Walks near Castlemartin
8 of our walks start within about 6 miles of Castlemartin — 55 miles of walking between them. The nearest starts 2.1 miles away: Stack Rocks to Freshwater East.
2 are circulars — park once, walk, end up back at the car. 5 are linear stages of the Coast Path, needing transport at both ends; 1 is there-and-back to something worth seeing.
2 are graded easy. Grading here is about ascent, not distance — the Coast Path drops into every valley it meets and climbs straight back out.
Sorted by how far the start is from Castlemartin. Every one has parking notes, an honest difficulty grade and a safety section on its own page.
Stack Rocks to Freshwater East
The showpiece of the south coast — Elegug Stacks, Huntsman's Leap, the chapel in the cliff at St Govan's, Broad Haven South, Barafundle and Stackpole Quay in six and a half miles.
6.5 miles · 3–4 hours · Moderate
Starts 2.1 miles from Castlemartin
Stack Rocks, the Green Bridge of Wales and St Govan's Chapel
Flat clifftop limestone at the southern tip of Wales, with the best sea arch in the country and a 13th-century chapel wedged in a cleft.
4 miles · 2 hours each way · Easy
Starts 2.1 miles from Castlemartin
Freshwater West to Stack Rocks (the Castlemartin Range section)
The one stage of the Coast Path most walkers never do on the coast: the cliff route crosses a live firing range and the everyday alternative is inland.
7 miles · 3–3½ hours · Moderate
Starts 3 miles from Castlemartin
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
Starts 4 miles from Castlemartin
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
Starts 4 miles from Castlemartin
Barafundle Bay and the Bosherston Lily Ponds
The best short walk in south Pembrokeshire: a cliff path to Barafundle, then inland along three flooded limestone valleys full of lilies.
5 miles · 2½–3½ hours · Moderate
Starts 4 miles from Castlemartin
Distances are to the start of each walk, straight-line from the centre of Castlemartin. Several of these cross grazed clifftop with an unfenced drop — dogs on leads, and if cattle come at you while you’re holding one, let go. In an emergency anywhere near the coast, dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard.