Things to do in West Wales
Gigrin Farm Red Kite Feeding Centre
Wild Red Kites are fed at Gigrin Farm every day of the year and the number of kites visiting the feeding station can exceed 600, depending on weather and time of year. When the weather is bad numbers can increase dramatically. You can witness fantastic feats of aerial piracy as red kites compete...
Honorwood Flocks
The Honorwood Flocks are based at Cefn Llanfair which is a small working farm situated on a plateau above the beautiful Teifi Valley near the village of Llandysul, specializing in the breeding and keeping of Shetland, Icelandic, Soay, and Jacob sheep together with white Angora Goats. The sheep...
Tudor Merchant's House
The Tudor Merchant’s House is a late 15th century town house furnished to recreate the atmosphere of family life in Tudor times. It is located near the harbour in Tenby and is characteristic of the area at the time when Tenby was a thriving trading port. There are Tudor costumes for children to try...
Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber
Pentre Ifan is the most impressive and most visited megalith in Wales. This ancient Neolithic burial chamber occupies a hilltop site in a beautiful setting with stunning views over Fishguard Bay and the Preseli Mountains. Dating from around 4000 BC it consists of a tilted capstone, weighing 16...
St Davids Cathedral
St Davids is a beautiful 12th century cathedral set in Britain’s smallest city. It is built on the site of the monastery founded by Dewi Sant (St David), the patron saint of Wales. There are guided tours available or you may explore the cathedral by yourself. Check the website for special events...
Strata Florida Abbey
Strata Florida (‘Vale of Flowers’) is located in a picturesque valley and is the site of a 12th century Cistercian Abbey whose ruins are now in the care of Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments. There are ancient woodlands to be found there, hillforts, homes and plenty of other glimpses into the past....
Melin Tregwynt
Melin Tregwynt is a delightful white washed wool mill to be found in a remote wooded valley on the Pembrokeshire coast. There has been a mill on this site since the 17th century, when local farmers would bring their fleeces to be spun into yarn and woven into fine wool blankets. Owned by our family...
Solva Woollen Mill
Solva Woollen Mill is one of the hidden treasures of Pembrokeshire, a delightful family run woollen mill 1 mile along the valley from Solva. The mill has been on this site in Middle Mill for over 100 years, where the water from the River Solfach powered the looms to weave woollen rugs, blankets and...
St Govan's Chapel
The tiny 13th-century St Govan’s Chapel is perched on the cliff at St Govan’s Head, the most southerly point on the Pembrokeshire coast. A tiny cell measuring 18 by 12 feet, dating from the thirteenth century, but parts of it - the altar and a seat cut in the rock - may be much earlier. The saint...
Picton Castle
Picton Castle comprises 40 acres of some of the most beautiful woodland gardens and grounds in West Wales. The estate is situated close to the Cleddau Estuary, known locally as the ‘hidden waterway’. Picton Castle is a most unusual ancient building being in design half fortified manor house and...
Kidwelly Castle
Kidwelly Castle, an imposing Norman castle now in the care of Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments, is very well-preserved. The Great Gatehouse, completed in 1422, still stands almost to its full height. Walk around the outside of the half-moon shaped outer walls to fully appreciate the dominating...
Dinefwr Park and Castle
Dinefwr Park and Castle is an iconic place in the history of Wales and is now a National trust property. The 12th century Dinefwr Castle looks out over the 10th century designed landscape which encloses a medieval deer park, home to over 100 fallow deer and to a small herd of White Park Cattle. The...
Newcastle Emlyn Castle
The time-worn remains of the castle at Newcastle Emlyn are to be found on a picturesque, grassy site overlooking a loop of the River Teifi. The Castle dates from the 13th Century, was strengthened in the 14th century, was then badly damaged in the 15th century and ruined in the Civil War when the...
Carew Castle and Tidal Mill
On a flat site by the Carew river, the castle changed from a fortress to a grand Elizabethan mansion. The castle was begun after 1100 by Gerald of Windsor with a stone tower, unusual in these first castles. This remains amid later additions made for the de Carew family in the 1280s on the east side...
Dryslwyn Castle
The site of Dryslwyn is spectacular, a rocky outcrop in the broad fertile Tywi valley. The castle was built for the Welsh princes of South Wales, and has a quite different feel to the regular castles of the Norman conquerors. Here the castle meanders along the top of the rock before the main inner...
Cilgerran Castle
High over a gorge of the River Teifi, so close to the edge that large parts of the outer wall have fallen, Cilgerran Castle presents to the landward side two massive round towers built of the thin slatey stone available. These were the key defences because the castle stands on a promontory between...
Laugharne Castle
Set low by the estuary of the Taf, Laugharne Castle is still dramatic with its red stone walls. The Normans chose a site that could be reinforced from the sea when they arrived just after 1100. In the centuries of war it fell to the lord Rhys in 1189, to Llywelyn the Great in 1215 and Llywelyn the...
Llansteffan Castle
Llansteffan Castle is situated high above the Towy estuary and an especially good view can be seen from the Carmarthen train. A Norman castle established after 1100, it was insecure for generations. The de Camville lords gradually rebuilt it in stone but lost it to Llywelyn the Great in 1215 and...
Aberystwyth Castle
The original castle was built on the present site by Llywelyn the Great, it changed hands several times before finally became useless against new weapons. The last castle built at Aberystwyth was considered to be among the greatest in Wales, but today lies entirely ruined. As early as the 14th...
Carreg Cennen Castle
Carreg Cennen Castle and Farm is open 364 days a year. As Wales’ most dramatically situated castle perched on top of the 300ft limestone crag, a visit is a must. Whilst visiting the castle a collection of native rare breeds of cattle and sheep can be seen on the fields surrounding the castle on...
