Things to do in Maenclochog
Within about 5 miles of Maenclochog we list 27 places to go — 1 attraction, 1 museum or gallery, 2 nature reserves and viewpoints, 22 ancient and historic sites and 2 walks.
The ones we've written up in full are Foel Eryr, Gwaun Valley Waterfall — start there if you only have a day.
For a wet day there is 1 indoor option nearby: Penrhos Cottage. Opening hours shrink hard out of season.
Everything below is ordered by distance from Maenclochog, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Attractions and days out near Maenclochog
The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.
3 miles from Maenclochog
Museums and galleries near Maenclochog
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: pennyghael2 (CC BY-SA 2.0)1.9 miles from Maenclochog
Nature reserves and viewpoints near Maenclochog
Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.
Foel Eryr
ViewpointPreseli summit with a toposcope at 1,535 ft — on a clear day the panorama runs from Snowdonia to Ireland; a short sharp pull up from the Bwlch Gwynt road.
2.9 miles from Maenclochog
Gwaun Valley Waterfall
ViewpointSmall waterfall in the deep oakwoods of the Gwaun — a quiet cascade stop along the valley's lanes and paths.
- Website
- howwetravel.co.uk
5 miles from Maenclochog
Ancient and historic sites near Maenclochog
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.
Maenclochog Castle
Historic siteCastle mound at Maenclochog village — the small Norman toehold in the Welsh-held Preselis.
800 yards from Maenclochog
Photo: Dylan Moore (CC BY-SA 2.0)Banc Du Causewayed Enclosure
Ancient siteOne of the oldest Neolithic gathering places known in Wales — a causewayed enclosure on the Banc Du ridge, nearly 6,000 years old; earthworks for the trained eye, immensity for everyone.
2.2 miles from Maenclochog
Photo: Helge Klaus Rieder (CC0)Gors Fawr Stone Circle
Ancient siteWales's most complete small stone circle, standing free on open moor below the Preselis near Mynachlog-ddu — sixteen stones, no fence, no fee, ponies for company.
4 miles from Maenclochog
Tafarn-y-Bwlch
Ancient sitePair of leaning standing stones by the old drovers' pass over the Preselis — small, ancient, and exactly where a traveller would want a waymark.
4 miles from Maenclochog
Waun Mawn
Ancient siteThe moorland site made famous by the theory that a dismantled circle here supplied Stonehenge's first bluestones — a windswept, evocative spot on the Preseli ridge for those who like their archaeology contested.
4 miles from Maenclochog
Photo: Andrew Howey (CC BY-SA 2.0)Bedd Arthur
Ancient site'Arthur's Grave' — an oval setting of low stones on the Preseli ridge facing the bluestone outcrops of Carn Menyn; one of several places Wales buries Arthur.
4 miles from Maenclochog
Linda Noris Gallery
Historic site600 yards from Maenclochog
Elizabeth Haines Studios
Historic site1.5 miles from Maenclochog
Castell-y-Fuwch
Ancient site3 miles from Maenclochog
Castell Mound
Ancient site4 miles from Maenclochog
Waun Mawn W
Ancient site4 miles from Maenclochog
Waun Mawn Standing Stone
Ancient site4 miles from Maenclochog
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Activities, golf and the water near Maenclochog
Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.
Photo: Dylan Moore (CC BY-SA 2.0)Llys-y-frân Lake & Activity Centre
ActivitiesThe county's big freshwater playground — a reservoir under the Preselis with bike trails, watersports hire, fishing and a lakeside café.
- Website
- llys-y-fran.co.uk
3 miles from Maenclochog
Walks from Maenclochog
Foel Cwmcerwyn and the Preseli Ridge
The highest ground in Pembrokeshire, with Bronze Age cairns on top and the Stonehenge bluestone outcrops along the ridge to the east.
4.5 miles · 2½–3 hours · Moderate
Llys-y-frân Reservoir Circular
A full circuit of Pembrokeshire's biggest reservoir on woodland and lakeside paths, with a short surfaced section by the dam for easier legs.
7.5 miles · 3½–4 hours · Moderate
The Gwaun Valley Woodland Walk
A sheltered walk through ancient oak woodland in a glacial meltwater channel, in a valley that still keeps the old New Year in January.
3.5 miles · 1½–2 hours · Easy