{"id":120,"date":"2021-07-02T10:55:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T09:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wch.cottage-search.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/10\/milford-haven\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T11:24:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T11:24:56","slug":"milford-haven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/blog\/milford-haven","title":{"rendered":"Milford Haven &#8211; What To See &amp; Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Milford Haven is a town in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/pembrokeshire-holiday-cottages.html\">Pembrokeshire<\/a> on the Milford Haven Waterway; the natural harbour has been used as a port since the middle ages and is one of the deepest in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Milford Haven is just 7 miles from both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/pembroke-area-holiday-cottages.html\">Pembroke<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/haverfordwest-cottages.html#close-map\">Haverfordwest<\/a> and a short car journey from many other pretty towns that are also on the coastal path such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/fishguard-bay-holiday-cottages.html\">Fishguard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/tenby-cottages.html\">Tenby<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/st-davids-peninsula-holiday-cottages.html\">St. Davids<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>So, what can you see and do in the pretty seaside town of Milford Haven? Let&#8217;s take a look&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Spending the day in Milford Haven<\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2077\" src=\"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/12\/Untitled-design-21.png\" alt=\"Milford Haven\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is parking at the quayside (Nelson Quay) and you can walk all the way along the front where there are various shops &amp; restaurants on the Milford Haven marina. A firm favourite among locals and visitors alike is <a href=\"https:\/\/marthasvineyard.co.uk\/\">Martha&#8217;s Vineyard<\/a> &#8211; a family-run bar and restaurant serving up freshly-caught seafood dishes with spectacular sea views.<\/p>\n<p>Milford Haven hosted the start of the 1991 Cutty Sark Tall Ships race and since then has hosted Seafair Haven a maritime festival that takes place every two years. Every other year In June there is also the Pembrokeshire fish week &#8211; perfect for seafood lovers!<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the weather there is something to do in Milford Haven. Try bowling, catch a play at the <a href=\"http:\/\/torchtheatre.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Torch Theatre<\/a> or a swim at the local leisure centre. You can also access the beautiful coastal path and admire the stunning scenery and wildlife.<\/p>\n<h3>Did you know?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In the Welsh language, Milford Haven is known as &#8220;<em>Aberdaugleddau<\/em>&#8221; &#8211; this translates to &#8220;mouth of the two Rivers Cleddau&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>The port was once intended to be a whaling centre, although it was taken over as a Royal Navy dockyard in 1800<\/li>\n<li>The town is the most populous settlement in the county, with over 12,000 residents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Enjoy a seaside break from one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/pembrokeshire-holiday-cottages.html\">Pembrokeshire cottages<\/a>. Whether you are searching for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/harbour-view-holiday-cottages.html\">harbour view holiday cottages<\/a> or perhaps those with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/historic-holiday-cottages.html\">plenty of history<\/a>, our specially-curated selection is sure to please.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milford Haven is a town in Pembrokeshire on the Milford Haven Waterway; the natural harbour has been used as a port since the middle ages and is one of the deepest in the world. Milford Haven is just 7 miles from both Pembroke and Haverfordwest and a short car journey from many other pretty towns [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":2076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1539],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-places-to-visit","location-pembrokeshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2078,"href":"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/2078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welsh-cottages.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}