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Things to do in Cresswell Quay

Within about 5 miles of Cresswell Quay we list 40 places to go — 3 castles, 23 attractions, 1 museum or gallery, 6 nature reserves and viewpoints and 4 walks.

The ones we've written up in full are Oakwood Theme Park, Carew Tidal Mill, Carew Castle & Tidal Mill — start there if you only have a day.

For a wet day there is 1 indoor option nearby: Carew Cheriton Control Tower. Opening hours shrink hard out of season.

Everything below is ordered by distance from Cresswell Quay, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.

Castles and ruins near Cresswell Quay

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.

Upton Castle, PembrokeshirePhoto: Thomas Nicholls (Public domain)

Upton Castle

Castle

2.2 miles from Cresswell Quay

Benton Castle

Castle

2.7 miles from Cresswell Quay

Picton Castle, PembrokeshirePhoto: Morris (Public domain)

Picton Castle

Castle

5 miles from Cresswell Quay

Attractions and days out near Cresswell Quay

The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.

1.2 miles from Cresswell Quay

1.9 miles from Cresswell Quay

1.9 miles from Cresswell Quay

4 miles from Cresswell Quay

4 miles from Cresswell Quay

4 miles from Cresswell Quay

4 miles from Cresswell Quay

5 miles from Cresswell Quay

Croes Caeriw, PembrokeshirePhoto: LinguisticDemographer at English Wikipedia (Public domain)

Croes Caeriw

Attraction

1.9 miles from Cresswell Quay

Tink's Flying School

Attraction

4 miles from Cresswell Quay

Crocodile Coaster

Attraction

4 miles from Cresswell Quay

Skull Rock

Attraction

4 miles from Cresswell Quay

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Museums and galleries near Cresswell Quay

Mostly indoors, which on this coast is a category of its own. Opening hours narrow sharply out of season, so ring before you drive.

Carew Cheriton Control Tower

Museum

2.4 miles from Cresswell Quay

Nature reserves and viewpoints near Cresswell Quay

Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.

Jubilee Park and Nature Trail

Nature reserve

3 miles from Cresswell Quay

Red Panda

Viewpoint

4 miles from Cresswell Quay

Rhino

Viewpoint

4 miles from Cresswell Quay

Meerkat

Viewpoint

4 miles from Cresswell Quay

Giraffe

Viewpoint

4 miles from Cresswell Quay

Lions

Viewpoint

4 miles from Cresswell Quay

Ancient and historic sites near Cresswell Quay

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.

Flamish Chimney

Historic site

1.9 miles from Cresswell Quay

Lawrenny Castle

Historic site

2.2 miles from Cresswell Quay

Newton North Church

Historic site

4 miles from Cresswell Quay

Sister's House

Historic site

4 miles from Cresswell Quay

Black Pool Mill

Ancient site

5 miles from Cresswell Quay

5 miles from Cresswell Quay

Winding House

Historic site
Opening hours
Open at all times

5 miles from Cresswell Quay

Walks from Cresswell Quay

Carew Castle, the Tidal Mill and the Millpond, Pembrokeshire

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, Pembrokeshire

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

Manorbier to Tenby via Skrinkle and Lydstep, Pembrokeshire

Manorbier to Tenby via Skrinkle and Lydstep

Limestone cliffs, a double cove with a rock arch, two military ranges to check, and an arrival into Tenby along South Beach.

7 miles · 3½–4 hours · Moderate

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