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Attractions in and around Cardigan Town and Bay |
Cardigan is a busy tourist centre with friendly shops, excellent sports facilities and all year round entertainment at Theatr Mwldan. Beaches around CardiganMwnt Beach, near Cardigan A National Trust headland overlooking a secluded sandy beach with beautiful views Poppit Sands Poppit is the most northerly beach within the National Park. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path starts (or finishes, depending on your direction) just down the road at St Dogmaels, though many walkers pick up the path at Poppit. There are good views across the Teifi estuary and you may see bottle-nosed dolphins offshore Gwbert and Patch Boat Club
Across the Teifi from Poppit on the road to Mwnt is Gwbert, an ideal location for windsurfing, canoing, sea fishing or just enjoying the peaceful shore. Aberporth and Tresaith These sandy beaches are among the most popular in the area and the coastal path links Aberporth with Tresaith. At low tide it is possible to walk along the foreshore to golden beaches of Penbryn, whose sand dunes and woodland are managed by the National Trust Pembrokeshire Coastal Path Cardigan is the main Town at the northern end of the Pembrokeshire coastal path. There is a regular bus service from Finch Square to the start of the walk at Poppit Sands. It is also the southern start of the planned Cardiganshire / Ceredigion Coastal path. Many sections are already open and the walk from Cardigan to Mwnt can be made into a circular walk, Soon you will be able to walk the whole of Cardigan Bay!
Family Activities around CardiganTheatr Mwldan Theatr Mwldan is an arts venue based in Cardigan, West Wales. We host a wide range of professional and amateur theatre, cinema, music and dance productions. Teifi Valley Railway Trains run along a beautiful stretch of countryside
Cardigan Island Coastal Farm Park
Scenic headland overlooking the Cardigan Island nature reserve, 200 meters offshore. Falconry 'The Sport of Kings' Falconry days, Falconry walks and weekends with the Welsh Bird of Prey Centre. Felinwynt Rainforest and Butterfly Centre  A tropical house where visitors can wander amid exotic plants and butterflies. There's a tropical tea-room, wildlife shop and rainforest exhibition The Welsh Wildlife Centre Nearly 270 acres of nature reserve, dominated by the marsh and reedbeds on one side and on the other the beautiful Teifi river winding through a gorge carved by the meltwaters of a great Ice Age glacier. Look out too for the "Nuthatch", the reserve restaurant, over the second largest reedbed in Wales, domain of the graceful otter, the elusive Cetti's warbler and a haunt of a wide variety of waterbirds. Cilgerran, near Cardigan, Tel-01239 621600
Historical Sites around CardiganCardigan Heritage Centre St Dogmaels Abbey and Watermill
Founded in the 12th Century, the church contains the Sagranus stone whose marking provided the key to deciphering the ancient Goidelic language. The neighbouring mill sells traditionally ground flour. Cilgerran Castle Built on a rocky bluff to guard a trading route. Coracle races are held here in August Castell Henllys  Award-winning archaeological reconstruction of an Iron Age settlement on its original hilltop site, set among pretty woodland |
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