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Pembroke Dock (Welsh: Doc Penfro) is a town and a community in Pembrokeshire, South West Wales, 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Pembroke on the banks of the River Cleddau. Originally Paterchurch, a small fishing village, Pembroke Dock town expanded rapidly following the construction of the Royal Navy Dockyard in 1814.
The enclosed yard remains notable for being the finest Georgian-style square in Wales". [6] A fortified gatehouse is in the middle of the north wall. The moat is about 16 feet (4.9 m) deep and 42 feet (12.8 m) wide and is crossed by a fixed modern steel bridge that replaced the original wooden sliding drawbridge that leads
Milford Haven (Welsh: Aberdaugleddau, lit. 'mouth of the two rivers Cleddau' listen ⓘ) is both a town and a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales.It is on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, an estuary forming a natural harbour that has been used as a port since the Middle Ages.
Around the start of the 19th century, two new towns were constructed: Milford in 1790 by Sir William Hamilton, and Pembroke Dock in 1802 as the site for a new Royal Naval Dockyard. Both towns have regular planned layouts, both have experienced a history of boom and slump in shipbuilding, fishing and as railheads and ocean terminals. [1]
Pembroke Dock railway station serves the town of Pembroke Dock in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is the terminus of the Pembroke Dock branch of West Wales Lines from Swansea , 27 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (44 km) southwest of Whitland .
See more images No 1, The Terrace Pembroke Dock SM9603803521 51°41′36″N 4°57′09″W / 51.693252420968°N 4.9525128244509°W / 51.693252420968; -4.9525128244509 (No 1, The Terrace) 18 January 1974 House formerly listed together with the Commodore Club 6454 No 2, The Terrace Pembroke Dock SM9606303504 51°41′35″N 4°57′08″W / 51.693108890757°N 4. ...
Pembroke (/ ˈ p ɛ m b r ʊ k / PEM-bruuk; Welsh: Penfro [3]) is a town and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with a population of 7,552.The names of both the town and the county (of which the county town is Haverfordwest) have a common origin; both are derived from the Cantref of Penfro: Pen, 'head' or 'end', and bro, 'region', 'country', 'land', which has been interpreted to mean either ...
RAF Pembroke Dock had two spillways; one was 1,121 feet (342 m) with a mechanical winch and the other was 199 feet (61 m). A third spillway was located at Neyland on the other side of the estuary to Pembroke Dock. [13] In 1934, No. 230 Sqn was reformed at RAF Pembroke Dock, having been disbanded in 1922. The Squadron would leave and return four ...