Photo: Lucy Sheers (CC BY-SA 4.0)Things to do in Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Within about 5 miles of Nevern (Nanhyfer) we list 61 places to go — 3 castles, 6 attractions, 4 nature reserves and viewpoints, 47 ancient and historic sites, plus 3 beaches and 8 walks.
The ones we've written up in full are Castell Henllys Iron Age Village, Pentre Ifan, Beddrod Siambr Pentre Ifan — 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 Nevern (Nanhyfer), with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Castles and ruins near Nevern (Nanhyfer)
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: Lucy Sheers (CC BY-SA 4.0)200 yards from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Newport Castle (site)
Castle1.6 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Photo: ceridwen (CC BY-SA 2.0)Newport Castle
Castle1.8 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Attractions and days out near Nevern (Nanhyfer)
The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.
Photo: Ruth Jowett (CC BY-SA 2.0)Castell Henllys Iron Age Village
AttractionReconstructed Iron Age roundhouses on their original site — costumed history that children genuinely love.
2.3 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Photo: Trehywel (CC BY-SA 4.0)Pentre Ifan
AttractionWales's most photogenic Neolithic burial chamber — a 16-tonne capstone balanced on points, with Carn Ingli behind.
Dogs welcomeStep-free access
- Opening hours
- Open at all times
2.3 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Photo: Trehywel (CC BY-SA 4.0)Beddrod Siambr Pentre Ifan
Attraction- Opening hours
- Open at all times
2.3 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Dyfed Shire Horse Farm
AttractionEglwyswrw, SA41 3SY
- Phone
- +44 1239 891107
- Website
- dyfed-shires.co.uk
4 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Ffald-y-Brenin Christian Retreat Centre
AttractionPontfaen, SA65 9UA
- Phone
- +44 1348 881419
- Website
- ffald-y-brenin.org
4 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Pwll y Wrach / Witch's Cauldron
Attraction3 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Nature reserves and viewpoints near Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.
Photo: ceridwen (CC BY-SA 2.0)Tŷ Canol National Nature Reserve
Nature reserve2.3 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Pencelli Forest National Nature Reserve
Nature reserve3.0 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Gwaun Valley Waterfall
Viewpoint- Website
- howwetravel.co.uk
4 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Dinas Head
Viewpoint5 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Ancient and historic sites near Nevern (Nanhyfer)
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.
Trellyffaint Burial Chamber & Standing Stone
Ancient site1.4 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Castell y Garn Defended Enclosure
Ancient site1.5 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Photo: Lis Burke (CC BY-SA 2.0)Carreg Coetan
Ancient site1.5 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Carn Ingli Round Barrows
Ancient site1.8 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Photo: ceridwen (CC BY-SA 2.0)Newport Castle Ruins
Historic site1.8 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Carn Ingli Barrow Cemetery
Ancient site1.9 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Carn Llwyd
Ancient site1.9 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Pant-y-Groes Round Barrow
Ancient site2.0 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Llech-y-Tribedd
Ancient site2.1 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Carningli Hillfort Lower Platform
Ancient site2.2 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Carningli Hillfort Upper Platform
Ancient site2.2 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Carningli Hillfort Inner Enclosure
Ancient site2.3 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
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Activities, golf and the water near Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.
Newport Links Golf Gourse
Golf1.5 miles from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Beaches near Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Dogs all yearNewport Sands (Traeth Mawr)
The north's golden mile across the Nevern estuary — big sky, big sand, dogs welcome on the main sweep all year.
Cwm-yr-Eglwys
A tiny sheltered cove with the ruined bell tower of a storm-wrecked church standing on the beach — the most photographed spot on this coast.
Ceibwr Bay
Not a sandy beach at all — a rocky inlet below Moylegrove with folded cliffs, seals, and the Witches' Cauldron a walk away.
Compare every beach near Nevern (Nanhyfer) — dogs, lifeguards, parking →
Walks from Nevern (Nanhyfer)
Carn Ingli from Newport
Straight up from the town onto a 337m crag covered by an Iron Age hillfort, with the whole of Newport Bay laid out below.
5 miles · 3 hours · Moderate
Newport to Fishguard
A long day linking two towns, over Dinas Head or through the valley behind it, finishing in the harbour where Under Milk Wood was filmed.
12 miles · 6–7 hours · Strenuous
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