PLACES TO VISIT / THINGS TO DO

 

SAUNDERSFOOT has something for everyone. Around the working harbour from which you can go on fishing trips, there are beaches that stretch from Amroth & Coppet Hall to Monkstone Point and beyond providing miles of beautiful sands, safe waters and rock pools and caves to explore.  There are many lovely easy walks in and around the village such as the path through the old tunnels that hug the coast leading to the pub at Wiseman's Bridge or follow the leafy route to the Old Iron Works at Stepaside.  From the Wiseman's Bridge you can carry on further to  The National Trust Colby Gardens  near Amroth which is well worth the extra effort with its beautiful Manor House, sumptious food served in the tea rooms and magnificent display of trees and plants.

 

There are many shops, pubs and restaurants in the village catering for all tastes and within close proximity of one another. 

 

Throughout the year, Saundersfoot plays host to many organised events such as the annual St David's Food and Craft festival, St Nicholas Christmas Market and the famous New Year's Day Swim (calendar of events). 

 

 

FURTHER A FIELD   Pembrokeshire has a wide range of things to offer from quiet beaches to fun parks for children. Some of the major attractions for families include Oakwood Leisure Park (mini version of  Alton Towers), Heatherton (country sports park), Folly Farm and Manor House Wildlife Park. 

 

Tenby is only three miles away with its famous coloured houses round its picturesque harbour, ancient town walls and four blue flag beaches. From there you can take a boat to Caldey Island and its monastery.

   

WILDLIFE….There is lots of wildlife to see.  Further up the coast from Tenby is Skomer Island, which is home to fulmars, razorbills, guillemots, kittiwakes, oystercatchers, choughs and possibly the largest colony of Manx shearwaters in the world. Puffins nest in burrows on the cliff-top and wander across the paths right up to your feet. The waters around Skomer are part of the Skomer Marine Nature Reserve, one of only three such reserves in the UK. From the cliff-top you can watch the dolphins, seals, common porpoises and if you are lucky, you may even catch sight of a basking shark. Spring and early summer are the best times to see the puffins as this is when they bring sand eels back to their young. 

 

BEACHES….There are many other fine beaches along the coast including Little Haven, Broad Haven, Barafundle and Manorbier. In June the nearby waterlilly filled lakes of the Bosherton Ponds are a glorious sight.

 

DIVING AND SURFING….For scuba divers there are many wrecks and islands to explore. Dive Pembrokeshire, is based at Milford Haven. Surfing and windsurfing are popular activities, especially at Freshwater West.

HISTORICAL BUILDINGS….If you like ancient buildings and history, then you'll be spoilt for choice, with Pembroke Castle, St David's Cathedral, Pentre Ifan prehistoric burial ground and Black Pool, Carew Castle and Manorbier castle. The bluestones of the Preseli Hills were transported to help construct Stonehenge, and there are countless other walks along rivers, estuaries, through woods and little valleys in a continuously varying rural landscape.

 

GARDENS…..If you're travelling to Pembrokeshire along the M4 keen gardeners may want to drop into the National Botanic Gardens of Wales near Carmarthen or take a slight detour to the historical Aberglasney Gardens near Llandeilo only a few miles off the M4.