Tenby · Sleeps 8
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Lakeside luxury lodges at St Florence, a few miles inland from Tenby, with private verandas and hot tubs overlooking the water.
4.9 · 219 reviews on Hoseasons
from £509/week
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Pembrokeshire beaches for families
Every guide will tell you a beach is "great for families". Almost none tell you whether you can park, whether there's a toilet, and whether anyone is watching the water. Those three things decide the day.
So this page is mechanical rather than lyrical: the beaches below have lifeguard cover in season, a car park within half a mile, and toilets within half a mile. All three. That's a short list, and it's the honest one.
It also means some genuinely wonderful family beaches are missing — Barafundle is superb with older children and has none of the three. The list is a starting point for the day when you're doing it with a toddler, a wind break and a car full of gear, not a ranking of which beaches are nicest.
How this list was made: Beaches meeting all three tests: recorded RNLI seasonal lifeguard cover, a car park within 800 metres, and toilets within 800 metres. It is worked out from our own data every time this page is built, not maintained by hand — so it stays in step with the individual beach guides. 8 of the 64 beaches we cover qualify.
Dogs all yearBroad Haven
St Brides Bay's most useful family beach: wide flat sand, lifeguards in season, and everything you need within a minute of your towel.
Lifeguards in season · car park 400 m · toilets 600 m
Whitesands Bay (Porth Mawr)
St Davids' big Blue Flag surf beach beneath Carn Llidi — sand, swell and sunsets at the end of Wales.
Lifeguards in season · car park 100 m · toilets 150 m
Dogs all yearNewgale Sands
Two miles of open sand and learner-friendly surf behind a great pebble bank — St Brides Bay's big beach.
Lifeguards in season · car park 150 m · toilets 150 m
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.
Lifeguards in season · car park 350 m · toilets 350 m
Saundersfoot Beach
Huge, safe, gently-shelving village sand — one of Wales's classic family beaches, with the harbour alongside.
Lifeguards in season · car park 250 m · toilets 300 m
Tenby Castle Beach
The small beach between Castle Hill and St Catherine's Island — rockpools, the lifeboat station, and a low-tide walk to the fort.
Lifeguards in season · car park 150 m · toilets 100 m
Tenby North Beach
The postcard one: harbour, Goscar Rock and sheltered sand beneath the pastel town.
Lifeguards in season · car park 350 m · toilets 200 m
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.
Lifeguards in season · car park 450 m · toilets 500 m
Where to stay near these beaches
Places we’ve linked to one or more of the beaches above.
Best Sea View
Tenby · Sleeps 4
Hot tubSea view
Family-run boutique glamping on a headland inside the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, with sea views along the coastline near Tenby.
4.8 · 51 reviews on Hoseasons
from £495/week
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Tenby · Sleeps 4
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Handbuilt micro-lodges tucked into wild meadows and farmland a stone's throw from the south Pembrokeshire coast, near Tenby.
4.9 · 15 reviews on Hoseasons
from £435/week
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Newport (Trefdraeth) · Sleeps 4
Holiday park in 55 acres of riverside parkland around a historic manor house, a mile from Newport and its beach on the north coast.
4.8 · 41 reviews on Hoseasons
from £325/week
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Tenby · Sleeps 6
Hot tubEV charger
Yurts, treehouses, hideaways and geodomes reached by a woodland path at St Florence, a few miles from Tenby.
4.6 · 38 reviews on Hoseasons
from £479/week
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Best for Families
Manorbier · Sleeps 8
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Beach village with direct access onto the private sands of Lydstep Haven, an indoor pool and sweeping bay views between Tenby and Manorbier.
4.0 · 1 review on Hoseasons
from £629/week
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