Pembroke (Wales)

Pembroke (Welsh: Penfro) is the traditional county town of Pembrokeshire in south-west Wales. However, the administrative centre and de facto county town is Haverfordwest. The town and the county derive their name from that of the cantref, or medieval land division, of Penfro: in Welsh, Pen = "head" or "end", and bro = "region", "country", "land", and so the town's name means essentially "Land's End". Interestingly, the name for Land's End in the Cornish language (which is related to Welsh) is Penn an Wlas or Pedn an Wlas.

By car
A477 is just over 50 miles from Swansea.

By rail
Transport for Wales (TfW) (Trafnidiaeth Cymru) and Great Western Railway (GWR) operate trains to Lamphey, Pembroke and Pembroke Dock.

Pembroke and Pembroke Dock are the termini of the Whitland-Pembroke branch of the West Wales lines (Llinellau Gorllewin Cymru). The other termini of the West Wales lines are Swansea, Milford Haven and Fishguard. You may need to change at Whitland.



By bus
Public transport to Pembroke also includes both local and national bus lines.
 * National Express
 * Arriva Bus Wales

Get around
A comprehensive network of local bus services run throughout Pembrokeshire as well as to adjoining counties.

Do
There is a very interesting town walk, get a free booklet at the Tourist Office on the Commons. Some of the buildings opposite the castle are medieval, one was the town jail. The walk takes at least an hour and takes you around the points of interest including the Mill Pond and the fantastic original town walls.

As part of the walk, you will see a terrace of 3 Georgian townhouses on Main Street:

The Conservation Area covers most of the original town and has many very interesting houses and buildings:

Eat

 * Wavecrest Cafe and Cafe Môr (an old fishing boat) are seafood cafes at Angle at the tip of the peninsula.
 * Wavecrest Cafe and Cafe Môr (an old fishing boat) are seafood cafes at Angle at the tip of the peninsula.

Bed and Breakfast
B&Bs: Pembroke has a variety of accommodation, of which B&Bs are plentiful. However just like elsewhere advance reservations are recommended during the summer months.

Go next
The ferry to Rosslare in Ireland takes just under 4 hours from Pembroke Dock. St Davids, the smallest city in Britain, and home to the most important cathedral in Wales, is well worth a visit.