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Quay Cottage
Bosherston & Stackpole, Pembrokeshire · sleeps 4 · 2 bedrooms
A National-Trust-neighbourhood stone cottage in Stackpole village, positioned for the county's best early-morning trick: Barafundle Bay via Stackpole Quay before the first car park arrivals, sea to yourself, back for second breakfast. The Stackpole Inn — one of Wales's most decorated dining pubs — is literally across the lane.
Two neat bedrooms, wood burner, drying porch for coast-path days, and a walled garden dogs can't unlock. The lily ponds, Broad Haven South and St Govan's Chapel fill the rest of the week without moving the car more than ten minutes.
Why we recommend it
Location is the entire luxury here: nobody else's cottage puts Barafundle, the lily ponds and a great dining pub all within a walk. Book winter for otter-spotting odds at the ponds.
Chosen by our editors for the reasons below — not by an algorithm or payment.
Best for: couples, walkers, dogs
Key features
- Walking distance to beach
- Parking
- Wi-Fi
- Log burner
- Garden / patio
- Coast Path nearby
The local knowledge
Beaches nearby
- Broad Haven South — White sand, Church Rock offshore and the lily ponds behind — Bosherston's beautiful back door to the sea.
- Barafundle Bay — The golden cove with no road — half a mile's clifftop walk from Stackpole Quay, and regularly voted among Britain's best beaches.
Pubs, food & things to do
- Coast Path: Stackpole Quay to St Govan's (coast path) — The limestone showpiece: Barafundle, Stackpole Head's blowholes, Broad Haven South and St Govan's Chapel — 6 miles of the park's finest.
- The Stackpole Inn (pub) — Destination dining pub in Stackpole village — the natural refuel after Barafundle and the lily ponds.
- Bosherston Lily Ponds (attraction) — Flooded limestone valleys of water lilies (best in June) winding down to Broad Haven South — otters at quiet hours.
- St Govan's Chapel (attraction) — A hermit's chapel wedged into the sea cliff — count the steps down and up; the totals famously never match.
Where it is
Quay Cottage sits at 51.6220, -4.9060 — view on OpenStreetMap. No cookies or tracking scripts are loaded for the map.