Photo: Jaggery (CC BY-SA 2.0)Cilgeti
A practical village at the gateway to south Pembrokeshire, with a railway station and the beaches at Amroth and Saundersfoot minutes away.
Kilgetty is where most people first turn off the main road into holiday Pembrokeshire, at the junction of the A477 and A478, and it is a functional place rather than a pretty one: shops, takeaways, a supermarket, a garage and housing along the road. Its virtues are practical and considerable. It has a railway station on the Pembroke Dock branch line, which makes a car-free holiday genuinely feasible; it has services you will actually use; and it is five to ten minutes from Amroth, Wiseman's Bridge, Saundersfoot and the Tenby road.
There is more history here than the frontage suggests. The village grew on coal and iron — the wooded valleys just north at Stepaside and Pleasant Valley hold the substantial ruins of an ironworks and colliery buildings, now a free-to-wander heritage site with woodland paths, and the old tramways that carried the coal to the coast are the walking routes that link Saundersfoot to Amroth through the shoreline tunnels.
For families the position is close to ideal: Folly Farm is a few minutes north, Heatherton within fifteen, Narberth's restaurants and shops fifteen, Tenby fifteen. Accommodation costs less than the equivalent on the seafront a mile or two away. The trade-off is that there is no beach, no sea view and a lot of through traffic in summer — you are buying convenience and value, not charm, and you should plan to walk or drive to the coast every day.
Holiday parks, lodges and caravan sites cluster around the village and towards Amroth and Stepaside, offering the best-value family accommodation in this corner of the county. Cottages and farm conversions in the lanes north towards Stepaside and Templeton give quieter surroundings with the same access.
At the A477/A478 junction, the main route into south Pembrokeshire. Kilgetty station is on the Pembroke Dock branch line with direct trains from Swansea and Carmarthen, and Saundersfoot and Tenby are the next stops along.
Kilgetty · Sleeps 4 · 2 beds
Set in a cul-de-sac in the village of Kilgetty with all the services you may require pubs shops supermarket takeaways and restaurants all within walking distance. Only a short drive from a host of attractions suitable for all ages such as Folly Farm Oakwood theme park Blue Lagoon
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Not after a cottage? 6 campsites and 6 caravan & holiday parks in and around Kilgetty — every one we hold a record for, from open data.
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Saundersfoot's quieter neighbour through the first tunnel — parking, a serious café, and the same lovely sand.
Huge, safe, gently-shelving village sand — one of Wales's classic family beaches, with the harbour alongside.
Dogs all yearSaundersfoot's quieter southern sands, past the harbour — same bay, fraction of the crowd.
Dogs all yearThe quiet middle beach on the Amroth–Saundersfoot tramway walk: pebbles at the top, wide firm sand below, pub on the sea front.
Dogs all yearA secluded sandy beach under Monkstone Point between Tenby and Saundersfoot — earned by a steep walk down through woods.
Dogs all yearA long low-tide beach at the Coast Path's start, with a 7,000-year-old drowned forest under the sand and a year-round dog end.
Compare all 10 beaches near Kilgetty — distance, dogs, lifeguards, parking →
Pubs, restaurants, cafés, attractions and activities in and around Kilgetty.
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Coffee stop in Kilgetty — a cwtch (that's a Welsh hug) in cup form by the crossroads.
Jeffreyston
Village pub at Jeffreyston, between Kilgetty and the Cleddau.
Carmarthen Road
Fish bar on the Kilgetty crossroads.
Carmarthen Road
Chinese takeaway on Carmarthen Road, Kilgetty.
Begelly bakery on the Kilgetty crossroads — bread and bakes on the road to Folly Farm.
The first stage of the Coast Path, through old coal country and tunnels cut for a tramway, ending inside Tenby's town walls.
7 miles · 3½–4 hours · Moderate
A flat, waymarked circuit of the millpond with a castle at one end and the only restored tidal mill in Wales at the other.
3 miles · 1½ hours · Easy
Limestone cliffs, a double cove with a rock arch, two military ranges to check, and an arrival into Tenby along South Beach.
7 miles · 3½–4 hours · Moderate
Every walk starting near Kilgetty — distance, ascent, parking →
6 car parks within about 3 km of the centre — 2 recorded as free, 3 as charging. Space counts and operators where they are recorded, and no invented prices.
Coppet Hall is the nearest we list, about 2.8km (1.7 miles) away, followed by Saundersfoot Beach (3.1km (1.9 miles)) and Glen Beach, Saundersfoot (3.1km (1.9 miles)). Distances are straight-line from the centre of the village, so allow more by road.
We list 5 pubs in and around Kilgetty, including Begelly Arms Hotel, Jeffreyston Inn and The Cross Inn. There are another 6 places to eat and drink nearby — cafés, restaurants and bars.
We map 3 car parks in and around Kilgetty. Coastal car parks fill early in July and August — arriving before 10am or after 4pm makes a real difference.
We list 4 shops and supermarkets in and around Kilgetty. Village shops keep short winter hours, so don't rely on one for a late arrival.
We currently list 8 places to stay in and around Kilgetty. We show prices and availability from the booking provider rather than holding our own, so what you see is what they have.
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Pembrokeshire's postcard town: pastel Georgian houses above three superb beaches, a working harbour and medieval walls — the classic Welsh seaside holiday.
Big sandy beach, busy little harbour and a proper seaside village centre — Tenby's more relaxed neighbour, three miles up the coast.
Britain's smallest city — a cathedral in a hollow, Whitesands Bay up the road, and the wildest, most beautiful corner of the national park all around.