Photo: Gordon Hatton (CC BY-SA 2.0)A small wooded cove with a restored lime kiln, five minutes' walk from Dale towards St Ann's Head.
Castlebeach is Dale's nearest secret: follow the Coast Path south from the village for a few minutes and this small cove appears below, shingle and rock with sand towards low water, a stream, a beautifully restored lime kiln at its head, and trees down to the shore — a rarity on this coast. It faces into the sheltered waterway, so its water is often mirror-calm when the Atlantic side of the peninsula is heaving.
It suits the first or last swim of a Dale day, a quiet picnic away from the watersports bustle, or simply the turnaround point of an evening stroll. No facilities; everything is back in Dale. Continue south instead and Watwick Bay's white sand waits twenty minutes on — the two coves together are the peninsula's gentlest afternoon.
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.
Dale, SA62 3RB
Three-hundred-year-old pub on Dale's sea wall at the mouth of the Haven — lobster from pots in the bay, Bluestone ales and its own amber beer, and the last pub standing of a village that once had fifteen.
700m away · about 10 min walk
750m away · about 10 min walk
Brookside, St Ishmaels, SA62 3TE
Village pub at St Ishmaels on the Dale peninsula — hygiene score shown as published.
2.7km away
Nearest forecast point: The Haven
dry for the next few hours, around 13°C, gusting to 26 mph — hold on to the windbreak.
01:00
13°
Fair
W 26 mph
02:00
12°
Clear
W 26 mph
03:00
12°
Clear
NW 25 mph
04:00
12°
Clear
NW 24 mph
05:00
12°
Clear
NW 24 mph
06:00
12°
Fair
NW 23 mph
07:00
12°
Clear
NW 23 mph
08:00
12°
Clear
NW 24 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.
The light goes gold from about 17:57, 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.
Dale Roads · about 1 miles away
High water
06:37
Sat 10 Oct · 7.0m
Low water
12:49
Sat 10 Oct · 0.6m
High water
18:54
Sat 10 Oct · 7.2m
Low water
01:11
Sun 11 Oct · 0.6m
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.
Natural Resources Wales
NRW notes water quality here can be affected by heavy rain — worth remembering the day after a downpour.
This is a designated bathing water, sampled by Natural Resources Wales through the May–September season. Official record (Open Government Licence v3.0, © Natural Resources Wales). Classification as published when we last checked, 2026-08-21 — the official record always has the latest.
OpenStreetMap
One car park within a mile of the sand. The nearest is about 850m away — roughly a 15-minute walk if you park there and carry everything in.
Not recorded · about 129 spaces · Pembrokeshire County Council
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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Dogs welcome all year — no seasonal restriction under Pembrokeshire County Council's summer beach bans.
The nearest car park we map is Dale, about 850m away (£1.50 an hour, £3 for two hours, £4.50 for four, £6 for 24 hours, £30 a week. seasonal charging.).
Yes — public toilets are mapped about 750m from the beach. Seasonal opening is normal on the Pembrokeshire coast, so treat winter as uncertain.
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