Broad Haven · 500 yards from Little Haven
St Brides Bay's most useful family beach: wide flat sand, lifeguards in season, and everything you need within a minute of your towel.
Beaches near Little Haven
There are 8 beaches within about 5 miles of Little Haven. The closest is Broad Haven, 500 yards away as the crow flies — further by road, because almost everything here is further by road.
2 of them have seasonal RNLI lifeguard cover: Broad Haven and Nolton Haven. Cover has a first and last day each year, so check the RNLI's own dates before you rely on it.
7 welcome dogs all year across the whole beach (Little Haven, Druidston Haven, Nolton Haven and 4 others); 1 is zoned — one end open all year, the bathing area restricted in season (Broad Haven). Signs at the access points are the authority, not us.
Parking is the constraint: only 3 have a mapped car park within half a mile, and in July and August those fill by mid-morning.
| Beach | Distance | Dogs | Lifeguards | Car park | Toilets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broad Haven | 500 yards | Part of beach all year | In season | 400 m | 600 m |
| Little Haven | 500 yards | All year | None | 350 m | 400 m |
| Druidston Haven | 1.8 miles | All year | None | 450 m | None nearby |
| Nolton Haven | 3.0 miles | All year | In season | 0.9 km away | 0.9 km away |
| St Brides Haven | 4 miles | All year | None | 0.9 km away | 1.0 km away |
| Lindsway Bay | 5 miles | All year | None | 1.8 km away | None nearby |
| Monk Haven | 5 miles | All year | None | 1.9 km away | None nearby |
| Sandy Haven | 5 miles | All year | None | 1.8 km away | None nearby |
Dog restrictions and lifeguard dates are set locally and do change. The signs at the beach access points are the authority — not this table.
Each of them, briefly
Little Haven · 500 yards from Little Haven
A small tidal cove wrapped in a steep village of pubs and cottages — lovely at low water, gone completely at high tide.
Druidston Haven · 1.8 miles from Little Haven
A long, wild, cliff-backed strand between Broad Haven and Nolton — big sand at low water, almost no facilities, and very little parking.
Nolton Haven · 3.0 miles from Little Haven
A small, easy cove with parking right by the sand — the low-effort option on this stretch of St Brides Bay.
St Brides Haven · 4 miles from Little Haven
A sheltered snorkelling cove with a Norman church at its back — the quiet start of the Marloes peninsula.
Lindsway Bay · 5 miles from Little Haven
A cliff-backed sandy bay near St Ishmaels that empties with the tide and is never busy even when it exists.
Monk Haven · 5 miles from Little Haven
A pebble cove at the end of a wooded valley, guarded by a Victorian wall — one of the Haven's oldest landing places.
Sandy Haven · 5 miles from Little Haven
A quiet estuary beach on the north shore of the waterway, with stepping stones across the pill that only work at low tide.
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