Australia220 contributions
It might be lovely in good weather but I can't say I was overly impressed with the coastline. Very windy and blustery abd quite grey. I don't think it's as pretty as Dorset's Jurassic coast.
Written 15 November 2012
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kathKmidlands
Midlands UK203 contributions
Aug 2012 • Family
We have been coming to Pembrokeshire for many years in the summer. The coast and paths is one of the reasons. Its easy to visit and walk for miles or just park up and potter around one area. For a half day walk I would recommend walking from Solva to St Davids. Park in Solva harbour car park and get the Puffin Shuttle bus back. (hourly in summer I think) For another easyish walk go around Dinas head just north of Fishguard. Super views looking back to Goodwick and the Ferry There are never any crowds even in August and plenty of cafes for super refreshment stops.
Its like Cornwall but much better, cleaner and more to do!
Its like Cornwall but much better, cleaner and more to do!
Written 2 September 2012
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DJ K
London, UK171 contributions
Jun 2012 • Couples
I've visited 23 countries in 4 continents, but few places can compare with the Pembrokeshire coast for unspoilt and breathtaking scenery. We stayed in Porthgain, a hauntingly beautiful post industrial harbour with limited residential space, a lovely restaurant (we watched crabs being landed and a short time later were eating them in a sandwich!) and equally lovely and friendly pub. 'The Shed' does lovely seafood dishes, and also trake away fish & chips if you want to eat on the cliff top, and the pub does good 'full Welsh' breakfasts, and equally good fish & chips etc. This lovely harbour also boasts 2 art galleries but no shops, so the self catering catering aspect of our cottage (with food & wine picked up en route) was the perfect location for our get away from it all short break.
The ideal thing about Porthgain is that it is midway along the coastal path, so if you're not the world's most athletic walker, you can go for an hour or more in one direction on one day of your stay, then the same in the opposite direction the next, and see lots of fresh sights. Also, tho most people access the coastal path via the steep set of steps near the water's edge, a few hundred yards in from the sea there is a gentle grassy slope which also takes you up there in a more leisurely fashion. I would say this place might suit disabled folks who want to experience the cliff top views. There is a shuttle bus leaving several times a day from the harbour to Haverford west and Strumble head. You meet such nice people along the coastal path too.
We were here in late spring and saw many rare and beautiful wild flowers, which heavily scented the sea breezes, and also many fledgleling choughs and jackdaws. The silence atop the cliffs was broken only by the occasional cry of a seabird. I once lived in near a similar place in Portugal, Cabo da Roca, but the Pembroke coast is much better as it is better maintained and less crowded. The remains of the mining buildings up on the cliff top are lovely, as you can gaze and take photos through the lovely Victorial windows and on out to sea.
Heading south for about two miles, we came to the Blue Lagoon, which is breathtakingly dramatic and beautiful. Since the whole path is maintained by the National Trust, there are no tacky fast food places around here, but we were delighted to find a really 'classy' snack waggon on the shingle beach there, which sold up-market food, including home made Welsh cakes (spiced griddle scones) and fresh brewed coffe and Earl Grey tea served in china mugs.
A pleasant drive away is Britain's smallest city, St David's, which is so compact that half a day is all you need here. It has more galleries & potteries and is just so pretty. The ruins of the Bishop's palace here should not be missed as they are gorgeous and so photogenic. The cathedral crypt does good lunches (tho their morning scones were horribly sugary!) but they ask you to obtain a license to take photos of the interior.
If you are driving into Pembrokeshire from say London, do stop off in Narberth. It is a charming market town with divine shops and great food. Look out for the little butcher's shop which sells hot roast beef or pork sandwiches.
I could go on at length about this place, but suffice to day I will be going again. It only remains to say that the people of South Wales are lovely, friendly folk too. I could happily live here.I met a really lovely lady from Llanelli and we chatted happily as her little ones fished for crabs. If she's reading, I'd like to say: 'Diolch i chwi' - see, I did make the effort!
