Photo: Waterborough (CC BY-SA 3.0)Things to do in Cilgerran
Within about 5 miles of Cilgerran we list 26 places to go — 1 castle, 2 attractions, 1 museum or gallery, 3 nature reserves and viewpoints, plus 1 beach and 3 walks.
The ones we've written up in full are The Welsh Wildlife Centre, Y Felin — start there if you only have a day.
For a wet day there is 1 indoor option nearby: Tom Mathias Museum. Opening hours shrink hard out of season.
Everything below is ordered by distance from Cilgerran, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Castles and ruins near Cilgerran
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: Waterborough (CC BY-SA 3.0)300 yards from Cilgerran
Attractions and days out near Cilgerran
The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.
The Welsh Wildlife Centre
AttractionSA43 2TB
- Phone
- +44 1239 621 600
- Opening hours
- Today 10:00–16:00
1.4 miles from Cilgerran
Y Felin
AttractionMill Street, St Dogmaels, SA43 3DY
- Phone
- +44 1239 613999
- Website
- y-felin.com
2.7 miles from Cilgerran
Museums and galleries near Cilgerran
Mostly indoors, which on this coast is a category of its own. Opening hours narrow sharply out of season, so ring before you drive.
0.8 miles from Cilgerran
Nature reserves and viewpoints near Cilgerran
Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.
Coedmor National Nature Reserve
Nature reserve0.6 miles from Cilgerran
Photo: ceridwen (CC BY-SA 2.0)Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve
Nature reserve1.4 miles from Cilgerran
Pencelli Forest National Nature Reserve
Nature reserve5 miles from Cilgerran
Ancient and historic sites near Cilgerran
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.
Otter
Historic site1.5 miles from Cilgerran
Castell Felin-Ganol
Ancient site2.1 miles from Cilgerran
Castell Pen-yr-Allt
Ancient site2.5 miles from Cilgerran
St Dogfael
Historic site2.7 miles from Cilgerran
Photo: Llywelyn2000 (CC BY-SA 4.0)Abaty Llandudoch
Historic site2.7 miles from Cilgerran
The Mermaid of St Dogmaels
Historic site3 miles from Cilgerran
Maen Colman
Ancient site3 miles from Cilgerran
Pembrokeshire Coast Path Endmarker
Historic site3 miles from Cilgerran
Foxhill Round Barrow
Ancient site3 miles from Cilgerran
Pant-y-Groes Crugiau
Ancient site4 miles from Cilgerran
Castell Manian Fawr
Ancient site4 miles from Cilgerran
Court Moated Site
Ancient site4 miles from Cilgerran
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Activities, golf and the water near Cilgerran
Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.
1.4 miles from Cilgerran
Beaches near Cilgerran
Compare every beach near Cilgerran — dogs, lifeguards, parking →
Walks from Cilgerran
St Dogmaels to Poppit Sands
The official start of the Coast Path, and by far its gentlest stage: a flat two and a half miles down the Teifi estuary to a big sandy beach.
2.5 miles · 1–1¼ hours each way · Easy
Poppit Sands to Cemaes Head
The northern end of the Coast Path, and its highest cliffs. Hard work, few people, and dolphins offshore more often than not.
4 miles · 2½ hours each way · Strenuous
Ceibwr Bay to Newport
The wildest stage on the north coast: a collapsed sea cave, a long switchback over unfenced cliffs, and almost nobody else on it.
7 miles · 4½–5 hours · Strenuous