Tenby - top South West Wales Holiday Resort, Superb Beaches
Pembroke Castle, Birthplace of Henry VII
Historic St Davids Cathedral on the South West tip of Pembrokeshire
Walking the Pembrokeshire Coast Path near St Davids
St Catherine's Island, off shore from Tenby, PembrokeshireThe Far West of Wales around the Pembrokeshire coast is the playground of extreme sports, particularly watersports such as kitesurfing, surfing and the latest trend to excite - coasteering. If you haven't discovered the Pembrokeshire National Park and sublime Pembrokeshire coast path then you're in for a treat.
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It's wild out here at St David's Head! Take trips out to the off shore islands of Ramsey, Skomer and Caldey Island or chill out in beautiful Tenby with it's sublime sandy beaches, Georgian architecture and delightful specialist shopping highstreet.
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park consists of 230 square miles is stunning, mostly cliff coastal scenery with heath, beaches and bays and offshore islands, and the Pembrokeshire Coast Path (one of the UK's 18 official National Trials) winds its way around the Pembrokeshire coast for 186 miles. The Pembrokeshire Coastline is renowned for its varied and rich wildlife - birds are in abundance including puffins, Manx shearwaters and guillemots.
Welcome to Pembrokeshire, West Wales - an area in the UK renowned for its favoured conditions for extreme watersports including surfing, kite surfing, windsurfing and coasteering. Why is it so perfect? Well, the Atlantic swell hit the Pembrokeshire coast full on, and combine this with superb clean waters and long golden sandy beaches and you have the perfect conditions for surfing particularly.
Waves that hit the Pembrokeshire coast have travelled far across the Atlantic ocean. Unobstructed South West facing beaches on the Pembrokeshire coast have the most powerful rollers, whereas more sheltered south east facing beaches are more sheltered (the slightly more sheltered beaches are favoured by windsurfers).
While you are in the area why not try paying The Slate Workshop a visit? The Slate Workshop offers fine lettering and creative designs in Welsh slate ranging from house names and numbers to curving abstract slate sculptures, elegant vases in natural riven slate to highly polished sophisticated bookends. Commissions are very welcome. You take home the same day or order a piece of Wales.
