Photo: Julian Cremona (CC BY-SA 2.0)Things to do in Angle
Within about 5 miles of Angle we list 18 places to go — 7 castles, 2 attractions, 2 museums and galleries, 3 nature reserves and viewpoints, plus 11 beaches and 6 walks.
The ones we've written up in full are Dale Fort, Dobby's Grave, Torch Theatre & Cinema — start there if you only have a day.
For a wet day there are 2 indoor options nearby: Chapel Bay Fort & Museum, Milford Haven Museum. Opening hours shrink hard out of season.
Everything below is ordered by distance from Angle, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Castles and ruins near Angle
Pembrokeshire has more castles per mile than almost anywhere in Britain, because for four hundred years it was a frontier. Some are ticketed and roofed; some are a gatehouse in a field with nobody taking money.
Photo: Julian Cremona (CC BY-SA 2.0)3 miles from Angle
Tower House
Castle200 yards from Angle
Photo: David Merrett from Daventry, England (CC BY 2.0)Stack Rock Fort
Castle1.2 miles from Angle
Photo: Thorne17 (CC BY-SA 4.0)Thorn Island Fort
Castle1.4 miles from Angle
Photo: Shaun Butler (CC BY-SA 2.0)Fort Popton
Castle1.7 miles from Angle
Photo: Alvear24 (CC BY-SA 3.0)Hubberston Fort
Castle2.1 miles from Angle
Photo: Peter Barr (CC BY-SA 2.0)West Blockhouse Fort
Castle3 miles from Angle
Attractions and days out near Angle
The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.
2.2 miles from Angle
Photo: Markus G. Klötzer (CC BY-SA 4.0)Torch Theatre & Cinema
AttractionPembrokeshire's producing theatre — its own professional company, plus cinema screens and a café-bar, five minutes from Milford Waterfront.
Founding Partner
- Website
- torchtheatre.co.uk
2.8 miles from Angle
Museums and galleries near Angle
Mostly indoors, which on this coast is a category of its own. Opening hours narrow sharply out of season, so ring before you drive.
Photo: Colin Bell (CC BY-SA 2.0)Chapel Bay Fort & Museum
MuseumA Victorian coastal fort at Angle restored by volunteers into a working museum of the Haven's defences — guns, ramparts, café and all.
- Website
- chapelbayfort.com
0.7 miles from Angle
Photo: Deborah Tilley (CC BY-SA 2.0)Milford Haven Museum
MuseumThe Docks, Milford Haven, SA73 3AF
- Website
- milfordhavenmuseum.co.uk
- Opening hours
- Today 10:30–16:00
2.7 miles from Angle
Nature reserves and viewpoints near Angle
Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.
Cobbler's Hole
ViewpointCliff viewpoint near St Ann's Head at the tip of the Dale peninsula — savagely folded rock strata that geology field trips cross Britain to sketch.
4 miles from Angle
Pwllcrochan Pond and Marshland
Nature reserve3 miles from Angle
Vomit Point
Viewpoint4 miles from Angle
Ancient and historic sites near Angle
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.
Gann Lime Kilns
Historic siteLime kilns on the Gann estuary flats between Dale and Musselwick — industrial archaeology amid the wading birds.
4 miles from Angle
Runway
Historic site5 miles from Angle
Activities, golf and the water near Angle
Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.
Clay Lane, Hubberston, SA73 3RX
- Phone
- +44 1646 697 822
- Website
- mhgc.co.uk
2.2 miles from Angle
Milford Marina
MarinaThe marina at Milford Waterfront — pontoons, bars and restaurants around the old fishing docks, with the Torch Theatre and town museum alongside.
2.7 miles from Angle
Beaches near Angle
Dogs all yearWest Angle Bay
Sand, outstanding rockpools and a café at the mouth of the Milford Haven waterway — the best low-tide beach for children in the county.
Dogs all yearLindsway Bay
A cliff-backed sandy bay near St Ishmaels that empties with the tide and is never busy even when it exists.
Dogs all yearGelliswick Bay
Milford Haven's own sheltered bay — shingle and sand on the waterway, home to the sailing club and a genuinely local beach.
Dogs all yearSandy Haven
A quiet estuary beach on the north shore of the waterway, with stepping stones across the pill that only work at low tide.
Dogs all yearMonk Haven
A pebble cove at the end of a wooded valley, guarded by a Victorian wall — one of the Haven's oldest landing places.
Dogs all yearFreshwater West
Wales's premier surf beach: huge Atlantic sands, dunes, film fame — and genuinely dangerous swimming. Walk it, surf it, respect it.
Compare every beach near Angle — dogs, lifeguards, parking →
Walks from Angle
West Angle Bay to Freshwater West
Round the exposed corner where the Haven meets the Atlantic, from a sheltered bay with a café to the wildest surf beach in Wales.
6 miles · 3–3½ hours · Moderate
Sandy Haven to Milford Haven
The path changes character completely: an easy half-day along the north shore of the Milford Haven waterway, timed around the tide at Sandy Haven, ending among the marina and museums of the town.
6 miles · 2½–3 hours · Easy
Freshwater West to Stack Rocks (the Castlemartin Range section)
The one stage of the Coast Path most walkers never do on the coast: the cliff route crosses a live firing range and the everyday alternative is inland.
7 miles · 3–3½ hours · Moderate