Photo: Julian Cremona (CC BY-SA 2.0)Things to do in Marloes
Within about 5 miles of Marloes we list 13 places to go — 5 castles, 2 attractions, 2 nature reserves and viewpoints, 3 ancient and historic sites, plus 14 beaches and 6 walks.
The ones we've written up in full are Dale Fort, Skomer Island, Cobbler's Hole — start there if you only have a day.
There is nothing much indoors here, which matters in Pembrokeshire more than it sounds. If the forecast turns, the nearest wet-weather options are in the bigger towns — worth knowing before you build a week around this one.
Everything below is ordered by distance from Marloes, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Castles and ruins near Marloes
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: Julian Cremona (CC BY-SA 2.0)2.7 miles from Marloes
Broadmoor Rath
Castle2.9 miles from Marloes
Photo: Peter Barr (CC BY-SA 2.0)West Blockhouse Fort
Castle3 miles from Marloes
Photo: Thorne17 (CC BY-SA 4.0)Thorn Island Fort
Castle4 miles from Marloes
Photo: David Merrett from Daventry, England (CC BY 2.0)Stack Rock Fort
Castle5 miles from Marloes
Attractions and days out near Marloes
The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.
Skomer Island
AttractionOne of Europe's great seabird islands — puffins by the thousand April–July, boats from Martin's Haven (book ahead).
4 miles from Marloes
Pump House
Attraction1.6 miles from Marloes
Nature reserves and viewpoints near Marloes
Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.
Cobbler's Hole
ViewpointCliff viewpoint near St Ann's Head at the tip of the Dale peninsula — savagely folded rock strata that geology field trips cross Britain to sketch.
4 miles from Marloes
Vomit Point
Viewpoint3 miles from Marloes
Ancient and historic sites near Marloes
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.
Gann Lime Kilns
Historic siteLime kilns on the Gann estuary flats between Dale and Musselwick — industrial archaeology amid the wading birds.
1.5 miles from Marloes
The Harold Stone (Marloes)
Ancient siteStanding stone above the Marloes peninsula, traditionally raised to mark Harold Godwinson's victories over the Welsh — older than that story by two thousand years.
4 miles from Marloes
Runway
Historic site1.4 miles from Marloes
Activities, golf and the water near Marloes
Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.
The boat service from Martin's Haven that lands day visitors on Skomer — the crossing behind every puffin photograph you've seen.
- Website
- pembrokeshire-islands.co.uk
2.1 miles from Marloes
Beaches near Marloes
Dogs all yearMarloes Sands
A vast, wild strand of folded rock and clean sand — many regulars' pick for the most beautiful beach in Wales.
Dogs all yearMusselwick Sands
Marloes' north-facing beach: a good stretch of sand at low water, a steep path down, and a real risk of being cut off.
Dogs all yearWestdale Bay
Fifteen minutes' walk across the peninsula from Dale and a completely different sea — open Atlantic sand, and dangerous swimming.
Dogs all yearSt Brides Haven
A sheltered snorkelling cove with a Norman church at its back — the quiet start of the Marloes peninsula.
Dogs all yearDale Beach
The sailing village's sheltered shingle-and-sand beach on the Milford Haven waterway — flat water, boats and a pub on the front.
Dogs all yearMartin's Haven
The slipway for the Skomer boats rather than a beach — shingle, seals, and the gateway to Britain's first marine nature reserve.
Compare every beach near Marloes — dogs, lifeguards, parking →
Walks from Marloes
The Marloes Peninsula and Deer Park
Round the tip of the peninsula from one of Wales's best beaches to the boat slip for Skomer, with seals in the coves below.
6 miles · 3–4 hours · Moderate
St Brides Haven to Dale
The Marloes peninsula in one day: Musselwick Sands, the Skomer boats at Martin's Haven, the mile of Marloes Sands, then round St Ann's Head past the beach where Henry Tudor landed in 1485.
11 miles · 5–6 hours · Moderate
Dale to Sandy Haven
A gentle stage along the north shore of the Haven with two tidal stepping-stone crossings that will add four miles to your day if you get them wrong.
7 miles · 3½–4 hours · Moderate