Newport in Pembrokeshire is a small town on the north coast. It is not the city of the same name ninety miles away in south-east Wales. Its Welsh name is Trefdraeth, the town on the sand, and it stands where the River Nevern reaches the sea.
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Newport, Pembrokeshire
Self-catering cottages and apartments on the historic Llwyngwair Manor estate in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park near Newport.
Newport, Pembrokeshire
A sophisticated Georgian townhouse restaurant with rooms in the centre of Newport, Pembrokeshire — renowned and stylish.
Newport, Pembrokeshire
High-spec coastal house near Cwm-yr-Eglwys with a fire pit, pizza oven and a gated path to sandy beaches — sleeps 8, four en-suites.
Newport, Pembrokeshire
A historic coaching inn in the centre of Newport, Pembrokeshire, with parts of the building dating back centuries.
Newport, Pembrokeshire
Handsome country house near Newport set in its own grounds with woodland, pond and river — six bedrooms, sleeps 12.
Newport, Pembrokeshire
A traditional Welsh pub with rooms in the heart of Newport, Pembrokeshire, with a friendly atmosphere.
Newport, Pembrokeshire
Spotless three-bedroom cottage in Newport with a games room and two-level garden — sleeps 6, with the coast just 0.4 miles away.
Newport, Pembrokeshire
Spacious contemporary home in the heart of Newport with a games room, sleeping 8 — a short walk to town and the coast path.
Newport, Pembrokeshire
A stunning, luxurious adults-only 5-star B&B in Newport, Pembrokeshire, with magnificent views.
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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.
St Davids, Pembrokeshire
A beautifully secluded holiday cottage just a short walk from the centre of St Davids, sleeping 2 — a peaceful romantic retreat.
Cardigan, Pembrokeshire
A large 5-star guest house in the quiet North Pembrokeshire countryside near Eglwyswrw and Cardigan — a peaceful base.
Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire
A family-run hotel in the heart of Saundersfoot village, with a direct link to the sandy beaches and busy harbour.
Newport, Pembrokeshire
Self-catering cottages and apartments on the historic Llwyngwair Manor estate in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park near Newport.
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.
Traeth Mawr, the big beach, runs almost a mile along the far side of the estuary. The safe way over is the Iron Bridge, a mile round by road. People do wade the river mouth at the Parrog, but the channel fills fast and strands walkers. Check the tide before you cross, and allow for getting back.
Behind the town the ground climbs to Carn Ingli, an Iron Age hillfort on an extinct volcano. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path runs straight through the town. Pentre Ifan stands three miles inland, the largest neolithic burial chamber in Wales. Every August the mayor still rides the parish boundary on horseback.
Newport did not grow up on its own. A Norman lord called William FitzMartin built it from scratch in about 1197, walking out on the castle his family held at Nevern and making this the capital of his lands. His heirs kept it until 1326.
A quay went up at the Parrog around 1566, but the shipbuilding came much later. About fifty ships were launched there between 1762 and 1840, fifteen of them in the 1810s alone. The first on record is a small sailing boat called the Ann and Mary.
By 1845 the shipbuilding had gone. Vessels had outgrown the channel and the yards shut one after another. What is left is the line of quay walls, the lime kilns, and a port warehouse that now holds Newport Boat Club.
Carn Ingli is the walk everyone still does, a circuit of about four miles from the town that takes a little over two hours. You can pick out the low stone rings of Iron Age huts on the way up. The top looks north over Newport Bay.
Most people spend the whole day on Traeth Mawr. RNLI lifeguards patrol a marked zone daily from 4 July to 6 September, ten in the morning until six. Outside those dates and hours nobody is watching the sea. The estuary end is the dangerous end, because the tide fills it fast.
The castle above the roofs is a private house today, so you can look at it from the lane and no further. Llys Meddyg cooks with foraged produce and its own kitchen garden.
Trefdraeth on the Nevern, almost a mile of sand across the estuary and an Iron Age fort on the hill above. Places to stay open at £73. More of the county is on the Pembrokeshire page.
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