Pembrokeshire Wales Coastal Holidays

Pembrokeshire has over 90 beautiful beaches to enjoy

Blue Flag Beaches and Green Coast Awards

Pembrokeshire beaches were awarded 10 Blue Flags and 16 Green Coast Awards by Keep Wales Tidy - more than any other county in Wales!

Blue flag beaches include Tenby, Lydstep and Saundersfoot.

The Green Coast Award recognises rural beaches of highest environmental quality. Green Coast Award beaches in Pembrokeshire include Barafundle, Freshwater East, Manorbier and Broad Haven South. The rural beaches don't usually have lifeguards.

Excellent Water Quality

The Marine Conservation Society Good Beach Guide 2009 identified 27 Pembrokeshire beaches with excellent water quality including Freshwater East, Manorbier, Barafundle, Swan Lake, Broad Haven South, and Freshwater West.

Manorbier Bay

Manorbier is great for rock pooling and is also popular for body boarding and surfing. The following video by Paul of Manorbier gives a flavour of Manorbier Bay in the winter

Barafundle Bay

Barafundle Bay has been voted the most beautiful beach in Pembrokeshire and one of the top 10 beaches in the world. It is also good for swimming. The shortest way to get there is to park at the National Trust car park at Stackpole Quay and walk from there. There are toilets and a tea shop at Stackpole Quay.

Freshwater West

Freshwater West is popular with surfers, kite surfers and walkers. It also has beautiful sunsets. It is a wild beach backed by a large expanse of sand dunes. There are rip currents so this beach is not suitable for recreational swimming.

In 2009 Freshwater West was used as a film set for two films, Ridley Scott's Robin Hood film 'Nottingham' and 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'. A temporary shell cottage was built in the sand dunes for the Harry Potter film. Below are short film clips of the filming of Nottingham, made by my friend Paul, which he has kindly allowed me to include.