Walks near Neyland

5 of our walks start within about 6 miles of Neyland — 38 miles of walking between them. The nearest starts 2.8 miles away: Pembroke to West Angle Bay.

2 are circulars — park once, walk, end up back at the car. 3 are linear stages of the Coast Path, needing transport at both ends.

2 are graded easy. Grading here is about ascent, not distance — the Coast Path drops into every valley it meets and climbs straight back out.

Sorted by how far the start is from Neyland. Every one has parking notes, an honest difficulty grade and a safety section on its own page.

Pembroke to West Angle Bay

The longest and least-walked stage: quiet shores of the Pembroke River, the industrial edge of the waterway, then the birdlife of Angle Bay and the forts at the harbour mouth.

13.5 miles · 6–7 hours · Moderate

Starts 2.8 miles from Neyland

Pembroke Castle and the Mill Pond

A short, level loop round the water beneath one of the great castles of Britain, good for an hour with a pushchair or a dog.

2 miles · 1 hour · Easy

Starts 2.9 miles from Neyland

Milford Haven to Pembroke

Up the waterway and across the Cleddau Bridge: Brunel's railway terminus at Neyland, the Royal Dockyard heritage of Pembroke Dock, and a finish beneath the castle where Henry VII was born.

12.5 miles · 5–6 hours · Moderate

Starts 4 miles from Neyland

Carew Castle, the Tidal Mill and the Millpond

A flat, waymarked circuit of the millpond with a castle at one end and the only restored tidal mill in Wales at the other.

3 miles · 1½ hours · Easy

Starts 5 miles from Neyland

Freshwater West to Stack Rocks (the Castlemartin Range section)

The one stage of the Coast Path most walkers never do on the coast: the cliff route crosses a live firing range and the everyday alternative is inland.

7 miles · 3–3½ hours · Moderate