Things to do in Fishguard & Goodwick
Within about 5 miles of Fishguard & Goodwick we list 19 places to go — 1 castle, 4 attractions, 1 museum or gallery, 3 nature reserves and viewpoints, plus 3 beaches and 4 walks.
The ones we've written up in full are Gwaun Valley Brewery, Strumble Head Lighthouse — 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 Fishguard & Goodwick, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Castles and ruins near Fishguard & Goodwick
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.
0.6 miles from Fishguard & Goodwick
Attractions and days out near Fishguard & Goodwick
The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.
4 miles from Fishguard & Goodwick
Strumble Head Lighthouse
AttractionWave-battered lighthouse islet — the best land-based porpoise watching in Wales, especially on a flooding tide.
Dogs welcome
5 miles from Fishguard & Goodwick
Ocean Lab
Attraction0.7 miles from Fishguard & Goodwick
Carregwasted Point
Attraction2.9 miles from Fishguard & Goodwick
Museums and galleries near Fishguard & Goodwick
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
Gallery200 yards from Fishguard & Goodwick
Nature reserves and viewpoints near Fishguard & Goodwick
Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.
Dinas Head
Viewpoint4 miles from Fishguard & Goodwick
Corsydd Llangloffan National Nature Reserve
Nature reserve5 miles from Fishguard & Goodwick
Llangloffan Fen National Nature Reserve
Nature reserve5 miles from Fishguard & Goodwick
Ancient and historic sites near Fishguard & Goodwick
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.
Gorsedd Circle
Ancient site500 yards from Fishguard & Goodwick
Fishguard Herring
Historic siteStep-free access
900 yards from Fishguard & Goodwick
Garnwnda Burial Chamber
Ancient site1.8 miles from Fishguard & Goodwick
Carreg Samson
Ancient site1.9 miles from Fishguard & Goodwick
Carregwestad Point
Historic site2.8 miles from Fishguard & Goodwick
Parc-y-Meirw
Ancient site2.8 miles from Fishguard & Goodwick
Trellwyn Fawr Standing Stone
Ancient site3.0 miles from Fishguard & Goodwick
Parc Maenhir
Ancient site3 miles from Fishguard & Goodwick
Saint Brynach's Belfry
Ancient site4 miles from Fishguard & Goodwick
Summerton Camp
Ancient site5 miles from Fishguard & Goodwick
Beaches near Fishguard & Goodwick
Goodwick Sands
A sheltered town beach in Fishguard Bay beside the ferry harbour — handy, calm, and a good dolphin-watching spot.
Pwllgwaelod
A small sheltered cove on the west side of Dinas Island, with parking, a pub and the easiest good walk in north Pembrokeshire.
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.
Compare every beach near Fishguard & Goodwick — dogs, lifeguards, parking →
Walks from Fishguard & Goodwick
Fishguard to Pwll Deri via Strumble Head
The best cetacean-watching coast in Wales, the place the French invaded in 1797, and a long rough stretch between the two.
13 miles · 7–8 hours · Strenuous
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
Pwll Deri to Trefin
Ten empty miles of low cliff and storm beach between two of the quietest corners of the coast, with a Victorian railway scheme that never happened.
10 miles · 5½–6½ hours · Strenuous