Beaches on Cardigan Bay, West Wales
The beaches are shown in geographical order from
Pembrokeshire in the south to Aberdovey in the north.
Newport Newport in Pembrokeshire has a wide expanse of sand divided by the
river as it enters the sea.
Poppit Sands
On the south side of the Teifi estuary near St Dogmaels, Poppit is a wide
expanse of sand with views across to Cardigan Island.
Gwbert On the north side of the Teifi estuary, Gwbert is a favourite with
weekend sailors.
Mwnt Mwnt is a National Trust beach just north of Cardigan. There is a large pay and display car park above the beach and a shop and toilets partway down
the
path leading to the beach.
Mwnt This is the view from the hill above Mwnt looking towards Cardigan Island.
This is a good place to see butterflies, Dolphins and Choughs.
Aberporth There are 2 pay car parks between the 2 beaches. 'The
Large Barn' is a short drive from both Aberporth and Mwnt.
Aberporth There
are 2 entirely separate beaches at Aberporth.
Tresaith An excellent beach for water sports - wide and sandy, but limited
parking.
Penbryn This National Trust beach is between Llangrannog and
Tresaith. There is a large NT car park half a mile from the beach.
The beach is much larger than it appears in this photo.
Llangrannog There
is a free car park above the village, and a pay car park right
above the beach.
Llangrannog AView of the village and beach from the hill to the
south.
'Fisherman's Loft' can be seen on the left
of the photo. 'Mill View' is just a 10 minute
walk from the beach
Cwmtydu
There is limited free parking near the
beach and parking further back along the Llwyndafydd road. Atlantic Grey
Seals can often be seen with their pups here in September.
Seal Bay Accessible by coastal path from Cwmtydu or by footpath from Nanternis.
Dolau Beach, New Quay The small beach to the east of the pier.
This photo has been used for the sign on the 'Dolau Inn' close by. There
are many cottages advertised on this website at New Quay.
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New Quay, Harbour Beach Wide, sandy and well protected from the breeze, New Quay's main beach
has a
blue flag and is very popular in the summer when it becomes quite crowded.
There are many cottages advertised on this website at New Quay.
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Traethgwyn Beach, New Quay Between New Quay and Cei Bach. The Quay West Holiday Park is above
this beach where we advertise many Holiday Caravans to rent.
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information about them.
Cei Bach, New Quay Cei Bach is a short walk from 'Gwynfor' and 'Rosemary'
Cottage'. There are seldom many people
at Cei Bach and dogs are allowed on the beach! The Cei
Bach Country Pub and restaurant is also here overlooking the Bay.
Llanrhystud There is wide sandy beach at Llanrhystud at low tide, but at high
tide, the sea comes right up to the high shingle bank at the top of the
beach. There is a single track lane that leads down to the beach where
there is a free parking area just south of the filling station on the
A487.
Aberdovey
Being north of the Dovey, Aberdovey is technically in North Wales rather
than West Wales. It has a wide sandy beach in the estuary of the river.
