Photo: Lucy Sheers (CC BY-SA 4.0)Things to do in Broad Haven
Within about 5 miles of Broad Haven we list 4 places to go — 2 castles, 1 attraction, 1 activity operator, plus 5 beaches and 2 walks.
There is nothing much indoors here, which matters in Pembrokeshire more than it sounds. If the forecast turns, the nearest wet-weather options are in the bigger towns — worth knowing before you build a week around this one.
Everything below is ordered by distance from Broad Haven, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Castles and ruins near Broad Haven
Pembrokeshire has more castles per mile than almost anywhere in Britain, because for four hundred years it was a frontier. Some are ticketed and roofed; some are a gatehouse in a field with nobody taking money.
Photo: Lucy Sheers (CC BY-SA 4.0)5 miles from Broad Haven
Broadmoor Rath
Castle2.7 miles from Broad Haven
Attractions and days out near Broad Haven
The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.
Pump House
Attraction4 miles from Broad Haven
Activities, golf and the water near Broad Haven
Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.
East Nolton Riding Stables
Activities2.7 miles from Broad Haven
Beaches near Broad Haven
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.
Little Haven
A small tidal cove wrapped in a steep village of pubs and cottages — lovely at low water, gone completely at high tide.
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.
Nolton Haven
A small, easy cove with parking right by the sand — the low-effort option on this stretch of St Brides Bay.
Dogs all yearNewgale Sands
Two miles of open sand and learner-friendly surf behind a great pebble bank — St Brides Bay's big beach.
Compare every beach near Broad Haven — dogs, lifeguards, parking →
Walks from Broad Haven
Broad Haven to St Brides Haven via Little Haven
A short stage with the best pub stop on the path a mile in, then quiet cliffs to a cove with a church almost on the beach.
5.5 miles · 3 hours · Moderate
Newgale to Broad Haven
Along the top of St Brides Bay past the ruins of a colliery that mined coal out under the sea, with four beaches on the way.
7 miles · 3½–4 hours · Moderate
Dale to Sandy Haven
A gentle stage along the north shore of the Haven with two tidal stepping-stone crossings that will add four miles to your day if you get them wrong.
7 miles · 3½–4 hours · Moderate