Welcome to the Pembrokeshire Coast Path’s home page where you’ll find an introduction to the trail. You can access the trail’s main pages using the links above. Here you’ll find links to the Information & Map page, Trail Holidays page and the Add your information page.

If you’re thinking about planning a visit to the trail, please view the Interactive Map on the Trail Information & Map page. The map allows you to view the line of the trail alongside accommodation, things to do, services such as food and drink, transport, water points and more.

You can also find additional Pembrokeshire Coast Path pages by going to ‘The Trails’ dropdown menu at the top of the page, clicking on the trail name and browsing the pages in the Further Information column. Here you can access pages such as the trail’s Route Description page, Leaflets page, Circular and Linear Walks page and Events.

Introducing the Trail

Find useful facts and learn more about the Pembrokeshire Coast Path below.

About the Trail

Start: St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire
End: Amroth, Pembrokeshire
Length: 186 miles (299 km)

The Pembrokeshire Coast Path twists and turns its way for 186 miles (299 km) along the most breathtaking coastline in Britain. It covers almost every kind of maritime landscape from rugged cliff tops and sheltered coves to wide-open beaches and winding estuaries.

Lying almost entirely within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park — Britain’s only truly coastal National Park – the trail displays an array of coastal flowers and bird life, as well as evidence of human activity from Neolithic times to the present.

Visit the Route Description page to read a day by day breakdown of the trail.

The National Trail is very well way-marked so following the route is easy. But it is always a good idea to take a guidebook or map.

The Pembrokeshire Coast Path has something to offer all the year round and many people prefer to walk when it’s cooler in spring or autumn, or even on exhilarating winter days. The best time depends very much on you, your interests and whether you enjoy the busy holiday season or would prefer to come during the quieter months. In summer it can be difficult to find accommodation especially for single nights, so you are advised to book well in advance.

Spring is best for seeing migrating and breeding birds and wild flowers. Autumn is good for migrating birds, and seeing seal pups.

What is special about the Trail?

The Pembrokeshire Coast Path was the first National Trail in Wales – opened in 1970.

As well as offering walkers spectacular coastal scenery and wildlife, the Trail passes through a landscape rich in the history of human occupation and maritime history. Walking the Trail reveals Neolithic cromlechs, Iron Age promontory forts, churches and chapels of the seafaring early Celtic saints and their followers, links with the Vikings through place names such as Goodwick and the islands of Skomer and Skokholm, massive Normal castles such as those at Pembroke, Tenby and Manorbier and later Napoleonic forts along the south coast and the Milford Haven waterway.

Throughout the length of the Trail small quays, lime kilns and warehouses, and sites like the brickworks at Porthgain, are reminders of a industrial tradition. The Milford Haven waterway, whose natural harbour once so impressed Nelson, is still an industrial hub.

But it is in the quieter, remote and wild places populated largely by birds and visited occasionally by grey seals, that the spell of old Pembrokeshire – the ancient ‘Land of Mystery and Enchantment’ (Gwlad Hud a Lledrith) remains.

Holiday Inspiration

Visit our Trail Holidays page for holiday inspiration for the Pembrokeshire Coast Path.

Latest News

Visit our News page for the latest interesting and exciting news on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path.

Events

Take a look at our Events Calendar to find details of of the enjoyable events that are taking place along the trail.  If you want, you can even add your own event.

View the Trail

Explore the stunning natural beauty of the coast and discover castles, Neolithic tombs, Iron Age forts, Celtic churches and perfect sheltered harbours.

Click the play button below to learn more about the Trail.

Discover the ancient ‘Land of Mystery and Enchantment’

DAYS

12

DISTANCE

300km

Discover the ancient ‘Land of Mystery and Enchantment’

Explore the spectacular coastal scenery, amazing wildlife and intriguing maritime history of Pembrokeshire. View some of the highlights below.

Oriel y Parc Gallery and Visitor Centre

The beautiful Oriel y Parc includes a visitor centre, an artist in residence studio, a discovery room which hosts family-friendly art and nature activities, a tower which hosts local art  exhibitions…
Carew Castle and Tidal Mill

The magnificent Carew Castle has a history spanning 2,000 years. Set in a stunning location, overlooking a 23-acre millpond, the castle displays the development from a Norman fortification to an…
Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort

Step back in time at Castell Henllys, a unique Iron Age hill fort recreated with fantastic replica Iron Age roundhouses, built right on top of the excavated remains of an…
Bosherston Lakes (Lily Ponds)

The Bosherston Lakes (Or Lily Ponds, as they are commonly called) are a series of man made lakes at the heart of the national Trust's Stackpole Estate.  They are within…

Create your own trip

Feeling inspired? Build a bespoke itinerary and start planning your visit to this great National Trail here.

Create Your Own Trip