Brook House Camping

Laugharne is a handy spot for joining up with the Wales Coastal Path, whose Camarthenshire sections serve up a rich spread of wetlands and salt marshes, pines and dunes. You’ll find it hard to resist the beaches as you go by, and the one at Pendine (five minutes’ drive) is a particularly special example: the wide sands on this beach stretch for seven miles, and on windy days you may feel as if you’re far out to sea. Malcolm Campbell homed in on Pendine’s natural benefits for his land speed record in 1924; learn more at the Museum of Speed. For those who want to speed around on their own, Heatherton World of Activities (30 minutes) has go-karts along with bumper boats, giant jumping pillows, high ropes and just about everything else for the thrillseeking family. Folly Farm Adventure Park and Zoo (40 minutes) is the place for fun times of a furrier kind; meet lions, rhinos and penguins, look giraffes in the eye on the high-up walkway and finish up with the traditional fairground. For contrasting calm, head out by boat from Tenby (40 minutes), for a seal spotting cruise or to visit Caldey Island, home to monks, rare birds and isolated beaches.