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 Tenby
Within about 5 miles of Tenby we list 31 places to go — 3 castles, 7 attractions, 8 museums and galleries, 1 nature reserve or viewpoint, plus 17 beaches and 2 walks.
The ones we've written up in full are Manorbier Castle, St Catherine's Island & Fort, The Dinosaur Park — start there if you only have a day.
For a wet day there are 8 indoor options nearby: Llewellyn's Gallery, Guy Manning's Art Room, Tudor Merchant's House, David J P Morgan and 4 more. Opening hours shrink hard out of season.
Everything below is ordered by distance from Tenby, with the places we've written about in full listed first. Nothing on this page is paid for.
Castles and ruins near Tenby
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)5 miles from Tenby
Hean Castle
Castle3 miles from Tenby
Photo: Stuart Logan (CC BY-SA 2.0)Amroth Castle
Castle5 miles from Tenby
Attractions and days out near Tenby
The paid days out — the ones that fill a whole morning and have a car park and a café.
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
900 yards from Tenby
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
2.2 miles from Tenby
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.
2.2 miles from Tenby
Caldey Island
AttractionMonastic island twenty minutes by boat from Tenby harbour — monks, chocolate, a lighthouse and quiet beaches.
2.6 miles from Tenby
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
2.7 miles from Tenby
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 10:00–17:00
2.9 miles from Tenby
Photo: M J Roscoe (CC BY-SA 2.0)Colby Woodland Garden (National Trust)
AttractionA National Trust wooded valley behind Amroth — walled garden, stream-side meadows, rope swings and wild play, minutes from the beach.
- Website
- nationaltrust.org.uk
5 miles from Tenby
Museums and galleries near Tenby
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.
100 yards from Tenby
Guy Manning's Art Room
GalleryWorking artist's room in Tenby — paintings and prints sold where they're made.
100 yards from Tenby
Tudor Merchant's House
MuseumQuay Hill, Tenby, SA70 7BX
- Phone
- +44 16 4662 3110
- Website
- nationaltrust.org.uk
400 yards from Tenby
David J P Morgan
GalleryTenby photography gallery — Pembrokeshire land- and seascapes in print, a take-home view of the coast.
400 yards from Tenby
The Naomi Tydeman Gallery
GalleryGallery of Tenby watercolourist Naomi Tydeman RI — sea-and-shore paintings born a few streets from the water they show.
400 yards from Tenby
Photo: Dragonwing88 (CC BY-SA 3.0)600 yards from Tenby
The Habour Gallery
Gallery500 yards from Tenby
History of Coal Mining
Museum2.7 miles from Tenby
Nature reserves and viewpoints near Tenby
Free, open whenever you turn up, and where a lot of the best of Pembrokeshire actually is.
Jubilee Park and Nature Trail
Nature reserve4 miles from Tenby
Ancient and historic sites near Tenby
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 Tenby
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 Tenby
Coast Path Marker, Amroth
Historic siteThe southern terminus of the Pembrokeshire Coast Path on Amroth seafront — boots off, photograph taken, 186 miles behind you.
5 miles from Tenby
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.
5 miles from Tenby
Time Sequence
Historic site600 yards from Tenby
Activities, golf and the water near Tenby
Coasteering, surf schools, kayaking, boat trips, and the two things everyone forgets to book until it's too late.
200 yards from Tenby
Caldey Island Boats
ActivitiesThe short seasonal crossing from Tenby harbour to Caldey Island — monks, chocolate and quiet beaches twenty minutes offshore.
400 yards from Tenby
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
0.8 miles from Tenby
Parkland 18 holes in the wooded Ritec valley behind Tenby, with a well-liked bar-restaurant — the area's main inland course.
1.7 miles from Tenby
Celtic Haven
GolfClifftop resort at Lydstep with a short golf course, spa and cottages — nine holes with sea views over Caldey.
3 miles from Tenby
Trespass
Activities200 yards from Tenby
Tenby Sailing Club
Marina400 yards from Tenby
Beaches near Tenby
Dogs all yearTenby Harbour Beach
The postcard itself — small sheltered sands inside Tenby's pastel harbour, best at high tide.
Tenby North Beach
The postcard one: harbour, Goscar Rock and sheltered sand beneath the pastel town.
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.
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.
Dogs all yearPenally Beach
Tenby South Beach's quiet continuation — the same mile of golden sand, minus the deckchairs.
Dogs all yearMonkstone Beach
A secluded sandy beach under Monkstone Point between Tenby and Saundersfoot — earned by a steep walk down through woods.
Compare every beach near Tenby — dogs, lifeguards, parking →
Walks from Tenby
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
Amroth to Tenby
The first stage of the Coast Path, through old coal country and tunnels cut for a tramway, ending inside Tenby's town walls.
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