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Newport Bay (Welsh: Bae Trefdraeth) is a bay on a section of the north Pembrokeshire coast, Wales, which is within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The bay is one of many in the much larger Cardigan Bay , and it stretches from Dinas Island (actually a peninsula) to the headland of Pen-y-bâl, two miles to the east.
Newport (Welsh: Trefdraeth, meaning: "town by the beach") is a town, community, electoral ward and ancient port of Parrog, on the Pembrokeshire coast in West Wales at the mouth of the River Nevern (Welsh: Afon Nyfer) in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The town gives its name to Newport Bay. [2]
Consequently, the station today houses two inshore lifeboats, which operate from the beach. [ 34 ] The station is open to the public on Wednesdays (18:00-20:00) and Sundays (10:00-12:00), [ 36 ] and also houses an RNLI shop, open throughout the year, volunteers permitting.
Newgale (Welsh: Niwgwl) is a village with an almost two-mile (3 km) stretch of beach in the parish of Roch, Pembrokeshire, West Wales. [1] [2] The beach is situated in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path and has rugged coastal scenery with the path winding up and down the cliffs.
Cwm-yr-Eglwys (English: Valley of the Church [1]) is a hamlet in a picturesque cove on the eastern side of the Dinas Island peninsula in the community of Dinas Cross between Fishguard and Newport, Pembrokeshire, in southwest Wales. It has a full-time population of around 10 people. There are 27 homes and a small private caravan site.
The Pembrokeshire Coast Path (Welsh: Llwybr Arfordir Sir Benfro), often called the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path, is a designated National Trail in Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales. [1] Established in 1970, it is a 186-mile (299 km) long-distance walking route, mostly at cliff-top level, with a total of 35,000 feet (11,000 m) of ascent and descent.
In 2004, The Times "Travel" magazine selected Barafundle Bay in Pembrokeshire as one of the twelve best beaches in the world. In 2007, Oxwich Bay made the same magazine's Top 12 best beaches in the world list, and was also selected as Britain's best beach for 2007.
Over the years Pembrokeshire's beaches, all of which lie in the National Park, have been awarded many International Blue Flag Awards (10 in 2014 [19]), 47 Green Coast Awards (15 in 2011) and 106 Seaside Awards (31 in 2011). [20] [21] In 2011 it also had 39 beaches recommended by the Marine Conservation Society. Beaches in the park include: