Photo: Tony Grant (CC BY-SA 2.0)Manorbier Castle
CastleThe Norman castle above Manorbier beach — birthplace of Gerald of Wales, who called this 'the pleasantest spot in Wales', and it's hard to argue.
- Website
- manorbiercastle.co.uk
Things to do in St Florence
Within about 5 miles of St Florence we list 39 places to go — 2 castles, 10 attractions, 9 museums and galleries, 6 nature reserves and viewpoints, plus 17 beaches and 2 walks.
The ones we've written up in full are Manorbier Castle, The Dinosaur Park, Great Wedlock Farm & Deer Park — start there if you only have a day.
For a wet day there are 9 indoor options nearby: Llewellyn's Gallery, Guy Manning's Art Room, Tudor Merchant's House, David J P Morgan and 5 more. Opening hours shrink hard out of season.
Everything below is ordered by distance from St Florence, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Castles and ruins near St Florence
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: Tony Grant (CC BY-SA 2.0)3 miles from St Florence
Hean Castle
Castle4 miles from St Florence
Attractions and days out near St Florence
The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.
The Dinosaur Park
AttractionTenby
Twenty-six acres of park and woodland at Gumfreston with over ninety life-size dinosaurs, a mile-long trail and dozens of rides and activities included in one ticket.
- Website
- thedinosaurpark.co.uk
500 yards from St Florence
Great Wedlock Farm & Deer Park
AttractionDeer-park safaris and rewilded farmland on the estate behind Tenby's Dinosaur Park — the gentle, real-animal half of the same day out.
500 yards from St Florence
Heatherton World of Activities
AttractionTenby
Free-entry, pay-as-you-play activity park at St Florence — around thirty activities from adventure golf and go-karts to a zipline and a tree-tops course, and properly dog-friendly.
Dogs welcome
- Website
- heatherton.co.uk
0.7 miles from St Florence
Photo: Garth Newton (CC BY-SA 2.0)Manor Wildlife Park
AttractionSt Florence, SA70 8RJ
Fifty-two-acre conservation-led wildlife park near Tenby — walk-through lemur and wallaby enclosures, Sumatran tigers, rhinos and red pandas, styled as Wales's only walking safari.
- Website
- manorwildlifepark.co.uk
- Opening hours
- Today 10:00–18:00
0.8 miles from St Florence
Photo: TenbyIsland.co.uk (CC0)St Catherine's Island & Fort
AttractionTenby's tidal island — a Palmerston fort on a rock off Castle Beach, reached across the sand at low tide when it's open.
- Website
- saintcatherinesisland.co.uk
2.6 miles from St Florence
Photo: Karen Sawyer (CC BY-SA 4.0)Carew Castle & Tidal Mill
AttractionNorman castle turned Elizabethan mansion on the Carew river, with Wales's only restored tidal mill and a fine circular walk.
Dogs welcome
4 miles from St Florence
Photo: Chris Allen (CC BY-SA 2.0)4 miles from St Florence
Caldey Island
AttractionMonastic island twenty minutes by boat from Tenby harbour — monks, chocolate, a lighthouse and quiet beaches.
4 miles from St Florence
Photo: LinguisticDemographer at English Wikipedia (Public domain)Croes Caeriw
Attraction4 miles from St Florence
Vintage Funfair
AttractionStep-free access
4 miles from St Florence
Museums and galleries near St Florence
Mostly indoors, which on this coast is a category of its own. Opening hours narrow sharply out of season, so ring before you drive.
Llewellyn's Gallery
GalleryIndependent art gallery in Tenby's old town lanes.
2.2 miles from St Florence
Guy Manning's Art Room
GalleryWorking artist's room in Tenby — paintings and prints sold where they're made.
2.2 miles from St Florence
Tudor Merchant's House
MuseumQuay Hill, Tenby, SA70 7BX
- Phone
- +44 16 4662 3110
- Website
- nationaltrust.org.uk
2.3 miles from St Florence
David J P Morgan
GalleryTenby photography gallery — Pembrokeshire land- and seascapes in print, a take-home view of the coast.