The ideal thing about Porthgain is that it is midway along the coastal path, so if you're not the world's most athletic walker, you can go for an hour or more in one direction on one day of your stay, then the same in the opposite direction the next, and see lots of fresh sights. Also, tho most people access the coastal path via the steep set of steps near the water's edge, a few hundred yards in from the sea there is a gentle grassy slope which also takes you up there in a more leisurely fashion. I would say this place might suit disabled folks who want to experience the cliff top views. There is a shuttle bus leaving several times a day from the harbour to Haverford west and Strumble head. You meet such nice people along the coastal path too.
We were here in late spring and saw many rare and beautiful wild flowers, which heavily scented the sea breezes, and also many fledgleling choughs and jackdaws. The silence atop the cliffs was broken only by the occasional cry of a seabird. I once lived in near a similar place in Portugal, Cabo da Roca, but the Pembroke coast is much better as it is better maintained and less crowded. The remains of the mining buildings up on the cliff top are lovely, as you can gaze and take photos through the lovely Victorial windows and on out to sea.
Heading south for about two miles, we came to the Blue Lagoon, which is breathtakingly dramatic and beautiful. Since the whole path is maintained by the National Trust, there are no tacky fast food places around here, but we were delighted to find a really 'classy' snack waggon on the shingle beach there, which sold up-market food, including home made Welsh cakes (spiced griddle scones) and fresh brewed coffe and Earl Grey tea served in china mugs.
A pleasant drive away is Britain's smallest city, St David's, which is so compact that half a day is all you need here. It has more galleries & potteries and is just so pretty. The ruins of the Bishop's palace here should not be missed as they are gorgeous and so photogenic. The cathedral crypt does good lunches (tho their morning scones were horribly sugary!) but they ask you to obtain a license to take photos of the interior.
If you are driving into Pembrokeshire from say London, do stop off in Narberth. It is a charming market town with divine shops and great food. Look out for the little butcher's shop which sells hot roast beef or pork sandwiches.
I could go on at length about this place, but suffice to day I will be going again. It only remains to say that the people of South Wales are lovely, friendly folk too. I could happily live here.I met a really lovely lady from Llanelli and we chatted happily as her little ones fished for crabs. If she's reading, I'd like to say: 'Diolch i chwi' - see, I did make the effort!
Written 19 July 2012
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HRHCaoimhe
Lower Sackville, Canada276 contributions
May 2013 • Couples
We stayed in a great B&B (Ramsey House) in St David's and did several hikes right from the house. We hike to Solva along the coast path which was breath taking and made even better by the nice weather and sunshine. Flowers were out in abundance and the cliffs were like a huge rock garden. The gorse was spectacular in all its brought yellow glory. We had a spectacular time!! We continued on the Newgale which was a nice walk too but if anyone was limited by time the St David's to Solva stretch was a little more spectacular. We tried to then take the Puffin Shuttle back to St David's but it runs very infrequently. We were at Newgale at 16:00 and the next Shuttle wasn't until after 19:00 and we discovered it only runs 3 times a day even in the summer. Also because it was a holiday Monday the regular buses weren't running. The welsh travel app Traveline Cymru is extremely useful for figuring out bus times. We did manage to get a taxi back to St David's and my legs certainly didn't begrudge the money spent!!
The next walk was even more spectacular!! We went the other way from St Davids to Porth Clais and then to Whitesands beach and then back to St Davids along minor roads. We stopped at the cafe at Whitesands and had a really nice latte and some chips!! What a spectacular walk with spectacular views and we had the most amazing sunny day. We would highly recommend this walk to anyone as we had just a great day!!
The next walk was even more spectacular!! We went the other way from St Davids to Porth Clais and then to Whitesands beach and then back to St Davids along minor roads. We stopped at the cafe at Whitesands and had a really nice latte and some chips!! What a spectacular walk with spectacular views and we had the most amazing sunny day. We would highly recommend this walk to anyone as we had just a great day!!
