Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
In 2009 scenes from Ridley Scott's
Robin Hood
and
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hal-
lows
were filmed here.
The Coastal Cruiser stops at the car park.
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Angle
At the southern head of the Milford Haven waterway, the village of Angle feels a long
way off the beaten track. The main attraction is the tiny beach in
West Angle Bay
, which has
great views across the mouth of Milford Haven to St Ann's Head, and offers good coastal
walks with lots of rock pools to explore.
If you're walking the coast path, consider catching the Coastal Cruiser from Angle to
Dale and skip two grim days passing the giant oil refineries lining Milford Haven.
Sleeping & Eating
Old Point House
( 01646-641205; Angle Point; s/d from £43/75; closed Nov-Feb, Mon & Tue Mar & Oct; )
Warm and
welcoming but rough around the edges, this 15th-century cottage pub, partly built with
shipwreck timbers, is as authentic as it gets. Set at the end of a rutted track looking out
over the water and marooned by spring tides, its battered furniture, ancient navigational
charts and roaring fire lend it plenty of charm. The home-cooked food is hearty and filling
(mains £8 to £18), but the rooms are basic and overpriced.
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Pembroke (Penfro)
POP 7550
Pembroke is not much more than a single street of neat Georgian and Victorian houses sit-
ting beneath a whopping great castle - the oldest in West Wales and birthplace of Henry
VII, the first Tudor king.
In 1154 local traders scored a coup when a Royal Act of Incorporation made it illegal to
land goods anywhere in the Milford Haven waterway except at Pembroke (now Pembroke
