Fishguard is really two places. The town sits up on the hill around its square. Lower Town lies in the valley below, where the River Gwaun meets the sea. It is the old fishing quay: a bridge, a tidal harbour, and stone houses stacked up the slope behind. The Welsh name for the town, Abergwaun, means the mouth of the Gwaun.
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Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
A traditional 5-star B&B on a working farm near Fishguard, with magnificent views of the Preseli Hills.
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
A traditional family-run seaside hotel on Glendower Square in Goodwick, near Fishguard, minutes from the seafront and the ferry, with en-suite bedrooms, a bar and a…
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
A 5-Star Gold award-winning B&B in the heart of historic Fishguard — great for walkers, cyclists and ferry travellers.
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
A personally run three-star guest house above Goodwick near Fishguard, with en-suite doubles, twins and family rooms, a bar, a garden and a breakfast guests rate…
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
A coastal holiday park near Fishguard in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, with breathtaking views over the Irish Sea.
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
A small, friendly inn at Goodwick above Fishguard Bay, with en-suite bedrooms under the eaves, several with sea views, a bar with live folk music on…
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
A traditional pub and B&B on the Parrog by the sea at Goodwick near Fishguard — great for the harbour, ferry and coast path.
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
Four-star clifftop resort near Fishguard with panoramic sea views, lodges and cottages, a spa and the coast path on the doorstep.
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Tenby, Pembrokeshire
An elegant seafront guest house on Tenby’s Esplanade, with high-quality B&B accommodation and beautiful sea views.
Cardigan, Pembrokeshire
A large 5-star guest house in the quiet North Pembrokeshire countryside near Eglwyswrw and Cardigan — a peaceful base.
St Davids, Pembrokeshire
A beautifully secluded holiday cottage just a short walk from the centre of St Davids, sleeping 2 — a peaceful romantic retreat.
Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire
A family-run hotel in the heart of Saundersfoot village, with a direct link to the sandy beaches and busy harbour.
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
A 4-star, family-run B&B in the quiet village of Crundale near Haverfordwest — a peaceful base for the national park.
Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire
A delightful 3-star country hotel near Milford Haven, set in a former village rectory with its own lovely gardens.
Narberth, Pembrokeshire
A multi-award-winning 5-star Gold Award B&B in beautifully converted 18th-century farm buildings near Narberth.
Narberth, Pembrokeshire
A privately owned 15-room hotel in a house of the 1820s at Narberth, with a restaurant, bar and terraced garden.
Start at the bottom, because Lower Town is the part the film crews keep coming back for — Moby Dick was shot here in 1954 and Under Milk Wood in 1971. Then walk the sculpture trail: six pieces in metal and eight more you view through your phone, running between the town, the moor and the seafront at Goodwick. It is free and open every day.
This is the quiet end of Pembrokeshire, and it suits people who want the coast without the crowds. The coast path runs west to Strumble Head and east towards Newport, and Theatr Gwaun on West Street puts on films and live shows all year round.
In 1954 the director John Huston brought Moby Dick to west Wales, and Fishguard spent a summer as a film set. Gregory Peck played Captain Ahab and Orson Welles preached the sermon.
Ahab’s ship was no prop. The Pequod was a real 158-ton sailing ship called the Ryelands, and a storm tore her masts down as she lay in Fishguard Harbour. The crew took over the Fishguard Bay Hotel and filled it with over a hundred carpenters, technicians and stunt men.
That October the town threw a dance with the cast, and crowned a Miss Fishguard: Elizabeth Sambrook, a student home for the holidays. She remembered Gregory Peck as absolutely charming, and is ninety-one now.
The cameras came back in 1971, when Lower Town became the village of Llareggub for the film of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood. Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and Peter O’Toole worked down on the quay.
Seventy years on, the town makes a festival of it. Ar Ymyl y Tir, or On Land’s Edge, falls over the last weekend of September. In 2026 it marked the anniversary with a lantern parade and a showing of the original film at Theatr Gwaun.
The sculpture trail is worth the walk on its own. A five-metre stainless steel seahorse stands at the Marine Walk, a shoal of fish moves with the wind, and a giant kaleidoscope sits down at Goodwick Parrog.
A hill town above an old fishing quay, with a ferry to Ireland twice a day and the emptier half of the Pembrokeshire coast on the doorstep. Fishguard has eight places to stay from £60 a night. See hotels, cottages and B&Bs in the town, or the county at large on the Pembrokeshire page.
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