Photo: Lucy Sheers (CC BY-SA 4.0)Things to do in Roch
Within about 5 miles of Roch we list 9 places to go — 2 castles, 1 museum or gallery, 4 ancient and historic sites, 2 activities and operators, plus 5 beaches and 3 walks.
For a wet day there is 1 indoor option nearby: Oriel Fach. Opening hours shrink hard out of season.
Everything below is ordered by distance from Roch, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Castles and ruins near Roch
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)1.4 miles from Roch
Pointz Castle
Castle3 miles from Roch
Museums and galleries near Roch
Mostly indoors, which on this coast is a category of its own. Opening hours narrow sharply out of season, so ring before you drive.
Oriel Fach
Gallery5 miles from Roch
Ancient and historic sites near Roch
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.
Hayscastle Tump
Ancient site4 miles from Roch
Porth y Bwch Defended Enclosure
Ancient site- Website
- coflein.gov.uk
4 miles from Roch
Solva Gribbin Fort
Ancient site5 miles from Roch
Tre-Maen-Hir Standing Stone
Ancient site5 miles from Roch
Activities, golf and the water near Roch
Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.
East Nolton Riding Stables
Activities1.0 miles from Roch
Newsurf
Activities1.9 miles from Roch
Beaches near Roch
Nolton Haven
A small, easy cove with parking right by the sand — the low-effort option on this stretch of St Brides Bay.
Dogs all yearNewgale Sands
Two miles of open sand and learner-friendly surf behind a great pebble bank — St Brides Bay's big beach.
Druidston Haven
A long, wild, cliff-backed strand between Broad Haven and Nolton — big sand at low water, almost no facilities, and very little parking.
Broad Haven
St Brides Bay's most useful family beach: wide flat sand, lifeguards in season, and everything you need within a minute of your towel.
Little Haven
A small tidal cove wrapped in a steep village of pubs and cottages — lovely at low water, gone completely at high tide.
Walks from Roch
Newgale to Broad Haven
Along the top of St Brides Bay past the ruins of a colliery that mined coal out under the sea, with four beaches on the way.
7 miles · 3½–4 hours · Moderate
Broad Haven to St Brides Haven via Little Haven
A short stage with the best pub stop on the path a mile in, then quiet cliffs to a cove with a church almost on the beach.
5.5 miles · 3 hours · Moderate
Solva to Newgale
A relentlessly up-and-down stage between a drowned-valley harbour and a two-mile shingle beach. Short on paper, hard on the legs.
5 miles · 3 hours · Strenuous