Tir Bach Farm

Pembrokeshire has more Blue Flag or Seaside Award beaches than any other county in the UK – over 50 at last count – take your pick from swimming, surfing, kayaking, kitesurfing and other watersports, rockpooling and crabbing, or just stretching out on the pristine sands. Newport Bay is about 25 minutes’ drive from Tir Bach Farm beyond the Presili Hills and has six beaches popular with families as well as several coves and caves to delve into and plenty of space for sailing and windsurfing. Newport Sands, below Newport Golf Course, is the biggest of the six and The Parrog has an active windsurdfing and dinghy sailing club and lucrative rockpooling from its west end. Access the Pembrokeshire Coast Path from Newport Sands: its 186 miles of headland and beach walking skirt the coast from Amroth to St. Dogmaels taking in postcard-worthy scenery, towns and villages, such as nearby Fishguard and the walled fishing town of Tenby (‘Little England beyond Wales’) on the south coast. Whether pootling around on foot or taking the car around the coast, make a stop at beaut St Davids Peninsula, home of tiny cathedral city St Davids on the River Alun and the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. If you’re a surfer, Whitesands Bay two miles west is the place to launch your board, or when the tide is out, look for signs of the ancient and mostly submerged forest sticking up from the sand. Other history can be had around Pembrokeshire’s castles and forts: if you can’t quite get round all 51 of them, exploring the walls of Tenby and Pembroke is a good start, as are the fortified bishops' palaces at St Davids and Lamphey, and the mammoth fortresses of Carew, Manorbier and Pembroke Castles. If you're after kid-friendly days out, Oakwood Theme Park, Folly Farm Adventure Park and Zoo and Bluestone Resort's waterpark are all within a half-hour drive.