Photo: Thomas Nicholls (Public domain)Things to do in Lawrenny
Within about 5 miles of Lawrenny we list 34 places to go — 4 castles, 10 attractions, 3 museums and galleries, 1 nature reserve or viewpoint and 4 walks.
The ones we've written up in full are Carew Tidal Mill, Carew Castle & Tidal Mill, Oakwood Theme Park — start there if you only have a day.
For a wet day there are 3 indoor options nearby: Pembroke Museum, Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre, Carew Cheriton Control Tower. Opening hours shrink hard out of season.
Everything below is ordered by distance from Lawrenny, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Castles and ruins near Lawrenny
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.
Photo: Thomas Nicholls (Public domain)0.9 miles from Lawrenny
Benton Castle
Castle1.0 miles from Lawrenny
Photo: Gordon Hatton (CC BY-SA 2.0)Defensible Barracks
Castle4 miles from Lawrenny
Photo: Morris (Public domain)Picton Castle
Castle5 miles from Lawrenny
Attractions and days out near Lawrenny
The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.
Photo: Chris Allen (CC BY-SA 2.0)2.0 miles from Lawrenny
Photo: Karen Sawyer (CC BY-SA 4.0)Carew Castle & Tidal Mill
AttractionNorman castle turned Elizabethan mansion on the Carew river, with Wales's only restored tidal mill and a fine circular walk.
Dogs welcome
2.2 miles from Lawrenny
Oakwood Theme Park
AttractionWales's biggest theme park — Megafobia's wooden coaster remains the headline act.
3 miles from Lawrenny
Photo: Vale Holidays (CC BY 2.0)3 miles from Lawrenny
Photo: Monkeyrustler at English Wikipedia (Public domain)Pembroke Castle
AttractionWest Wales's mightiest fortress and birthplace of Henry VII — huge round keep, wall-walks and Wogan's Cavern beneath.
Dogs welcome
4 miles from Lawrenny
Photo: Garth Newton (CC BY-SA 2.0)Manor Wildlife Park
AttractionSA70 8RJ
- Website
- manorwildlifepark.co.uk
- Opening hours
- Today 10:00–18:00
5 miles from Lawrenny
Photo: LinguisticDemographer at English Wikipedia (Public domain)Croes Caeriw
Attraction2.3 miles from Lawrenny
Tink's Flying School
Attraction5 miles from Lawrenny
Treetops
Attraction5 miles from Lawrenny
Crocodile Coaster
Attraction5 miles from Lawrenny
Museums and galleries near Lawrenny
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 Lawrenny
Photo: Jaggery (CC BY-SA 2.0)4 miles from Lawrenny
Carew Cheriton Control Tower
Museum2.9 miles from Lawrenny
Nature reserves and viewpoints near Lawrenny
Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.
Jubilee Park and Nature Trail
Nature reserve5 miles from Lawrenny
Ancient and historic sites near Lawrenny
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.
Lawrenny Castle
Historic site800 yards from Lawrenny
Flamish Chimney
Historic site2.4 miles from Lawrenny
The Hanging Stone
Ancient site- Website
- megalithic.co.uk
3 miles from Lawrenny
Isambard Kingdom Brunell
Historic site3 miles from Lawrenny
Compass
Historic site3 miles from Lawrenny
King Henry VII
Historic site4 miles from Lawrenny
Boulston Church (remains of)
Historic site5 miles from Lawrenny
Manor House (Remains of)
Historic site5 miles from Lawrenny
Photo: ceridwen (CC BY-SA 2.0)Fort Scoveston (Disused)
Historic site5 miles from Lawrenny
Sister's House
Historic site5 miles from Lawrenny
Activities, golf and the water near Lawrenny
Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.
Brunel Quay, Neyland, SA73 1PY
Step-free access
- Phone
- +44 1646 601601
- Website
- yachthavens.com
3 miles from Lawrenny
4 miles from Lawrenny
4 miles from Lawrenny
Neyland Yacht Haven - Upper Basin
Marina3 miles from Lawrenny
Enterprise Cycles
Activities4 miles from Lawrenny
Dawn til Dusk
Golf4 miles from Lawrenny
Walks from Lawrenny
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
Pembroke Castle and the Mill Pond
A short, level loop round the water beneath one of the great castles of Britain, good for an hour with a pushchair or a dog.
2 miles · 1 hour · Easy
Freshwater East to Manorbier
A short, sharp stage between two good beaches, taking in a bay you can only reach on foot and finishing under a Norman castle.
4.5 miles · 2½ hours · Moderate