beach
Barafundle Bay
Pristine golden-sand beach accessible only on foot through dunes and woodland, regularly voted the best beach in Britain.
10 km · about 20 min drive
Wales, United Kingdom · Europe
Milford Haven works well as a base: 5 minutes from Herbrandston, 11km from Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
Milford Haven is a town located in Wales, United Kingdom. With a population of 13,582, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Milford Haven sits in United Kingdom, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/London time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Milford Haven to your route.
Milford Haven (Welsh: Aberdaugleddau, lit. 'mouth of the two rivers Cleddau' ) is a town and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, an estuary forming a natural harbour that has been used as a port since the Middle Ages.
The town was founded in 1790 by Sir WilliamRead more
Hamilton, who designed a grid street pattern. He intended it to be a whaling centre, but by 1800 it was developing as a Royal Navy dockyard which it remained until the dockyard was transferred to Pembroke in 1814. It then became a commercial dock, with the focus moving in the 1960s, after the construction of an oil refinery built by Esso, to logistics for fuel oil and liquid gas. By 2010, the town's port had become the fourth largest in the United Kingdom in terms of tonnage, and continues its important role in the United Kingdom's energy sector with several oil refineries and one of the biggest liquefied natural gas terminals in the world.
Milford Haven is the most populous community in the county, with a population of 13,907 within the community boundary at the 2011 census. When measured in terms of urban area the population was 13,582, making it the second largest urban area in the county after Haverfordwest (where the urban area extends beyond its community boundary).
The natural harbour of the Haven was known as a safe port and was exploited for several historical military operations throughout the second millennium. Campaigns conducted from the Haven included part of the invasion of Ireland in 1171 by Henry II and by Cromwell in 1649. Forces which have disembarked at the point include Jean II de Rieux's 1405 reinforcement of the Glyndŵr Rising. In 1485, the future Henry VII landed close to his birthplace in Mill Bay before marching on to England.
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Milford Haven is located in Wales, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 51.7128 latitude, -5.0341 longitude.
Milford Haven has a population of approximately 13,582 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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beach
Pristine golden-sand beach accessible only on foot through dunes and woodland, regularly voted the best beach in Britain.
10 km · about 20 min drive
national park
Britain's only truly coastal national park, with 186 miles of path tracing dramatic cliffs, hidden coves and beaches along the wild Welsh coast.
11 km · about 20 min drive
beach
Charming walled seaside town with pastel-coloured Georgian houses, three sandy beaches and a medieval town wall.
23 km · about 25 min drive
cathedral
Britain's smallest city, home to a magnificent 12th-century cathedral nestled in a valley and the shrine of Wales's patron saint.
25 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Flooded slate quarry on the Pembrokeshire coast whose 25m-deep basin glows a surreal turquoise-blue, ringed by ruined quarry buildings. A former Red Bull Cliff Diving venue and coasteering favourite.
27 km · about 30 min drive
racetrack
Wales's national motorsport centre on the Carmarthenshire coast, a fast former-airfield circuit once used by F1 teams including McLaren and Williams for secret testing.
49 km · about 55 min drive
beach
A sweeping three-mile beach on the Gower Peninsula with dramatic cliff views, Worm's Head promontory, and powerful surf.
54 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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