The Pembrokeshire Coast is the UK’s only truly coastal national park, established in 19…

The Pembrokeshire Coast is the UK’s only truly coastal national park, established in 1952 along the southwest tip of Wales. The 186-mile Coast Path runs from Amroth in the south to St Dogmaels in the north, with a total rise and fall greater than Everest. The geology changes dramatically as you walk — limestone cliffs in the south, volcanic headlands in the north, red sandstone in between. Inland, the Preseli Hills are where the bluestones for Stonehenge were quarried and dragged 150 miles to Wiltshire around 3000 BC. St Davids, Britain’s smallest city, is named after Wales’s patron saint who was born here in the 6th century — two medieval pilgrimages to St Davids equalled one to Rome. Vikings named several of the offshore islands, including Skomer and Skokholm, which now host huge seabird colonies. The southern half was so heavily settled by Normans and Flemish that it became known as “Little England beyond Wales.” National Geographic rated it the second-best coastal destination in the world.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​