Written 8 May 2013
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I’m thinking about doing the St David’s - Milford Haven section of this walk at the beginning of august and doing it over 5 days.
I would be wild camping whilst doing it so was just wondering whether 5 days would be a good time frame and also what is the best thing to do about water? I have a water filter from my other wild camping trips but I would just like to know are there any fresh water sources along the coastal path for me to use?
Written 7 June 2021
Any recommendations on where to start a coastal walk. Have two youngs kids so it won't be far. Staying around pembroke dock, thanks.
Written 17 July 2020
West Angle and Bosherston Lily Ponds would be worth looking into and although it's not coastal the route around Carew Castle is also very nice and easy access. For more info on these routes search our website for 'Walks for All'. There are also a number of short walks on our 'Web Walks' page.
Written 18 July 2020
Hi Camara21, I am planning a trip to Pembrokeshire next year in May. There will be 6-8 people. I am curious how difficult it was to arrange your own accommodations and how did the baggage transfer work doing it on your own? We are discussing doing the Central or the Northern section. We have one week. Do you have any thoughts on that? Also, Skomer Island looks interesting but we do not want to spend a long early morning waiting in line to get tickets. Any help you could provide on these subjects would be appreciated. Thank you and happy hiking!
Jamie
Written 29 October 2019
Hey, Jamie -
I'd luv to help with your plans for a visit to the Pembrokeshire Coast Path as it's an amazing treasure that attracts business owners and visitors with common interests in living simply and nature's beauty.
My husband and I have done several walking holidays; the first was arranged (not guided) by a tour operator; the next several I've self-booked.
There is a generous learning curve to figuring out point-to-point distance & accessibility if you do the booking, however, you're rewarded by staying in accommodations that suit you best.
An important note: I'd say only 60% of our PCP guesthouses and B&Bs have rooms for 6 or 8 guests. Definitely book as early as you can.
Baggage transfer was literally a walk in the park as it was handled perfectly - professionally, economically and efficiently - by Walkalongway (found on TA)
We opted not to do Skomer Island as my husband doesn't like to deter from the path but I heard great things from other walkers who did take a day off the path. Spoiler: many of them didn't see any puffins.
Section-wise, we went south to north from Monk's Haven to St Dogmael's in nine easy days; you can definitely do it in a week if you skip Skomer. I can give you our lodging and mileages; a few of which were incredible and not to be missed.
We went at the end of May, not at all crowded and incredible wildflowers. Cheers!
Written 7 November 2019
Has anyone done a long-distance hike along the path. say 6 or 7 days walking. Did you use a booking company to help you with accommodations and luggage transport. If so, which one? Also, what section - north, central, south - do you recommend? Many thanks. Judy from Maryland USA
Written 25 January 2019
Am planning 7 day trip to walk along the Pembrokeshire coast. But may not be able to go until mid June. Will that be too crowded? What would be the best time?
thanks
Written 18 October 2018
Hello - June is a good time to walk the Pembrokeshire Coast Path as there will be lots of flowers out. There is always plenty of space on the Coast Path, whatever time of year you choose to walk it. Good luck with your planning.
Written 22 October 2018
its not a park in that sense. more a path. doesnt close.
Written 1 June 2018
Hello, I am planning a walking (backpacking) trip for rmy family of three; my husband, my six-year-old daughter, and me. We are presently living in Birmingham and will need to travel to Birmingham to wherever we start the walk via train or bus or other form of public transit (we do not have an automobile). Our current idea is to spend a travel day from Birmingham to wherever we start the walk, then four days walking the trail, then another travel day back to Birmingham. My question is: What stretch of trail would be best for us? We are thinking that between 24-36 miles total would be ideal (6-9 miles per day). Initially I had thought that the stretch from Tenby to Pembroke might be best, but that appears to be around 48 miles, which will be a bit too far for us, I think.
One issue I am considering is the ease of travel to and from Birmingham and wherever we start and end the walk.
Thank you for your suggestions!
Mary
Written 25 July 2015
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