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Tenby Castle Beach (Old Lifeboat Station)Sea

Tenby Castle Beach (Old Lifeboat Station)

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This slipway sits at the site of Tenby's original lifeboat station on Castle Hill, built in 1905 and replaced by a modern station in 2008, launching onto Castle Beach beneath the castle headland. The Sunday Times named Castle Beach the UK's best beach in 2019.

Tenby Castle Beach (Lifeboat Station)Sea

Tenby Castle Beach (Lifeboat Station)

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This slipway is mapped between Tenby's RNLI lifeboat station and the adjoining pier on Castle Hill, launching onto Castle Beach beneath the castle headland. The all-weather lifeboat station traces back to a slip-way-equipped boathouse built here in 1905, since rebuilt.

Nevern put-inRiver

Nevern put-in

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This slipway lies on the River Nevern (Afon Nyfer) in the valley between Nevern village and Newport, closer to Newport than to Nevern itself. The river continues downstream through Newport to its tidal mouth at Parrog.

Milford Haven put-inSea

Milford Haven put-in

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This slipway sits on the Milford Haven Waterway in Hakin, a village on the western side of Milford Haven town, Pembrokeshire. The waterway is a natural ria managed as a trust port by the Milford Haven Port Authority.

Milford Haven put-inSea

Milford Haven put-in

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This slipway sits on the Milford Haven Waterway on the eastern side of Milford Haven town, Pembrokeshire, a natural ria managed as a trust port by the Milford Haven Port Authority.

Milford Haven put-inSea

Milford Haven put-in

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This slipway sits on the Milford Haven Waterway close to Milford Marina, within the historic dock area of Milford Haven town, Pembrokeshire. The marina occupies the site of the former working docks and has 360 berths alongside retail, museum and leisure facilities.

Abercastle harbour slipwaySea

Abercastle harbour slipway

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This slipway launches into Abercastle Harbour, a small working harbour on the north Pembrokeshire coast that faces northwest and is sheltered from south-westerly gales. It is popular with divers and sea kayakers, and a fee applies to use it.

Landshipping slipwaySea

Landshipping slipway

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This slipway lies on the Daugleddau close to Landshipping, a short distance upstream of Landshipping Quay on the same reach of the tidal Cleddau estuary.

Lawrenny QuaySea

Lawrenny Quay

Pembrokeshire, Wales

Lawrenny Quay is a working yacht station on the Daugleddau, the combined Cleddau estuary, close to where the Cresswell and Carew Rivers branch off. The Lawrenny Arms and the Quayside Tearooms stand beside the water.

Landshipping QuaySea

Landshipping Quay

Pembrokeshire, Wales

Landshipping Quay sits on the Daugleddau, the tidal Cleddau estuary, in a hamlet that once shipped anthracite coal from local collieries. The harvested location pointed to Martletwy, a parish centred a few miles inland.

Martin's Haven slipwaySea

Martin's Haven slipway

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This stone slipway serves Martin's Haven, a small north-facing cove near Marloes that opens onto St Brides Bay. It is the departure point for the seasonal Skomer and Skokholm island ferries, and lies close to Jack Sound, the tidal strait between the mainland and Skomer.

Lydstep HavenSea

Lydstep Haven

Pembrokeshire, Wales

Lydstep Haven is a cove on Pembrokeshire's south coast between Tenby and Manorbier, reached off the A4139. The slipway sits within the Lydstep Beach holiday park and is tagged in OpenStreetMap as customer access only, and low tides here have exposed a submerged forest with prehistoric human and animal footprints preserved in peat.

Freshwater EastSea

Freshwater East

Pembrokeshire, Wales

Freshwater East is a bay on Pembrokeshire's south coast, its beach backed by dunes known as The Burrows and set on the Wales Coast Path within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The beach holds a Green Coast Award and has a cafe, toilets and parking, with the Trewent Point Site of Special Scientific Interest adjoining to the west.

HazelbeachSea

Hazelbeach

Pembrokeshire, Wales

Hazelbeach is a small hamlet in Llanstadwell parish on the northern shore of the Milford Haven Waterway, near the Waterston oil terminal. A slipway here gives access to the open water of the haven, which the Port of Milford Haven regulates as the statutory navigation authority.

Haverfordwest town quayRiver

Haverfordwest town quay

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This slipway sits at Haverfordwest, the historic tidal limit of the Western Cleddau below St Mary's ('New') Bridge, once the site of a busy tidal quay. A local kayaking club still uses the river from here out to sea.

Glanfa Glanteifon SlipwaySea

Glanfa Glanteifon Slipway

Pembrokeshire, Wales

Glanfa Glanteifon ("Teifi-bank landing") is a slipway on the tidal Teifi estuary near St Dogmaels. Its Welsh and English name tags both derive directly from the river, confirming the water here is the Teifi rather than the village itself.

Fishguard Harbour Slipway, Harbour VillageSea

Fishguard Harbour Slipway, Harbour Village

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This slipway is in Harbour Village, Goodwick, inside Fishguard Harbour. The RNLI's Fishguard Lifeboat Station operates its all-weather and inshore lifeboats from within the same harbour.

Goodwick Sands SlipwaySea

Goodwick Sands Slipway

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This point sits on Goodwick Sands, the beach along The Parrog shorefront in Goodwick, on Fishguard Bay.

Lower Town Foreshore, FishguardSea

Lower Town Foreshore, Fishguard

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This point sits on the Lower Town foreshore in Fishguard, near where the River Gwaun meets Fishguard Bay.

Quay Street Slipway, FishguardSea

Quay Street Slipway, Fishguard

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This access point sits on Quay Street in Lower Town, Fishguard, on the tidal reach where the River Gwaun meets Fishguard Bay.

Lower Town Quay, FishguardSea

Lower Town Quay, Fishguard

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This slipway lies on Quay Street in Lower Town, Fishguard, close to where the River Gwaun opens into Fishguard Bay. The bay faces north and is sheltered from the prevailing westerly winds.

Goodwick Harbour SlipwaySea

Goodwick Harbour Slipway

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This slipway is on Quay Road in Goodwick, close to Fishguard Harbour, the breakwater-enclosed port opened in 1906 that now serves the Stena Line ferry to Rosslare.

The Parrog Slipway, GoodwickSea

The Parrog Slipway, Goodwick

Pembrokeshire, Wales

The Parrog is Goodwick's shorefront on Fishguard Bay, beside Goodwick Sands beach. It faces across the bay towards Fishguard Harbour on the far shore.

Lower Town Slipway, FishguardSea

Lower Town Slipway, Fishguard

Pembrokeshire, Wales

This slipway is on Quay Street in Lower Town, the old quarter of Fishguard where the River Gwaun meets the sea. It opens onto Fishguard Bay, which faces north and is sheltered from the prevailing westerly winds.

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