Things to do in Kilgetty
Within about 5 miles of Kilgetty we list 49 places to go — 4 castles, 18 attractions, 9 museums and galleries, 6 nature reserves and viewpoints, plus 8 beaches and 2 walks.
The ones we've written up in full are Folly Farm Adventure Park & Zoo, Heatherton World of Activities, Oakwood Theme Park — start there if you only have a day.
For a wet day there are 6 indoor options nearby: Tenby Museum & Art Gallery, Tudor Merchant's House, Wilson Museum, History of Coal Mining, Llewellyn's Gallery, Guy Manning's Art Room. Opening hours shrink hard out of season.
Everything below is ordered by distance from Kilgetty, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Castles and ruins near Kilgetty
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.
1.2 miles from Kilgetty
Photo: Stuart Logan (CC BY-SA 2.0)Amroth Castle
Castle2.9 miles from Kilgetty
Photo: TenbyIsland.co.uk (CC0)St Catherine's Fort
Castle4 miles from Kilgetty
Photo: WestWalesP (CC BY-SA 3.0)Narberth Castle
Castle4 miles from Kilgetty
Attractions and days out near Kilgetty
The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.
Folly Farm Adventure Park & Zoo
AttractionBegelly, Kilgetty, SA68 0XA
Zoo, vintage funfair and indoor play — the county's rainy-day banker and a full family day out.
- Phone
- +44 1834 812731
1.3 miles from Kilgetty
4 miles from Kilgetty
Oakwood Theme Park
AttractionWales's biggest theme park — Megafobia's wooden coaster remains the headline act.
4 miles from Kilgetty
4 miles from Kilgetty
Photo: Garth Newton (CC BY-SA 2.0)Manor Wildlife Park
AttractionSA70 8RJ
- Website
- manorwildlifepark.co.uk
- Opening hours
- Today 10:00–18:00
4 miles from Kilgetty
Vintage Funfair
AttractionStep-free access
0.9 miles from Kilgetty
Photo: GlennHewer (CC BY-SA 3.0)Blue Lagoon
Attraction5 miles from Kilgetty
The Sights of London
Attraction5 miles from Kilgetty
Tink's Flying School
Attraction5 miles from Kilgetty
Witch Hunt
Attraction5 miles from Kilgetty
Jolly Roger
Attraction5 miles from Kilgetty
Witches' Brew
Attraction5 miles from Kilgetty
Showing the 12 closest of 18.
Museums and galleries near Kilgetty
Mostly indoors, which on this coast is a category of its own. Opening hours narrow sharply out of season, so ring before you drive.
Photo: Dragonwing88 (CC BY-SA 3.0)4 miles from Kilgetty
Tudor Merchant's House
MuseumQuay Hill, Tenby, SA70 7BX
- Phone
- +44 16 4662 3110
- Website
- nationaltrust.org.uk
4 miles from Kilgetty
Wilson Museum
MuseumChurch Street
Step-free access
- Phone
- +44 1834 860500
- Website
- narberthmuseum.co.uk
- Opening hours
- Today 10:00–17:15
5 miles from Kilgetty
History of Coal Mining
Museum1.7 miles from Kilgetty
Llewellyn's Gallery
Gallery4 miles from Kilgetty
Guy Manning's Art Room
Gallery4 miles from Kilgetty
The Habour Gallery
Gallery4 miles from Kilgetty
David J P Morgan
Gallery4 miles from Kilgetty
The Naomi Tydeman Gallery
Gallery4 miles from Kilgetty
Nature reserves and viewpoints near Kilgetty
Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.
Giraffe
Viewpoint0.9 miles from Kilgetty
Lions
Viewpoint1.0 miles from Kilgetty
Meerkat
Viewpoint1.1 miles from Kilgetty
Red Panda
Viewpoint1.2 miles from Kilgetty
Rhino
Viewpoint1.2 miles from Kilgetty
Jubilee Park and Nature Trail
Nature reserve2.2 miles from Kilgetty
Ancient and historic sites near Kilgetty
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.
Stepaside Ironworks
Historic site1.1 miles from Kilgetty
Winding House
Historic site- Opening hours
- Open at all times
1.3 miles from Kilgetty
Pembrokeshire Coast Path Endmarker
Historic site3 miles from Kilgetty
Trelessy Defended Enclosure
Ancient site3 miles from Kilgetty
Time Sequence
Historic site4 miles from Kilgetty
Activities, golf and the water near Kilgetty
Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.
4 miles from Kilgetty
5 miles from Kilgetty
Heron's Brook
Golf4 miles from Kilgetty
Trespass
Activities4 miles from Kilgetty
Tenby Sailing Club
Marina4 miles from Kilgetty
Idos Surfstyle Accessories
Activities5 miles from Kilgetty
Trefloyne Park Golf Club
Golf5 miles from Kilgetty
Beaches near Kilgetty
Coppet Hall
Saundersfoot's quieter neighbour through the first tunnel — parking, a serious café, and the same lovely sand.
Saundersfoot Beach
Huge, safe, gently-shelving village sand — one of Wales's classic family beaches, with the harbour alongside.
Wiseman's Bridge
The quiet middle beach on the Amroth–Saundersfoot tramway walk: pebbles at the top, wide firm sand below, pub on the sea front.
Monkstone Beach
A secluded sandy beach under Monkstone Point between Tenby and Saundersfoot — earned by a steep walk down through woods.
Dogs all yearAmroth Beach
A 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.
Tenby North Beach
The postcard one: harbour, Goscar Rock and sheltered sand beneath the pastel town.
Compare every beach near Kilgetty — dogs, lifeguards, parking →
Walks from Kilgetty
Amroth to Tenby
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
Carew Castle, the Tidal Mill and the Millpond
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