Around Pembrokeshire

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Around Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)

The details in these pages are intended as a guide only and no guarantee to accuracy is given or implied.

Contact the Welsh Tourist Board or Local Tourist Information Centre for in-depth information

Amroth Fishguard Freshwater Haverfordwest Llanteg

Manorbier Neyland Pembroke Pembroke Dock Pendine

A maritime county in south-west Wales, founded in 1138, bounded by the sea except to north-east where the county border joins Cardiganshire and the east where it abuts Carmarthenshire.

The population is in excess of 112,000 and Haverfordwest is the county town.

There are 170 miles of coastline affording magnificent coastal views, ranging from spectacular cliffs to small coves and flat sandy beaches. Practically the entire coast is included in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The area has several important seabird breeding sites. Highest point in the county is Foel Cwmcerwyn at 1,759ft/536m).

The Preseli Mountains in the north includes an area of moorland with many prehistoric monuments. The rest of Pembrokeshire is fairly flat and most of the land is used for farming.

Tourism, agriculture and oil refining are the main industries and the deep waters of Milford Haven provide docking facilities for both oil and gas tankers.

The Eastern and Western Cleddau and the Solva are the chief rivers of the county. The south, known as “Little England beyond Wales” is more anglicised than the Welsh north.

Since 1996 it has been a administered as a unitary authority.

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