Walks near Dale

8 of our walks start within about 6 miles of Dale — 62 miles of walking between them. The nearest starts in the village itself: Dale to Sandy Haven.

2 are circulars — park once, walk, end up back at the car. 6 are linear stages of the Coast Path, needing transport at both ends.

1 is graded easy. Grading here is about ascent, not distance — the Coast Path drops into every valley it meets and climbs straight back out.

Sorted by how far the start is from Dale. Every one has parking notes, an honest difficulty grade and a safety section on its own page.

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

Starts in the village

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

Starts in the village

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

Starts 1.7 miles from Dale

Sandy Haven to Milford Haven

The path changes character completely: an easy half-day along the north shore of the Milford Haven waterway, timed around the tide at Sandy Haven, ending among the marina and museums of the town.

6 miles · 2½–3 hours · Easy

Starts 2.6 miles from Dale

West Angle Bay to Freshwater West

Round the exposed corner where the Haven meets the Atlantic, from a sheltered bay with a café to the wildest surf beach in Wales.

6 miles · 3–3½ hours · Moderate

Starts 3 miles from Dale

St Brides Haven to Dale

The Marloes peninsula in one day: Musselwick Sands, the Skomer boats at Martin's Haven, the mile of Marloes Sands, then round St Ann's Head past the beach where Henry Tudor landed in 1485.

11 miles · 5–6 hours · Moderate

Starts 4 miles from Dale

Milford Haven to Pembroke

Up the waterway and across the Cleddau Bridge: Brunel's railway terminus at Neyland, the Royal Dockyard heritage of Pembroke Dock, and a finish beneath the castle where Henry VII was born.

12.5 miles · 5–6 hours · Moderate

Starts 6 miles from Dale

Broad Haven to St Brides Haven via Little Haven

A short stage with the best pub stop on the path a mile in, then quiet cliffs to a cove with a church almost on the beach.

5.5 miles · 3 hours · Moderate