Things to do in Croesgoch

Castles and ruins near Croesgoch

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.

Attractions and days out near Croesgoch

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

Museums and galleries near Croesgoch

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

Nature reserves and viewpoints near Croesgoch

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

Ancient and historic sites near Croesgoch

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.

Abereiddy Promontory Fort

Ancient site

1.9 miles from Croesgoch

Tre-Maen-Hir Standing Stone

Ancient site

2.1 miles from Croesgoch

Melin Trefin Mill

Historic site

2.1 miles from Croesgoch

Trefin Quarry

Historic site

2.3 miles from Croesgoch

Solva Gribbin Fort

Ancient site

4 miles from Croesgoch

Porth-y-Rhaw Camp

Ancient site

4 miles from Croesgoch

Porth y Bwch Defended Enclosure

Ancient site

Website

coflein.gov.uk

4 miles from Croesgoch

Photo: Richard Law (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Caerfai Camp

Ancient site

5 miles from Croesgoch

Photo: Robert Edwards (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Bishop's Palace

Historic site

Opening hours

Mar-Jun: Mo–Su 09:30–17:00 · Jul-Aug: Mo–Su 09:30–18:00

5 miles from Croesgoch

Activities, golf and the water near Croesgoch

Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.

Beaches near Croesgoch

Traeth Llyfn

A big sandy cove between Abereiddi and Porthgain, reached by a steel staircase bolted to the cliff — and cut off at high tide.

Dogs all year

Abereiddi & the Blue Lagoon

Black sand, a flooded slate quarry of improbable blue-green, and coasteering's most famous jump-off.

Aber Draw, Trefin

The rocky cove below Trefin, with the ruined mill on the shore — a five-minute walk from the village and no sand to speak of.

Abermawr

A storm-built pebble bank with woodland and marsh behind, and firm sand appearing only at low tide — quiet, moody and rarely busy.

Caerbwdi Bay

A small, stony, Coast-Path-only cove east of Caerfai — quiet, geological, and no use at all for sunbathing.

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

Walks from Croesgoch

Porthgain to Whitesands Bay

From an industrial harbour past the Blue Lagoon and round the wild north side of the St Davids peninsula to the county's most popular beach.

8 miles · 4½–5 hours · Moderate

Abereiddi to Porthgain and the Blue Lagoon

A short, spectacular cliff walk between two abandoned quarry harbours, past the flooded slate pit everyone photographs.

3 miles · 1½ hours each way · Easy

Solva to Newgale

A relentlessly up-and-down stage between a drowned-valley harbour and a two-mile shingle beach. Short on paper, hard on the legs.

5 miles · 3 hours · Strenuous

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