Photo: Alan Hughes (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Aberbach

Abermawr's little sister — a shingle-banked cove one headland north, shared mostly with oystercatchers.

Aberbach is what you find if you keep walking when everyone else stops at Abermawr: a smaller cove over the northern headland, pebble bank at the back, sand appearing as the tide drops, and very rarely another soul. The two coves share the same story — the shingle banks were thrown up by the great storm of 1859 — and the same peaceful, woods-behind-the-beach feel.

There are no facilities of any kind and the lane parking is a verge, not a car park, so come on foot along the Coast Path if you can (fifteen minutes from Abermawr). Swimming is possible on calm days over the sand at lower tides; the shingle shelves quickly. This is a beach for a flask and a book rather than a family encampment, which is exactly its point.

Where to eat and drink near Aberbach

The nearest pubs, cafés and restaurants, closest first. Walking times are rough estimates on lane and cliff path — check opening hours before you rely on one.

Siop Fach Tearoom and Collectables

Café

SA62 5HB

Hygiene 5/5

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400m away · about 5 min walk

Photo: Alan Hughes (CC BY-SA 2.0)

The Farmers Arms

Pub

SA62 5HB

Hygiene 4/5

Phone: +44 1348 831284

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400m away · about 5 min walk

Things to do near Aberbach

Llangloffan Fen National Nature Reserve — 1.3km
Preseli Venture — 1.5km
Corsydd Llangloffan National Nature Reserve — 2.1km
Carreg Samson — 3.8km

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The next few hours

Nearest forecast point: Fishguard

dry for the next few hours, around 13°C, gusting to 27 mph — hold on to the windbreak.

01:00
13°
Clear
W 27 mph
02:00
13°
Clear
W 27 mph
03:00
13°
Clear
W 27 mph
04:00
12°
Clear
W 26 mph
05:00
12°
Fair
W 26 mph
06:00
12°
Clear
W 25 mph
07:00
12°
Clear
NW 26 mph
08:00
12°
Clear
NW 26 mph

Forecast from MET Norway, used under CC BY 4.0. It's a forecast for the nearest of six points across the county, not for this exact spot — on a coast this shaped, one headland can be in sun and the next in rain.

Light today at Aberbach

Sunrise: 07:35
Sunset: 18:42
Daylight: 11h 7m

The light goes gold from about 17:56, and this beach faces the sunset.

Calculated for these coordinates, accurate to a minute or so. A cliff or a headland to your west will take the sun sooner than this suggests.

Tides near Aberbach

Porthgain · about 4 miles away

Low water
01:33
Sat 10 Oct · 0.7m
High water
07:30
Sat 10 Oct · 4.5m
Low water
13:44
Sat 10 Oct · 0.7m
High water
19:46
Sat 10 Oct · 4.6m

Predicted times from the UK Hydrographic Office. Wind and pressure shift real water levels, and the tide at a specific cove can run earlier or later than its port. Never plan a tidal crossing on this alone.

Parking at Aberbach

OpenStreetMap

One car park within a mile of the sand, 1 of them free. The nearest is about 1.2km (0.8 miles) away — roughly a 20-minute walk if you park there and carry everything in.

Unnamed car park, Mathry
Free · about 8 spaces
1.2km (0.8 miles)

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Distances are straight-line from the beach, so the walk is usually longer — and on this coast it is often downhill on the way there. Charges and space counts come from OpenStreetMap contributors and can go out of date; we don’t print prices, because the map records whether a car park charges, not how much. In July and August the popular ones fill by mid-morning.

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Aberbach: common questions

Can I take a dog to Aberbach?

Dogs welcome all year — no seasonal restriction under Pembrokeshire County Council's summer beach bans.

Where do you park for Aberbach?

The nearest car park we map is Car park, about 1.2km (0.8 miles) away (free).

Are there toilets at Aberbach?

We don't have public toilets mapped within a mile of Aberbach. Assume there are none and plan around it.

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