Environment

River

The River Teifi has been the main access route to the Welsh hinterland for many centuries and the primary source of transportation for major industrial and commercial developments from the coast to the hills:

• Slate quarries in the Cilgerran Gorge
• Tin works at Llechryd
• Woollen mills at Velindre 
• Oak bark to the tanneries of Ireland
• Lime to the arable fields alongside the river 
• Salmon and sewin fishing from coracles and seine nets
• Ship building and ship industries around Cardigan Coast

Coast

The Pembrokeshire coast is famous for its cliffs, sweeping beaches, and just about every type of coastal landform. This is Britain's only truly coastal National Park. It is a spectacular landscape of rugged cliffs, sandy beaches, wooded estuaries and wild inland hills that provide sanctuary for wildlife. Why not walk the coast and travel by bus on the "Poppit Rocket". See the bus timetable and work out your route.

People belong here, too. They have shaped the landscape over the centuries, leaving their mark in tombs and castles, crosses and cottages, quarries and quays. Today this is a living, working landscape where people and nature co-exist.. Pembrokeshire Coastal Footpath starts / finishes at St.Dogmaels

The Pembrokeshire coast has seen:

• the development of huge herring fleets
• ship building and made significant contribution to world shipping and trade
• immigration/emigration across Europe and around the world
• Viking invasion and settlement
• Battles and pestilence
• Growth of Christianity and places of pilgrimage

Heritage

• 3000+ years of settlement
• Post conquest abbey
• Iron Age Forts
• Rich maritime legacy
• Shipbuilding industry and trade
• Local industries from tin-works to slate quarries and fishing