Photo: Julian Cremona (CC BY-SA 2.0)Things to do in Dale
Within about 5 miles of Dale we list 13 places to go — 6 castles, 1 attraction, 2 nature reserves and viewpoints, 3 ancient and historic sites, plus 9 beaches and 5 walks.
There is nothing much indoors here, which matters in Pembrokeshire more than it sounds. If the forecast turns, the nearest wet-weather options are in the bigger towns — worth knowing before you build a week around this one.
Everything below is ordered by distance from Dale, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Castles and ruins near Dale
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: Julian Cremona (CC BY-SA 2.0)0.9 miles from Dale
Photo: Peter Barr (CC BY-SA 2.0)West Blockhouse Fort
Castle1.3 miles from Dale
Photo: Thorne17 (CC BY-SA 4.0)Thorn Island Fort
Castle2.5 miles from Dale
Photo: David Merrett from Daventry, England (CC BY 2.0)Stack Rock Fort
Castle3 miles from Dale
Tower House
Castle4 miles from Dale
Broadmoor Rath
Castle4 miles from Dale
Attractions and days out near Dale
The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.
Pump House
Attraction3 miles from Dale
Nature reserves and viewpoints near Dale
Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.
Vomit Point
Viewpoint1.4 miles from Dale
Cobbler's Hole
Viewpoint1.7 miles from Dale
Ancient and historic sites near Dale
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.
Gann Lime Kilns
Historic site0.7 miles from Dale
Runway
Historic site1.0 miles from Dale
Photo: Colin Bell (CC BY-SA 2.0)Chapel Bay Fort
Historic site3 miles from Dale
Activities, golf and the water near Dale
Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.
Clay Lane, Hubberston, SA73 3RX
- Phone
- +44 1646 697 822
- Website
- mhgc.co.uk
5 miles from Dale
Beaches near Dale
Dale Beach
The sailing village's sheltered shingle-and-sand beach on the Milford Haven waterway — flat water, boats and a pub on the front.
Westdale Bay
Fifteen minutes' walk across the peninsula from Dale and a completely different sea — open Atlantic sand, and dangerous swimming.
Mill Bay
The small shingle cove near St Ann's Head where Henry Tudor landed in 1485 on his way to Bosworth — history, not sunbathing.
Dogs all yearMarloes Sands
A vast, wild strand of folded rock and clean sand — many regulars' pick for the most beautiful beach in Wales.
Sandy Haven
A quiet estuary beach on the north shore of the waterway, with stepping stones across the pill that only work at low tide.
West Angle Bay
Sand, outstanding rockpools and a café at the mouth of the Milford Haven waterway — the best low-tide beach for children in the county.
Walks from Dale
Dale to Sandy Haven
A gentle stage along the north shore of the Haven with two tidal stepping-stone crossings that will add four miles to your day if you get them wrong.
7 miles · 3½–4 hours · Moderate
The Dale Peninsula and St Ann's Head
A full-day circuit of the peninsula that guards the mouth of the Milford Haven waterway, past a lighthouse, three forts and the beach where Henry Tudor landed.
8 miles · 4–5 hours · Moderate
The Marloes Peninsula and Deer Park
Round the tip of the peninsula from one of Wales's best beaches to the boat slip for Skomer, with seals in the coves below.
6 miles · 3–4 hours · Moderate