2.3 miles from St Florence
The Naomi Tydeman Gallery
GalleryGallery of Tenby watercolourist Naomi Tydeman RI — sea-and-shore paintings born a few streets from the water they show.
2.3 miles from St Florence
Photo: Dragonwing88 (CC BY-SA 3.0)2.5 miles from St Florence
A restored WWII airfield control tower beside Carew — volunteer-run, packed with wartime detail, and moving in a way big museums rarely manage.
3.0 miles from St Florence
The Habour Gallery
Gallery2.4 miles from St Florence
History of Coal Mining
Museum3 miles from St Florence
Nature reserves and viewpoints near St Florence
Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.
Jubilee Park and Nature Trail
Nature reserve2.3 miles from St Florence
Giraffe
Viewpoint4 miles from St Florence
Lions
Viewpoint4 miles from St Florence
Meerkat
Viewpoint5 miles from St Florence
Red Panda
Viewpoint5 miles from St Florence
Rhino
Viewpoint5 miles from St Florence
Ancient and historic sites near St Florence
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.
Winding House
Historic siteThe old incline winding house above Saundersfoot — relic of the tramways that sent anthracite down through the tunnels you now stroll to the beach.
- Opening hours
- Open at all times
2.9 miles from St Florence
Photo: Waterborough (CC BY-SA 3.0)King's Quoit
Ancient siteDolmen on the headland at Manorbier, capstone raised over the bay — passed by the Coast Path and improved by every sunset.
4 miles from St Florence
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.
4 miles from St Florence
Time Sequence
Historic site2.4 miles from St Florence
Flamish Chimney
Historic site3 miles from St Florence
Activities, golf and the water near St Florence
Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.
Parkland 18 holes in the wooded Ritec valley behind Tenby, with a well-liked bar-restaurant — the area's main inland course.
1.0 miles from St Florence
Tenby Golf Club
GolfTenby, SA70 7NP
The self-styled birthplace of Welsh golf — an 1888 club and James Braid links on Tenby's Burrows with sea views to Caldey, a two-Rosette restaurant in the rebuilt clubhouse and stay-and-play rooms on site.
- Website
- tenbygolf.co.uk
2.0 miles from St Florence
Celtic Haven
GolfClifftop resort at Lydstep with a short golf course, spa and cottages — nine holes with sea views over Caldey.
2.1 miles from St Florence
2.2 miles from St Florence
Caldey Island Boats
ActivitiesThe short seasonal crossing from Tenby harbour to Caldey Island — monks, chocolate and quiet beaches twenty minutes offshore.
2.4 miles from St Florence
Trespass
Activities2.2 miles from St Florence
Tenby Sailing Club
Marina2.3 miles from St Florence
Beaches near St Florence
Dogs all yearLydstep Haven
A wide sheltered south-facing bay between Tenby and Manorbier, sitting inside a private holiday park — check access before you go.
Dogs all yearPenally Beach
Tenby South Beach's quiet continuation — the same mile of golden sand, minus the deckchairs.
Dogs all yearTenby South Beach
A mile and a half of dune-backed sand towards Giltar Point, with Caldey Island floating offshore — Tenby's family workhorse.
Tenby North Beach
The postcard one: harbour, Goscar Rock and sheltered sand beneath the pastel town.
Dogs all yearTenby Harbour Beach
The postcard itself — small sheltered sands inside Tenby's pastel harbour, best at high tide.
Tenby Castle Beach
The small beach between Castle Hill and St Catherine's Island — rockpools, the lifeboat station, and a low-tide walk to the fort.
Compare every beach near St Florence — dogs, lifeguards, parking →
Walks from St Florence
Manorbier to Tenby via Skrinkle and Lydstep
Limestone cliffs, a double cove with a rock arch, two military ranges to check, and an arrival into Tenby along South Beach.
7 miles · 3½–4 hours · Moderate
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
Freshwater East to Manorbier
A short, sharp stage between two good beaches, taking in a bay you can only reach on foot and finishing under a Norman castle.
4.5 miles · 2½ hours · Moderate