
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.
There are 5 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.
Only one — Broad Haven — has RNLI lifeguard cover, and only in season. Everywhere else on this list, you're judging the water yourself.
Every beach here restricts dogs between May and September. Out of season the whole list opens up, which is why Pembrokeshire in October is full of dogs.
3 have a car park within half a mile. In July and August, arrive before ten or after four — Pembrokeshire beach car parks fill early and there is nowhere to overspill to.
| Beach | Distance | Dogs | Lifeguards | Car park | Toilets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broad Haven | 500 yards | Restricted in summer | In season | 400 m | 600 m |
| Little Haven | 500 yards | Restricted in summer | None | 350 m | 400 m |
| Druidston Haven | 1.8 miles | Restricted in summer | None | 450 m | None nearby |
| Nolton Haven | 3.0 miles | Restricted in summer | None | 0.9 km away | 0.9 km away |
| Sandy Haven | 5 miles | Restricted in summer | 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.

St Brides Bay's most useful family beach: wide flat sand, lifeguards in season, and everything you need within a minute of your towel.
A small tidal cove wrapped in a steep village of pubs and cottages — lovely at low water, gone completely at high tide.

A long, wild, cliff-backed strand between Broad Haven and Nolton — big sand at low water, almost no facilities, and very little parking.
A small, easy cove with parking right by the sand — the low-effort option on this stretch of St Brides Bay.
A quiet estuary beach on the north shore of the waterway, with stepping stones across the pill that only work at low tide.