Things to do in Abereiddi
Within about 5 miles of Abereiddi we list 25 places to go — 5 attractions, 3 museums and galleries, 1 nature reserve or viewpoint, 10 ancient and historic sites, plus 8 beaches and 6 walks.
The ones we've written up in full are Carreg Samson, Dr Beynon's Bug Farm, 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
Dr Beynon's Bug Farm
AttractionA working research farm about invertebrates outside St Davids — tropical bug zoo, trails, museum, and the UK's first insect-eating restaurant attached.
- Website
- thebugfarm.co.uk
4 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, Porthgain, SA62 5BL
Family-run gallery in Porthgain harbour, forty-odd years old, selling original Welsh art — Kyffin Williams and John Knapp-Fisher to the current crop — and doing bespoke framing on site.
- Phone
- +44 1348831549
- Website
- harbourlightsgallery.com
- Opening hours
- Today 12:00–16:00
1.3 miles from Abereiddi
Oriel Fach
GallerySmall gallery ('oriel fach' — little gallery) in Solva, showing local artists in the harbour village.
4 miles from Abereiddi
The Treasury exhibition inside St Davids Cathedral — centuries of the cathedral's silver, vestments and story, included in a cathedral visit.
5 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 reserveThe old wartime airfield on the St Davids peninsula, now National Trust heathland — runways to stroll, skylarks overhead, and big-sky views to Carn Llidi.
4 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 siteSmall promontory fort on the headland at Abereiddy, beside the Blue Lagoon — Iron Age defence, slate-age quarrying, one headland.
300 yards from Abereiddi
Melin Trefin
Historic siteThe ruined mill at Aber Draw below Trefin, immortalised in Crwys's Welsh poem 'Melin Trefin' — every Welsh schoolchild once knew these wheels.
2.4 miles from Abereiddi
Trefin Quarry
Historic siteOld coastal quarry workings by Trefin — part of the slate-and-stone story that built Porthgain next door.
2.4 miles from Abereiddi
Carn Llidi Chambered Tomb
Ancient siteTwin chambered tombs on the slope of Carn Llidi above Whitesands — burial places with the best sea view in Neolithic Britain.
4 miles from Abereiddi
Porth-y-Rhaw Camp
Ancient siteMulti-ramparted promontory fort at Porth y Rhaw near Solva — one of the coast's most defended headlands, excavated in recent decades.
5 miles from Abereiddi
Photo: Robert Edwards (CC BY-SA 2.0)The Bishop's Palace, St Davids
Historic siteThe vast ruined palace beside St Davids Cathedral — arcaded parapets and a great hall built for medieval princes of the church; Cadw site, entry charged, cathedral free next door.
- Opening hours
- Mar-Jun: Mo–Su 09:30–17:00 · Jul-Aug: Mo–Su 09:30–18:00
5 miles from Abereiddi
The Gribin Fort, Solva
Ancient siteIron Age fort along the Gribin ridge dividing Solva's two valleys — the short sharp walk every Solva visitor should take, with the harbour below.
5 miles from Abereiddi
Photo: Daeve (CC BY-SA 3.0)Coetan Arthur Dolmen
Ancient siteCollapsed Neolithic burial chamber on St Davids Head, capstone propped against the sky — reached by the headland path from Whitesands.
5 miles from Abereiddi
Tre-Maen-Hir Standing Stone
Ancient site4 miles from Abereiddi
Menapia Roman Station
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.
Celtic Quest Coasteering
ActivitiesCoasteering-only specialists at Abereiddy — scramble, swim and jump around the Blue Lagoon coast with a company that does nothing else.
- Website
- celticquestcoasteering.com
0 yards from Abereiddi
5 miles from Abereiddi
Thousand Islands Expeditions
ActivitiesThe St Davids operator running landing trips to Ramsey Island's RSPB reserve, plus offshore whale-and-dolphin expeditions towards Grassholm and The Smalls.
- Website
- thousandislands.co.uk
5 miles from Abereiddi
5 miles from Abereiddi
TYF Adventure
Activities18 Heol Fawr, St Davids, SA62 6SD
St Davids' original adventure outfit — coasteering, sea kayaking, surfing, climbing and paddleboarding from a shop on the High Street, running for over thirty years.
- Website
- tyf.com
5 miles from Abereiddi
Preseli Venture
ActivitiesCoasteering, sea kayaking and surfing from an eco-lodge near Mathry — the all-inclusive adventure-weekend operation on the wild north coast.
- Website
- preseliventure.co.uk
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.
Dogs all yearTraeth Llyfn
A big sandy cove between Abereiddi and Porthgain, reached by a steel staircase bolted to the cliff — and cut off at high tide.
Dogs all yearAber 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.
Dogs all yearAbercastle
A sheltered working-harbour cove between Trefin and Mathry — kayaks, crab lines and a 5,000-year-old tomb up the hill.
Dogs all yearAbermawr
A storm-built pebble bank with woodland and marsh behind, and firm sand appearing only at low tide — quiet, moody and rarely busy.
Dogs all yearSolva Harbour Beach
The drying harbour at the head of Solva's ria — boats on the mud, crabbing off the wall, sand at low water.
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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
Trefin to Porthgain
Two easy miles linking two of the best small stops on the north coast — the ruined mill and beach at Aber Draw to the harbour, brickworks and famous fish and chips at Porthgain.
2 miles · 1 hour each way · Easy