Pembrokeshire beach guides
Over fifty beaches ring this county. These guides tell you what the brochures don’t: where dogs are welcome in August, which car parks fill by ten, where not to swim, and which cottages put the sand within walking distance.
Dogs all yearBarafundle Bay
The golden cove with no road — half a mile's clifftop walk from Stackpole Quay, and regularly voted among Britain's best beaches.
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.
Dogs all yearMarloes Sands
A vast, wild strand of folded rock and clean sand — many regulars' pick for the most beautiful beach in Wales.
Whitesands Bay (Porth Mawr)
St Davids' big Blue Flag surf beach beneath Carn Llidi — sand, swell and sunsets at the end of Wales.
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 yearAmroth Beach
A long low-tide beach at the Coast Path's start, with a 7,000-year-old drowned forest under the sand and a year-round dog end.
Dogs all yearBroad Haven South
White sand, Church Rock offshore and the lily ponds behind — Bosherston's beautiful back door to the sea.
Coppet Hall
Saundersfoot's quieter neighbour through the first tunnel — parking, a serious café, and the same lovely sand.
Manorbier Bay
Red-tinged sand, a proper castle backdrop and a dependable beach break — the south coast's most characterful bay.
Dogs all yearNewgale Sands
Two miles of open sand and learner-friendly surf behind a great pebble bank — St Brides Bay's big beach.
Dogs all yearNewport Sands (Traeth Mawr)
The north's golden mile across the Nevern estuary — big sky, big sand, dogs welcome on the main sweep all year.
Dogs all yearPoppit Sands
The Coast Path's northern terminus: wide Teifi-estuary sands with dunes, lifeguards and dolphin chances offshore.
Saundersfoot Beach
Huge, safe, gently-shelving village sand — one of Wales's classic family beaches, with the harbour alongside.
Tenby North Beach
The postcard one: harbour, Goscar Rock and sheltered sand beneath the pastel town.
Dogs all yearTenby South Beach
A mile and a half of dune-backed sand towards Giltar Point, with Caldey Island floating offshore — Tenby's family workhorse.