New Street Art Gallery and B&B

St Davids has a proper creative streak running through it, and the New Street Art Gallery taps right into that. It's a working gallery space combined with a bed and breakfast - so artists actually live and work here rather than it being some sterile exhibition box. You get to see contemporary art in progress, which changes the whole experience. The work tends toward local themes and Welsh landscape stuff, though the brief I had suggested the programme rotates regularly enough that repeat visits don't feel stale.

The gallery itself is intimate - not vast, so you're not trudging about for hours. Figure on 45 minutes to an hour if you're actually reading the pieces and chatting to whoever's about. Families with restless kids might find it a touch quiet, but if you've got teenagers or actual art interests in the group, they'll get something from it. The B&B angle is clever if you're basing yourself in the area - you could stay here and wake up surrounded by the work.

St Davids sits bang in the middle of brilliant coastal walking territory, and Pembrokeshire Meadows Camping is right on the doorstep, literally 0.1 miles away. From there you've got the Pembrokeshire Coast Path practically on your tent pegs. Caerfai Bay and Lleithyr Farm are also within spitting distance for anyone wanting to stay close but with more space. It's the sort of stop that works well as a rest day activity between walks rather than a main event, but that's not a criticism - sometimes the best gallery experiences are the ones you stumble into.