Best campsites in Pembrokeshire (2026 guide)
Wales' only fully-coastal National Park, 186 miles of Coast Path, and some of the best beach camping in Britain. Here's where to pitch, when to go, and what to do once the tent's up.
Pembrokeshire is the only UK National Park designated almost entirely for its coastline, and it shows — cliff-top pitches, working harbours, and beaches that regularly top British polls without the queues of Cornwall. It rewards campers who split their time between the coast and the quieter inland country around the Preseli Hills.
Where to pitch
St Davids, Britain's smallest city, is the obvious base for the north of the county — campsites around Whitesands and Solva put you within walking distance of some of the best coastal walking in Wales. Tenby, on the south coast, is more built-up but has campsites just outside town that combine beach access with an actual working seaside town on the doorstep. For something quieter, the Marloes peninsula in the far southwest has smaller, farm-based sites with direct access to Marloes Sands and views out to Skomer Island.
Inland, the Preseli Hills give you a genuinely different Pembrokeshire — heather moorland, Iron Age hillforts, and the bluestone quarries linked to Stonehenge — with far fewer visitors and campsites that rarely book out even in August.
Beyond the tent
The Pembrokeshire Coast Path runs the full 186-mile length of the county, so almost every campsite has a section of it within reach — pick a stretch rather than trying to do all of it in one trip. St Davids Cathedral, tucked into a hollow below the city, is worth the visit regardless of faith. Boat trips to Skomer and Ramsey Island (April–September) are one of the best wildlife experiences in Britain — puffins on Skomer from late April to July are the highlight. Many of the coastal villages here still have a proper village pub within an easy walk of the campsite — worth checking a listing's own description for specifics, since it varies site to site.
When to go
May and June give you the best combination of long days, puffins still on Skomer, and a coastline that hasn't yet hit peak-August crowds. September is the second good window — the sea's at its warmest for swimming and the Coast Path is far quieter. July and August are glorious but the honeypot beaches (Barafundle, Whitesands) and the Skomer boats need booking well ahead.
Booking ahead
Coastal Pembrokeshire campsites near St Davids, Tenby and the National Trust beaches book out for summer weekends by late spring — earlier than inland Wales. The Preseli Hills and the county's quieter northern stretch (around Newport and the Gwaun Valley) have much better late-availability, and often better weather odds too, since they sit slightly inland of the coastal cloud that can roll in off the Irish Sea.