Walks near Freshwater West
8 of our walks start within about 6 miles of Freshwater West — 57 miles of walking between them. The nearest starts in the village itself: Freshwater West to Stack Rocks (the Castlemartin Range section).
1 is a circular — park once, walk, end up back at the car. 6 are linear stages of the Coast Path, needing transport at both ends; 1 is there-and-back to something worth seeing.
2 are 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 Freshwater West. Every one has parking notes, an honest difficulty grade and a safety section on its own page.
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 Freshwater West
Stack Rocks to Freshwater East
The showpiece of the south coast — Elegug Stacks, Huntsman's Leap, the chapel in the cliff at St Govan's, Broad Haven South, Barafundle and Stackpole Quay in six and a half miles.
6.5 miles · 3–4 hours · Moderate
Starts 4 miles from Freshwater West
Stack Rocks, the Green Bridge of Wales and St Govan's Chapel
Flat clifftop limestone at the southern tip of Wales, with the best sea arch in the country and a 13th-century chapel wedged in a cleft.
4 miles · 2 hours each way · Easy
Starts 4 miles from Freshwater West
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 4 miles from Freshwater West
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 5 miles from Freshwater West
Distances are to the start of each walk, straight-line from the centre of Freshwater West. Several of these cross grazed clifftop with an unfenced drop — dogs on leads, and if cattle come at you while you’re holding one, let go. In an emergency anywhere near the coast, dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard.