Photo: Thomas Nicholls (Public domain)Upton Castle Gardens
CastleThirty-five acres of gardens and arboretum around a private medieval castle on the Cleddau — the county's quietest fine garden.
- Website
- uptoncastle.com
Things to do in Carew
Within about 5 miles of Carew we list 28 places to go — 3 castles, 9 attractions, 3 museums and galleries, 1 nature reserve or viewpoint, plus 7 beaches and 5 walks.
The ones we've written up in full are Upton Castle Gardens, Manorbier Castle, Carew Tidal Mill — start there if you only have a day.
For a wet day there are 3 indoor options nearby: Carew Cheriton Control Tower, Pembroke Museum, Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre. Opening hours shrink hard out of season.
Everything below is ordered by distance from Carew, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Castles and ruins near Carew
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: Thomas Nicholls (Public domain)1.5 miles from Carew
Photo: Tony Grant (CC BY-SA 2.0)Manorbier Castle
CastleThe Norman castle above Manorbier beach — birthplace of Gerald of Wales, who called this 'the pleasantest spot in Wales', and it's hard to argue.
- Website
- manorbiercastle.co.uk
4 miles from Carew
Benton Castle
Castle3.0 miles from Carew
Attractions and days out near Carew
The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.
Photo: Chris Allen (CC BY-SA 2.0)100 yards from Carew
Photo: Karen Sawyer (CC BY-SA 4.0)Carew Castle & Tidal Mill
AttractionNorman castle turned Elizabethan mansion on the Carew river, with Wales's only restored tidal mill and a fine circular walk.
Dogs welcome
300 yards from Carew
Photo: Vale Holidays (CC BY 2.0)2.3 miles from Carew
Photo: Garth Newton (CC BY-SA 2.0)Manor Wildlife Park
AttractionSt Florence, SA70 8RJ
Fifty-two-acre conservation-led wildlife park near Tenby — walk-through lemur and wallaby enclosures, Sumatran tigers, rhinos and red pandas, styled as Wales's only walking safari.
- Website
- manorwildlifepark.co.uk
- Opening hours
- Today 10:00–18:00
3 miles from Carew
Heatherton World of Activities
AttractionTenby
Free-entry, pay-as-you-play activity park at St Florence — around thirty activities from adventure golf and go-karts to a zipline and a tree-tops course, and properly dog-friendly.
Dogs welcome
- Website
- heatherton.co.uk
3 miles from Carew
Great Wedlock Farm & Deer Park
AttractionDeer-park safaris and rewilded farmland on the estate behind Tenby's Dinosaur Park — the gentle, real-animal half of the same day out.
4 miles from Carew
The Dinosaur Park
AttractionTenby
Twenty-six acres of park and woodland at Gumfreston with over ninety life-size dinosaurs, a mile-long trail and dozens of rides and activities included in one ticket.
- Website
- thedinosaurpark.co.uk
4 miles from Carew
Photo: Monkeyrustler at English Wikipedia (Public domain)Pembroke Castle
AttractionWest Wales's mightiest fortress and birthplace of Henry VII — huge round keep, wall-walks and Wogan's Cavern beneath.
Hygiene 5/5Dogs welcome
4 miles from Carew
Photo: LinguisticDemographer at English Wikipedia (Public domain)Croes Caeriw
Attraction500 yards from Carew
Museums and galleries near Carew
Mostly indoors, which on this coast is a category of its own. Opening hours narrow sharply out of season, so ring before you drive.
A restored WWII airfield control tower beside Carew — volunteer-run, packed with wartime detail, and moving in a way big museums rarely manage.
0.8 miles from Carew
4 miles from Carew
Photo: Jaggery (CC BY-SA 2.0)5 miles from Carew
Nature reserves and viewpoints near Carew
Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.
Jubilee Park and Nature Trail
Nature reserve3 miles from Carew
Ancient and historic sites near Carew
Burial chambers, standing stones, holy wells and iron-age forts. Most are on open land with no gate and no charge; a few sit on working farms, so use the marked access.
Lawrenny Castle
Historic siteSite of Lawrenny Castle, the great Victorian mansion demolished in the 1950s — the terraced viewpoint above the Cleddau survives, and it's some view.
2.5 miles from Carew
Henry VII Statue, Pembroke
Historic siteStatue of Pembroke's most famous son beneath the castle where he was born in 1457 — the Tudor dynasty started here.
4 miles from Carew
Photo: Waterborough (CC BY-SA 3.0)King's Quoit
Ancient siteDolmen on the headland at Manorbier, capstone raised over the bay — passed by the Coast Path and improved by every sunset.
4 miles from Carew
Brunel Statue, Neyland
Historic siteStatue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel at Neyland marina — the town was the great engineer's Atlantic railway terminus, and the waterfront trail tells the story.
5 miles from Carew
Greenala Point Iron Age Fort
Ancient siteGreat banked promontory fort at Greenala Point on the Stackpole coast — the Coast Path between Stackpole Quay and Freshwater East runs through its ramparts.
- Website
- coflein.gov.uk
5 miles from Carew
Flamish Chimney
Historic site700 yards from Carew
Compass
Historic site5 miles from Carew
Activities, golf and the water near Carew
Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.
Outer Reef Surf School
ActivitiesLong-running surf school teaching the south county's beaches — lessons, camps and coasteering out of Pembroke.
- Website
- outerreefsurfschool.com
4 miles from Carew
Celtic Haven
GolfClifftop resort at Lydstep with a short golf course, spa and cottages — nine holes with sea views over Caldey.
4 miles from Carew
Parkland 18 holes in the wooded Ritec valley behind Tenby, with a well-liked bar-restaurant — the area's main inland course.
5 miles from Carew
Brunel Quay, Neyland, SA73 1PY
Step-free access
- Phone
- +44 1646 601601
- Website
- yachthavens.com
5 miles from Carew
The upper, tidal basin of Neyland's marina on the Cleddau — boats, Brunel history and the start of the riverside trail.
5 miles from Carew
Beaches near Carew
Dogs all yearFreshwater East
A sheltered, dune-backed crescent facing south — easy parking, safe paddling and far fewer people than Tenby.
Dogs all yearSwanlake Bay
A sandy bay between Freshwater East and Manorbier with no road access at all — usually empty, and entirely tide-dependent.
Dogs all yearManorbier Bay
Red-tinged sand, a proper castle backdrop and a dependable beach break — the south coast's most characterful bay.
Dogs all yearLydstep Haven
A wide sheltered south-facing bay between Tenby and Manorbier, sitting inside a private holiday park — check access before you go.
Dogs all yearChurch Doors Cove
The gothic rock arch next to Skrinkle Haven — a tiny cove framed by one of the most photographed formations in the county.
Dogs all yearSkrinkle Haven
Two limestone coves split by the Church Doors arch, reached by a long steel staircase — spectacular, awkward and tide-dependent.
Compare every beach near Carew — dogs, lifeguards, parking →
Walks from Carew
Carew Castle, the Tidal Mill and the Millpond
A flat, waymarked circuit of the millpond with a castle at one end and the only restored tidal mill in Wales at the other.
3 miles · 1½ hours · Easy
Pembroke Castle and the Mill Pond
A short, level loop round the water beneath one of the great castles of Britain, good for an hour with a pushchair or a dog.
2 miles · 1 hour · Easy
Pembroke to West Angle Bay
The longest and least-walked stage: quiet shores of the Pembroke River, the industrial edge of the waterway, then the birdlife of Angle Bay and the forts at the harbour mouth.
13.5 miles · 6–7 hours · Moderate