Carregwasted Point

The walk to Carregwasted Point from Fishguard takes you along some proper dramatic coastline - sheer cliffs dropping away to grey-green water, the kind of spot where you understand why this corner of Pembrokeshire gets under your skin. The point itself is a rocky headland jutting into the Bristol Channel, with views that stretch across to Strumble Head lighthouse and beyond. On a clear day you can pick out the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. It's the sort of place that rewards the effort, though the path isn't trivial - you're looking at a good hour's walk from town across field and coastal track.

This is walkers' territory, full stop. Families with young kids might find the terrain a bit much, and it's genuinely exposed when the wind gets up. Birdwatchers come here for the seabirds and the chance to spot passing marine life. There's no café, no facilities, nothing tourist-trap about it - just the landscape doing what it does.

If you're based at one of the nearby parks - Tregroes or Fishguard Holiday Park are closest - it makes a proper half-day outing. Pack a flask. Wear decent boots. Go when the weather's settled because it can feel bleak and uncomfortable in the rain. Worth the walk? Absolutely, if you're the type who came to Pembrokeshire for the wild bits, not the chocolate-box villages. It's free, always accessible, and genuinely untrammelled.