WELCOME TO THE HAVENS

  Situated in the southwest corner of Wales and known over the centuries as " Little England 
  beyond Wales", the county of Pembrokeshire has a mixed Welsh and English heritage that 
  has helped define it as a very different corner of the British Isles.

  The Havens is a coastal Community located on the southern eastern side of St. Brides bay 
  facing out west to the Atlantic and northwest to St. David's Head and Ramsey Island. Most of 
  the community area lies within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, the only coastal 
  National Park in Britain, with its unique beautiful scenery, abundant birds and wildlife in an 
  unspoiled natural environment.

The Havens is an administrative area, composed of the former parish units of Haroldston West. Walton West and Talbenny, as well as part of Hasguard and Walwyns Castle parishes, the community possesses a number of small villages and hamlets, the most prominent of which are the coastal settlements of Broad Haven and Little Haven, both located on the Coast Path. The county town of Haverfordwest is situated some six miles inland.

BROAD HAVEN, there is little record of the origins of the village but it probably began as a 
small fishing community. Since the 18th Century, however, it has gained a reputation as a 
seaside resort and today the tourist industry is an important element in the local economy, 
in many ways shaping the character of the settlement.
 
The B4341 road from the county town forms the promenade, overlooking the Broad Haven, 
a broad, extensive and safe, sandy beach. Evidence of the Pembrokeshire coal measures 
is to be seen in the spectacularly folded cliffs.

  LITTLE HAVEN. Situated to the south of' Broad Haven and similar only in so far as it originated as a small fishing village, with 
  later development as a small port for the export of coal when coal was bagged and loaded onto beached ships. The drying 
  inlet that forms the Little Haven provides the focus of an attractive seaside village clinging to the sides of a steep valley. The 
  Point Beacon gives a sweeping view of St. Brides bay from St. David's Head to Skomer Island. Part of the village is a 
  designated as a Conservation Area.

 In common with most of the small bays and inlets around the Pembrokeshire coastline, Little Haven and Broad Haven have 
  been associated with sea fishing, and a small number of boats still work out of Little Haven, fishing mainly for lobster and 
  crab, but also some mackerel and Pollack.

  Surfing and windsurfing are popular activities and sale/hire and tuition can be arranged. Over recent years sub-aqua diving is a 
  growing specialist activity, with wrecks and islands to explore.

  Once you have exhausted yourself walking the coast path, watching birds and wildlife, indulging in water sports, or watching 
  an uninterrupted view of a spectacular sunset, there is a choice of places to eat within these two villages, including pubs. 
  restaurants and cafes.