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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 Cilgerran Castle, 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.

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.

1.4 miles from Cilgerran

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.

1.4 miles from Cilgerran

5 miles from Cilgerran

Coedmor National Nature Reserve

Nature reserve

0.6 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.

2.7 miles from Cilgerran

3 miles from Cilgerran

3 miles from Cilgerran

Otter

Historic site

1.5 miles from Cilgerran

Castell Felin-Ganol

Ancient site

2.1 miles from Cilgerran

Castell Pen-yr-Allt

Ancient site

2.5 miles from Cilgerran

St Dogfael

Historic site

2.7 miles from Cilgerran

Maen Colman

Ancient site

3 miles from Cilgerran

Foxhill Round Barrow

Ancient site

3 miles from Cilgerran

Pant-y-Groes Crugiau

Ancient site

4 miles from Cilgerran

Castell Manian Fawr

Ancient site

4 miles from Cilgerran

Court Moated Site

Ancient site

4 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

Poppit Sands, PembrokeshireDogs all year

Poppit Sands

The Coast Path's northern terminus: wide Teifi-estuary sands with dunes, lifeguards and dolphin chances offshore.

Compare every beach near Cilgerran — dogs, lifeguards, parking →

Walks from Cilgerran

St Dogmaels to Poppit Sands, Pembrokeshire

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 Ceibwr Bay

The first real test of the path: up over Cemaes Head onto some of the highest sea cliffs of the whole 186 miles, then along a wild, empty top with no way off until Ceibwr.

6 miles · 3–4 hours · Strenuous

Poppit Sands to Cemaes Head, Pembrokeshire

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

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