Walks near St Ishmaels
6 of our walks start within about 6 miles of St Ishmaels — 40 miles of walking between them. The nearest starts 2.0 miles away: Dale to Sandy Haven.
2 are circulars — park once, walk, end up back at the car. 4 are linear stages of the Coast Path, needing transport at both ends.
Nothing here is graded easy. Pembrokeshire's grading is about ascent rather than distance — the Coast Path drops into every valley it meets and climbs straight back out — so a five-mile walk can hold more climbing than ten miles of flatter country.
Sorted by how far the start is from St Ishmaels. Every one has parking notes, an honest difficulty grade and a safety section on its own page.
Dale to Sandy Haven
A gentle stage along the north shore of the Haven with two tidal stepping-stone crossings that will add four miles to your day if you get them wrong.
7 miles · 3½–4 hours · Moderate
Starts 2.0 miles from St Ishmaels
The Dale Peninsula and St Ann's Head
A full-day circuit of the peninsula that guards the mouth of the Milford Haven waterway, past a lighthouse, three forts and the beach where Henry Tudor landed.
8 miles · 4–5 hours · Moderate
Starts 2.0 miles from St Ishmaels
West Angle Bay to Freshwater West
Round the exposed corner where the Haven meets the Atlantic, from a sheltered bay with a café to the wildest surf beach in Wales.
6 miles · 3–3½ hours · Moderate
Starts 2.2 miles from St Ishmaels
The Marloes Peninsula and Deer Park
Round the tip of the peninsula from one of Wales's best beaches to the boat slip for Skomer, with seals in the coves below.
6 miles · 3–4 hours · Moderate
Starts 3 miles from St Ishmaels
Distances are to the start of each walk, straight-line from the centre of St Ishmaels. Several of these cross grazed clifftop with an unfenced drop — dogs on leads, and if cattle come at you while you’re holding one, let go. In an emergency anywhere near the coast, dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard.