Photo: ceridwen (CC BY-SA 2.0)Things to do in Dinas Cross
Within about 5 miles of Dinas Cross we list 42 places to go — 4 castles, 3 attractions, 1 museum or gallery, 2 nature reserves and viewpoints, plus 4 beaches and 5 walks.
The ones we've written up in full are Ffald-y-Brenin Christian Retreat Centre, Gwaun Valley Brewery — start there if you only have a day.
For a wet day there is 1 indoor option nearby: London House Gallery. Opening hours shrink hard out of season.
Everything below is ordered by distance from Dinas Cross, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Castles and ruins near Dinas Cross
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: ceridwen (CC BY-SA 2.0)2.7 miles from Dinas Cross
Newport Castle (site)
Castle2.8 miles from Dinas Cross
Fishguard Fort
Castle3 miles from Dinas Cross
Photo: Lucy Sheers (CC BY-SA 4.0)Nevern Castle
Castle4 miles from Dinas Cross
Attractions and days out near Dinas Cross
The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.
Ffald-y-Brenin Christian Retreat Centre
AttractionPontfaen, SA65 9UA
- Phone
- +44 1348 881419
- Website
- ffald-y-brenin.org
3 miles from Dinas Cross
3 miles from Dinas Cross
Ocean Lab
Attraction4 miles from Dinas Cross
Museums and galleries near Dinas Cross
Mostly indoors, which on this coast is a category of its own. Opening hours narrow sharply out of season, so ring before you drive.
London House Gallery
Gallery4 miles from Dinas Cross
Nature reserves and viewpoints near Dinas Cross
Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.
Dinas Head
Viewpoint1.7 miles from Dinas Cross
Gwaun Valley Waterfall
Viewpoint- Website
- howwetravel.co.uk
4 miles from Dinas Cross
Ancient and historic sites near Dinas Cross
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.
Saint Brynach's Belfry
Ancient site0.8 miles from Dinas Cross
Trellwyn Fawr Standing Stone
Ancient site2.0 miles from Dinas Cross
Parc-y-Meirw
Ancient site2.0 miles from Dinas Cross
Parc Maenhir
Ancient site2.0 miles from Dinas Cross
Carn Ffoi Hillfort
Ancient site2.2 miles from Dinas Cross
Photo: ceridwen (CC BY-SA 2.0)Newport Castle Ruins
Historic site2.7 miles from Dinas Cross
Carn Briw
Ancient site2.9 miles from Dinas Cross
Photo: Lis Burke (CC BY-SA 2.0)Carreg Coetan
Ancient site2.9 miles from Dinas Cross
Carn Llwyd
Ancient site3 miles from Dinas Cross
Carningli Hillfort Outer Enclosure
Ancient site3 miles from Dinas Cross
Castell Pengenin
Ancient site3 miles from Dinas Cross
Carningli Hillfort Middle Enclosure
Ancient site3 miles from Dinas Cross
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Activities, golf and the water near Dinas Cross
Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.
Newport Links Golf Gourse
Golf2.9 miles from Dinas Cross
Beaches near Dinas Cross
Cwm-yr-Eglwys
A tiny sheltered cove with the ruined bell tower of a storm-wrecked church standing on the beach — the most photographed spot on this coast.
Pwllgwaelod
A small sheltered cove on the west side of Dinas Island, with parking, a pub and the easiest good walk in north Pembrokeshire.
Dogs all yearNewport Sands (Traeth Mawr)
The north's golden mile across the Nevern estuary — big sky, big sand, dogs welcome on the main sweep all year.
Goodwick Sands
A sheltered town beach in Fishguard Bay beside the ferry harbour — handy, calm, and a good dolphin-watching spot.
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Walks from Dinas Cross
Dinas Island Head
A short, steep circuit of a headland that isn't quite an island, with the ruin of a storm-wrecked church at one end and a beach pub at the other.
3 miles · 1½–2 hours · Moderate
The Gwaun Valley Woodland Walk
A sheltered walk through ancient oak woodland in a glacial meltwater channel, in a valley that still keeps the old New Year in January.
3.5 miles · 1½–2 hours · Easy
Newport to Fishguard
A long day linking two towns, over Dinas Head or through the valley behind it, finishing in the harbour where Under Milk Wood was filmed.
12 miles · 6–7 hours · Strenuous