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 with parking
Parking is the single thing that decides how a Pembrokeshire beach day goes. The county's coast is reached down single-track lanes ending in small car parks, and in July and August those car parks are full by mid-morning. There is nowhere to overspill to. People genuinely drive an hour, find a full car park, and drive home.
The beaches below all have a car park we've mapped within about half a mile. That's the good news. The realistic advice is unchanged: arrive before ten or after four, and have a second beach in mind.
National Trust car parks are free to members and worth the membership if you're here a week. Nearly all the others charge, and a few of the smallest are honesty boxes.
How this list was made: Beaches with a car park in our database within 800 metres, measured from the beach's own coordinates. 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. 22 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.
Nearest mapped car park 400 m · toilets 600 m
Dogs all yearMarloes Sands
A vast, wild strand of folded rock and clean sand — many regulars' pick for the most beautiful beach in Wales.
Nearest mapped car park 500 m · toilets 750 m
West Angle Bay
Sand, outstanding rockpools and a café at the mouth of the Milford Haven waterway — the best low-tide beach for children in the county.
Nearest mapped car park 50 m · toilets 150 m
Whitesands Bay (Porth Mawr)
St Davids' big Blue Flag surf beach beneath Carn Llidi — sand, swell and sunsets at the end of Wales.
Nearest mapped car park 100 m · toilets 150 m
Dogs all yearAbereiddi & the Blue Lagoon
Black sand, a flooded slate quarry of improbable blue-green, and coasteering's most famous jump-off.
Nearest mapped car park 150 m · toilets 150 m
Caerbwdi Bay
A small, stony, Coast-Path-only cove east of Caerfai — quiet, geological, and no use at all for sunbathing.
Nearest mapped car park 800 m
Caerfai Bay
St Davids' walk-to beach: purple-tinged sandstone cliffs, a steep flight of steps and clean sand at low water.
Nearest mapped car park 300 m
Coppet Hall
Saundersfoot's quieter neighbour through the first tunnel — parking, a serious café, and the same lovely sand.
Nearest mapped car park 300 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.
Nearest mapped car park 300 m · toilets 150 m
Druidston Haven
A long, wild, cliff-backed strand between Broad Haven and Nolton — big sand at low water, almost no facilities, and very little parking.
Nearest mapped car park 450 m
Freshwater East
A sheltered, dune-backed crescent facing south — easy parking, safe paddling and far fewer people than Tenby.
Nearest mapped car park 600 m · toilets 500 m
Goodwick Sands
A sheltered town beach in Fishguard Bay beside the ferry harbour — handy, calm, and a good dolphin-watching spot.
Nearest mapped car park 100 m · toilets 50 m
Little Haven
A small tidal cove wrapped in a steep village of pubs and cottages — lovely at low water, gone completely at high tide.
Nearest mapped car park 350 m · toilets 400 m
Manorbier Bay
Red-tinged sand, a proper castle backdrop and a dependable beach break — the south coast's most characterful bay.
Nearest mapped car park 550 m · toilets 450 m
Martin's Haven
The slipway for the Skomer boats rather than a beach — shingle, seals, and the gateway to Britain's first marine nature reserve.
Nearest mapped car park 100 m · toilets 50 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.
Nearest mapped 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.
Nearest mapped 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.
Nearest mapped car park 250 m · toilets 300 m
Stackpole Quay
Reputedly Britain's smallest harbour, with a National Trust car park, café and toilets — and the start of the walk to Barafundle.
Nearest mapped car park 350 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.
Nearest mapped car park 150 m · toilets 100 m
Tenby North Beach
The postcard one: harbour, Goscar Rock and sheltered sand beneath the pastel town.
Nearest mapped 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.
Nearest mapped 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
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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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Best Luxury Stay
Manorbier · Sleeps 4
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Elegant lodges with private hot tubs, fast Wi-Fi and EV charging at Manorbier, minutes from the castle, the beach and Tenby.
5.0 · 55 reviews on Hoseasons
from £685/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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