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Things to do in Haverfordwest

Within about 5 miles of Haverfordwest we list 25 places to go — 2 castles, 5 museums and galleries, 8 ancient and historic sites, 10 activities and operators and 1 walk.

For a wet day there are 5 indoor options nearby: Museum Store and Viewing Barn, The Creative Gallery, Haverfordwest Museum, Welsh spitfire museum, Scolton Manor Museum. Opening hours shrink hard out of season.

Everything below is ordered by distance from Haverfordwest, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.

Castles and ruins near Haverfordwest

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.

Haverfordwest Castle, PembrokeshirePhoto: Cered (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Haverfordwest Castle

Castle

100 yards from Haverfordwest

Picton Castle, PembrokeshirePhoto: Morris (Public domain)

Picton Castle

Castle

4 miles from Haverfordwest

Museums and galleries near Haverfordwest

Mostly indoors, which on this coast is a category of its own. Opening hours narrow sharply out of season, so ring before you drive.

4 miles from Haverfordwest

The Creative Gallery

Gallery

100 yards from Haverfordwest

Haverfordwest Museum, PembrokeshirePhoto: ceridwen (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Haverfordwest Museum

Museum

100 yards from Haverfordwest

Welsh spitfire museum

Museum

300 yards from Haverfordwest

Scolton Manor Museum, PembrokeshirePhoto: Garth Newton (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Scolton Manor Museum

Museum

5 miles from Haverfordwest

Ancient and historic sites near Haverfordwest

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 stones

Historic site

400 yards from Haverfordwest

Priordy Hwlffordd, PembrokeshirePhoto: ceridwen (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Priordy Hwlffordd

Historic site

700 yards from Haverfordwest

Prendergast Paper Mill

Historic site

1.4 miles from Haverfordwest

Boulston Church (remains of)

Historic site

2.7 miles from Haverfordwest

Manor House (Remains of)

Historic site

2.7 miles from Haverfordwest

King Arthur

Historic site

5 miles from Haverfordwest

Castell Cas-wis, PembrokeshirePhoto: Lucy Sheers (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Castell Cas-wis

Ancient site

5 miles from Haverfordwest

5 miles from Haverfordwest

Activities, golf and the water near Haverfordwest

Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.

200 yards from Haverfordwest

800 yards from Haverfordwest

0.7 miles from Haverfordwest

2.9 miles from Haverfordwest

4 miles from Haverfordwest

Brewers Army Surplus

Activities

300 yards from Haverfordwest

Haverfordwest Golf Club

Golf

Narberth Road, Haverfordwest

1.4 miles from Haverfordwest

Mayfieild Golf Centre

Golf

1.8 miles from Haverfordwest

Bunkers Hill Farm

Activities

4 miles from Haverfordwest

Dawn til Dusk

Golf

4 miles from Haverfordwest

Walks from Haverfordwest

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