Things to do in Mathry

Castles and ruins near Mathry

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.

Attractions and days out near Mathry

The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.

Museums and galleries near Mathry

Mostly indoors, which on this coast is a category of its own. Opening hours narrow sharply out of season, so ring before you drive.

Nature reserves and viewpoints near Mathry

Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.

Ancient and historic sites near Mathry

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.

Beaches near Mathry

Abermawr

A storm-built pebble bank with woodland and marsh behind, and firm sand appearing only at low tide — quiet, moody and rarely busy.

Aber Draw, Trefin

The rocky cove below Trefin, with the ruined mill on the shore — a five-minute walk from the village and no sand to speak of.

Traeth Llyfn

A big sandy cove between Abereiddi and Porthgain, reached by a steel staircase bolted to the cliff — and cut off at high tide.

Dogs all year

Abereiddi & the Blue Lagoon

Black sand, a flooded slate quarry of improbable blue-green, and coasteering's most famous jump-off.

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Walks from Mathry

Porthgain to Whitesands Bay

From an industrial harbour past the Blue Lagoon and round the wild north side of the St Davids peninsula to the county's most popular beach.

8 miles · 4½–5 hours · Moderate

Pwll Deri to Trefin

Ten empty miles of low cliff and storm beach between two of the quietest corners of the coast, with a Victorian railway scheme that never happened.

10 miles · 5½–6½ hours · Strenuous

Abereiddi to Porthgain and the Blue Lagoon

A short, spectacular cliff walk between two abandoned quarry harbours, past the flooded slate pit everyone photographs.

3 miles · 1½ hours each way · Easy

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