Withybush Woods

A proper woodland walk just outside Haverfordwest, Withybush Woods offers the sort of dense tree cover and quiet you'll crave after a few days of coastal tourism. The paths wind through mature woodland - beech, oak, and ash mostly - with enough shade to make summer afternoons manageable and enough openness that you're not trudging through gloom. It's free to wander, no gates, no nonsense. Allow two hours if you're taking it slowly, forty minutes if you just want a circuit.

This works best for people who actually like walking rather than ticking boxes. The woodland floor is soft, the air proper fresh, and there's the occasional glimpse of Pembrokeshire's patchwork fields beyond the tree line. Kids will find it interesting rather than thrilling - good for burning energy, not for photo ops.

The real value sits in how close it is to Three Fields Campsite, just 1.2 miles down the road. If you're camping in that corner of Pembrokeshire and the weather turns, or you've had enough of the Pembrokeshire Coast crowds, slip away here. It's the sort of place that doesn't appear in guidebooks, which is exactly why it's worth knowing about. Honest woodland, nothing fancy, but exactly what a forest should be.