We are currently at Bluestone Wales on a mini holiday, and whilst there is lots to do here, and it is brilliant, you may want to venture out into beautiful Pembrokeshire. Pembrokeshire is my home, and Mummy has lived here for almost 40 years, since she was a little girl.
She has brought all four of us up here, and knows the best places to go, all year round.
In the blustery winter weather, here are our Top 5 Toddler Things to do in Pembrokeshire.
1. Wrap up, put your wellies on and head to the beach. Saundersfoot is flat, wide and easily accessible. Tenby has North Beach, South Beach and Castle Beach as well as the tiny Harbour Beach. We would recommend South Beach, Park down right by the beach for free in the winter, the beach is gently sloping and huge. Fantastic views of Caldey Island.
2. South Beach Bar & Grill right on South Beach serves great coffee and has plenty of room, high chairs, kiddies colouring packs and great baby changing facilities. Although it looks like only a restaurant, you can have just drinks there.
3. Heatherton Country Park, just outside Tenby has a fab indoor play centre for tots, good food at good prices, and if it is a dry day, lots of activities such as archery and go-karting for older children too.
4. A lovely coastal pushchair -friendly walk from Saundersfoot to Wiseman’s Bridge. You walk through some tunnels which is exciting, it is flat and has stunning views. Park in The Regency Hall car park for free ( the Harbour one charges all year round) and head towards the beach, walk down The Strand, the street parallel to the beach and the first tunnel is at the end. Go through to Coppet Hall then onto the next tunnel. There is a fab new restaurant called Coast there, it is VERY expensive. There are toilets open to the public at weekends only. The best coffee shop with great Hot Chocolate, light meals and baby changing is The Lounge, on The Strand.
5.The Preseli Mountains usually have snow, and are easily accessible by car. You can see them as you head towards Havefordwest or north of Narberth. Wrap up, take hot drinks and snacks and head off for some snow fun.
Pembrokeshire is a completely different place at other times of the year, look out for my other posts 🙂
January 15, 2015 at 8:53 pm
This is perfect timing for us, we go on Monday and Google was bringing up a lot of places that were closed for winter maintenance, like dinosaur land… I’m gutted! We had read about castle beach, but not the others…. Thank you. 🙂 will be on the hunt for snow too I think 🙂
January 15, 2015 at 9:17 pm
Such a great post because we’re going to Bluestone in a couple of weeks, thanks for sharing!xx
January 15, 2015 at 9:25 pm
Sounds like a lovely place. I’m up in North Wales so will have to visit Pembrokeshire sometime 🙂 hope your enjoying your holiday xx
January 16, 2015 at 7:36 am
This all looks lovely. I haven’t been to Wales in years but we are planning to have a holiday there in the near future just so me (Bethan) and Gwenn can actually get some gifts with our names on! xx
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January 16, 2015 at 9:26 am
Lovely photos, you can’t beat a walk on the beach this time of year. We love Saundersfoot and Tenby beach looks great too.
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January 16, 2015 at 12:20 pm
It really does look lovely. I really hope we get to go. We love active family breaks and it would be great to see you too #binkylinky
January 16, 2015 at 1:35 pm
We love this part of Wales! I cannot wait to take Sophie there one day. #thelist
January 16, 2015 at 3:45 pm
Absolutely love that part of the world. Great ideas for next time we are there. #pocolo
January 16, 2015 at 4:11 pm
Lovely pictures, takes me back! We took our little boy there a couple of years ago when he was 18 months. We stayed near to Tenby Beach and it is so beautiful there, the view over Caldey Island is gorgeous.
Kat x
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January 16, 2015 at 4:43 pm
I love Wales, although I haven’t explored Pembrokeshire. After seeing your photos I think we will! Tenby looks absolutely gorgeous. #PoCoLo
January 16, 2015 at 6:28 pm
The only part of the UK I haven’t visited is Wales, but it looks beautiful. Maybe some day!
January 16, 2015 at 7:59 pm
Good advice – we’re heading there in March, so all the info beforehand so we can plan is much appreciated. Hope you’ve enjoyed the hol 🙂
January 16, 2015 at 8:13 pm
Oh I am so jealous! It looks so lovely there!!! Have a lovely break! x
January 16, 2015 at 10:08 pm
Oh it looks like such a lovely place to live . I hope you enjoyed your holiday with your family xx #TheList
January 17, 2015 at 12:02 am
Hope you’re having a lovely time at Bluestone. Tenby is one of our fav places in the whole world! Love it there xx
January 17, 2015 at 5:15 pm
What a beautiful place – I would love to get to Pembrokeshire one day. I hope you are having a great time. Thank you for linking to #PoCoLo
January 18, 2015 at 8:02 pm
That South beach bar looks great. I’m really looking forward to going. Great post. Thanks for linking up to the #BinkyLinky
January 23, 2015 at 6:10 am
It looks absolutely fabulous!! I love this time of year for photos – if the sun shines you can get some belters 🙂
Thanks for linking up love! xx #TheList
January 23, 2015 at 9:26 am
We hope to return to Bluestone before the end of the year so hall defo keep this list handy! Would be great to explore Pembrokeshire some more. Definitely one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited.
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December 11, 2015 at 2:09 am
I really hope to get to see this area soon, and even though my kids are much older now we really look forward to the visit. Thank you for the information we really enjoyed.
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