Tenby · Sleeps 8
Hot tubEV charger
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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Lifeguarded beaches in Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire has a lot of beaches and comparatively few lifeguards. The ones below are the beaches where the RNLI have historically provided seasonal cover — typically from late spring to early September, with reduced hours at the shoulders of the season.
That word seasonal is doing a lot of work. Cover has a first day and a last day each year, and outside those dates a lifeguarded beach is simply a beach. Check the RNLI's own listing for this year's dates before you rely on it.
Everywhere else — which is most of this coastline — you are on your own, and the water here is more serious than it looks. Freshwater West is beautiful and has killed people. Rips run at Newgale and Broad Haven on a big swell. If you swim outside the flags, swim where you can stand, go with someone, and remember that on this coast you dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard.
How this list was made: Beaches recorded as having RNLI seasonal lifeguard cover. 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 45 beaches we cover qualify.
Broad 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.
Seasonal RNLI cover · car park 400 m
Whitesands Bay (Porth Mawr)
St Davids' big Blue Flag surf beach beneath Carn Llidi — sand, swell and sunsets at the end of Wales.
Seasonal RNLI cover · car park 100 m
Dale Beach
The sailing village's sheltered shingle-and-sand beach on the Milford Haven waterway — flat water, boats and a pub on the front.
Seasonal RNLI cover · car park 300 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.
Seasonal RNLI cover · car park 150 m
Dogs all yearPoppit Sands
The Coast Path's northern terminus: wide Teifi-estuary sands with dunes, lifeguards and dolphin chances offshore.
Seasonal RNLI cover
Saundersfoot Beach
Huge, safe, gently-shelving village sand — one of Wales's classic family beaches, with the harbour alongside.
Seasonal RNLI cover · car park 250 m
Tenby North Beach
The postcard one: harbour, Goscar Rock and sheltered sand beneath the pastel town.
Seasonal RNLI cover · car park 350 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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Tenby · Sleeps 6
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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
Sea viewBeachfrontPool
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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Tenby · Sleeps 8
Hot tubBeach 10 min walk
Intimate luxury lodge escape at Penally, inside the National Park and a short walk from Tenby and its South Beach.
4.8 · 21 reviews on Hoseasons
from £785/week
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