Walks near Stackpole
8 of our walks start within about 6 miles of Stackpole — 46 miles of walking between them. The nearest starts in the village itself: Barafundle Bay and the Bosherston Lily Ponds.
3 are circulars — park once, walk, end up back at the car. 4 are linear stages of the Coast Path, needing transport at both ends; 1 is there-and-back to something worth seeing.
3 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 Stackpole. Every one has parking notes, an honest difficulty grade and a safety section on its own page.
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
Starts 2.3 miles from Stackpole
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 3 miles from Stackpole
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 3 miles from Stackpole
Stack Rocks to Freshwater East
The showpiece of the south coast — Elegug Stacks, Huntsman's Leap, the chapel in the cliff at St Govan's, Broad Haven South, Barafundle and Stackpole Quay in six and a half miles.
6.5 miles · 3–4 hours · Moderate
Starts 4 miles from Stackpole
Stack Rocks, the Green Bridge of Wales and St Govan's Chapel
Flat clifftop limestone at the southern tip of Wales, with the best sea arch in the country and a 13th-century chapel wedged in a cleft.
4 miles · 2 hours each way · Easy
Starts 4 miles from Stackpole
Distances are to the start of each walk, straight-line from the centre of Stackpole. 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.