Things to do in Abereiddi
Within about 5 miles of Abereiddi we list 21 places to go — 4 attractions, 3 museums and galleries, 1 nature reserve or viewpoint, 10 ancient and historic sites, plus 6 beaches and 5 walks.
The ones we've written up in full are Carreg Samson, St Davids Cathedral & Bishop's Palace — start there if you only have a day.
For a wet day there are 3 indoor options nearby: Harbour Lights Gallery, Oriel Fach, Treasury of the Cathedral. Opening hours shrink hard out of season.
Everything below is ordered by distance from Abereiddi, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Attractions and days out near Abereiddi
The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.
3 miles from Abereiddi
St Davids Cathedral & Bishop's Palace
AttractionWales's holiest site, hidden in its hollow — 12th-century nave, medieval ceiling, and the great ruined palace beside it.
5 miles from Abereiddi
Aquaphobia
Attraction5 miles from Abereiddi
Voyages of Discovery
Attraction5 miles from Abereiddi
Museums and galleries near Abereiddi
Mostly indoors, which on this coast is a category of its own. Opening hours narrow sharply out of season, so ring before you drive.
Harbour Lights Gallery
GalleryPembrokeshire Coast Path, SA62 5BL
- Phone
- +44 1348831549
- Website
- harbourlightsgallery.com
- Opening hours
- Today 12:00–16:00
1.3 miles from Abereiddi
Oriel Fach
Gallery4 miles from Abereiddi
Treasury of the Cathedral
Museum5 miles from Abereiddi
Nature reserves and viewpoints near Abereiddi
Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.
St David's Airfield
Nature reserve4 miles from Abereiddi
Ancient and historic sites near Abereiddi
Burial chambers, standing stones, holy wells and iron-age forts. Most are on open land with no gate and no charge; a few sit on working farms, so use the marked access.
Abereiddy Promontory Fort
Ancient site300 yards from Abereiddi
Melin Trefin Mill
Historic site2.4 miles from Abereiddi
Trefin Quarry
Historic site2.4 miles from Abereiddi
Tre-Maen-Hir Standing Stone
Ancient site4 miles from Abereiddi
Carn Llidi Chambered Tomb
Ancient site4 miles from Abereiddi
Porth-y-Rhaw Camp
Ancient site5 miles from Abereiddi
Photo: Robert Edwards (CC BY-SA 2.0)Bishop's Palace
Historic site- Opening hours
- Mar-Jun: Mo–Su 09:30–17:00 · Jul-Aug: Mo–Su 09:30–18:00
5 miles from Abereiddi
Solva Gribbin Fort
Ancient site5 miles from Abereiddi
Menapia Roman Station
Ancient site5 miles from Abereiddi
Photo: Daeve (CC BY-SA 3.0)Coetan Arthur Dolmen
Ancient site5 miles from Abereiddi
Activities, golf and the water near Abereiddi
Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.
5 miles from Abereiddi
5 miles from Abereiddi
Tyf Adventure and Hire
Activities18 Heol Fawr, St Davids, SA62 6SD
- Website
- tyf.com
5 miles from Abereiddi
Beaches near Abereiddi
Dogs all yearAbereiddi & the Blue Lagoon
Black sand, a flooded slate quarry of improbable blue-green, and coasteering's most famous jump-off.
Traeth Llyfn
A big sandy cove between Abereiddi and Porthgain, reached by a steel staircase bolted to the cliff — and cut off at high tide.
Aber Draw, Trefin
The rocky cove below Trefin, with the ruined mill on the shore — a five-minute walk from the village and no sand to speak of.
Abermawr
A storm-built pebble bank with woodland and marsh behind, and firm sand appearing only at low tide — quiet, moody and rarely busy.
Whitesands Bay (Porth Mawr)
St Davids' big Blue Flag surf beach beneath Carn Llidi — sand, swell and sunsets at the end of Wales.
Porthmelgan
The quiet cove ten minutes north of Whitesands — sand at low tide, no facilities, and currents that deserve respect.
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Walks from Abereiddi
Abereiddi to Porthgain and the Blue Lagoon
A short, spectacular cliff walk between two abandoned quarry harbours, past the flooded slate pit everyone photographs.
3 miles · 1½ hours each way · Easy
Porthgain to Whitesands Bay
From an industrial harbour past the Blue Lagoon and round the wild north side of the St Davids peninsula to the county's most popular beach.
8 miles · 4½–5 hours · Moderate
Solva to Newgale
A relentlessly up-and-down stage between a drowned-valley harbour and a two-mile shingle beach. Short on paper, hard on the legs.
5 miles · 3 hours · Strenuous