Photo: WestWalesP (CC BY-SA 3.0)Narberth Castle
CastleThe free ruin at the bottom of Narberth high street — small, open access, and central to the Mabinogion's oldest tales.
Things to do in Narberth
Within about 5 miles of Narberth we list 33 places to go — 2 castles, 18 attractions, 1 museum or gallery, 5 nature reserves and viewpoints.
The ones we've written up in full are Narberth Castle, Castell Llanhuadain, The Queens Hall, Narberth — start there if you only have a day.
For a wet day there is 1 indoor option nearby: Narberth Museum. Opening hours shrink hard out of season.
Everything below is ordered by distance from Narberth, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Castles and ruins near Narberth
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: WestWalesP (CC BY-SA 3.0)100 yards from Narberth
Photo: Liamohara at English Wikipedia (CC BY 2.5)2.9 miles from Narberth
Attractions and days out near Narberth
The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.
The Queens Hall, Narberth
AttractionNarberth's live-music and arts venue on the High Street — a gig room with a serious booking history for a town this size.
- Website
- thequeenshall.org.uk
300 yards from Narberth
Photo: Colin Smith (CC BY-SA 2.0)Blackpool Mill
AttractionA landmark 1813 water mill on the Eastern Cleddau, rescued and reopened in 2023 as a heritage dining destination — worth the visit for the building alone.
- Website
- bluestonewales.com
3 miles from Narberth
Folly Farm Adventure Park & Zoo
AttractionBegelly, Kilgetty, SA68 0XA
Zoo, vintage funfair and indoor play — the county's rainy-day banker and a full family day out.
- Phone
- +44 1834 812731
3 miles from Narberth
A working-farm adventure park near Slebech — woodland trails, play areas, animals and Wales's most cheerful frisbee-golf course.
- Website
- clerkenhill.co.uk
4 miles from Narberth
Photo: GlennHewer (CC BY-SA 3.0)Blue Lagoon
Attraction2.6 miles from Narberth
Bluestone
Attraction2.6 miles from Narberth
The Creepy Crawler
Attraction2.8 miles from Narberth
Witches' Brew
Attraction2.8 miles from Narberth
Witch Hunt
Attraction2.8 miles from Narberth
Vertigo
Attraction2.8 miles from Narberth
Bobsleigh
Attraction2.9 miles from Narberth
The Sights of London
Attraction2.9 miles from Narberth
Showing the 12 closest of 18.
Museums and galleries near Narberth
Mostly indoors, which on this coast is a category of its own. Opening hours narrow sharply out of season, so ring before you drive.
Narberth Museum
MuseumChurch Street, Narberth
Narberth's story told inside the town's old Bonded Stores — castle model, working model railway, a recreated Victorian street and a Mabinogion storytelling glade — with a free bookshop and coffee shop attached.
Step-free access
- Phone
- +44 1834 860500
- Website
- narberthmuseum.co.uk
- Opening hours
- Today 10:00–17:15
0 yards from Narberth
Nature reserves and viewpoints near Narberth
Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.
Rhino
Viewpoint4 miles from Narberth
Red Panda
Viewpoint4 miles from Narberth
Meerkat
Viewpoint4 miles from Narberth
Lions
Viewpoint4 miles from Narberth
Giraffe
Viewpoint4 miles from Narberth
Ancient and historic sites near Narberth
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.
Newton North Church
Historic siteAbandoned medieval church alone in the fields near Templeton — roofless, atmospheric, and reachable by footpath.
2.8 miles from Narberth
The Sisters' House, Minwear
Historic siteRuin of a medieval hospice in the Minwear woods above the Cleddau — pilgrims rested here on the way west; walkers on the Knights' Way still do.
5 miles from Narberth
Stepaside Ironworks
Historic siteVictorian ironworks and colliery ruins in the wooded valley behind Wisemans Bridge — furnace walls and tramways on the path where coal once rolled to Saundersfoot harbour.
5 miles from Narberth
Hospice (remains of)
Historic site3 miles from Narberth
Castell Gwyn
Ancient site5 miles from Narberth
Activities, golf and the water near Narberth
Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.
Heron's Brook
GolfRelaxed 9-hole approach-golf course at Heron's Brook, Narberth — pay-and-play family golf beside the retreat's lodges.
800 yards from Narberth
Idos Surfstyle Accessories
Activities200 yards from Narberth
