1.2 - TENBY SOUTH - MANORBIER

Distance about 6 miles .

Walk around the harbour , and Castle Head - with a monument to Prince Albert (1865) and the remains of Tenby Castle (12C ) .

Passing Tenbys 2 Lifeboat Stations , one disused - Victorian 1897 .
Off shore is St Catherine's Island / ruins of a chapel removed and replaced with the present fortification / 1868/75 / a Palmerston folly / for Milford Havens Defence . Island sold in 1907 for £500 .
Then down to Tenby South Beach / a long stretch of beach with sand dunes ( The Burrows ).

At the end of the beach , path climbs up , to pass Giltar Point , close to Caldey Island / St Margaret's Island .
Caldey Island is a 20 min boat ride from Tenby / Easter - End October / Closed on sundays .
The adjoining Island of St Margaret's is a Nature Reserve / with a Large Cormorant Colony and Guillemots , Razorbills / landing is not allowed .

Passed Giltar Point if red flags are flying , ( when the Armed Forces " Penally Rifle Range " is in use ) , a short diversion may apply / around a strip of coast ( about 1/2 mile ) / between giltar point and valley field top . Manned sentry posts stop access when the path is closed .

Lundy Island may be visible 40 miles away .
3 Blowholes and a lime kiln are passed before Proud Giltar is reached.
Passing Proud Giltar / and another blowhole / then down to Lydstep Haven Beach / with an extensive residential development / good view to Caldey Island .

Around Lydstep Headland / path drops down into a gorge with access to Lydstep Caverns Beach ( explore beach / caves on a very low tide ) , Fossils - mainly corals can be found here .
Then Skrinkle Haven with - Church Doors Beach ( down a steep metal staircase , to the pepple beach ) , fossils in the boulders.
Skrinkle Haven Beach with a nice sandy beach (can be reached with difficulty / from church doors beach / through a tunnel in "The Church Doors " / at low tide ).
Red sandstone appears here / replacing the limestone .
Next a permanent diversion , away from the coast ( around the Armed forces ," Royal Artillery Range Manorbier " ) , bypassing Old Castle Head and rejoing the coast above Presipe bay .

Car Park - Tenby South , Penally ( nr Railway Station),
Lydstep Headland (NT) - ( at the end of a poor road , nr lydstep tavern ),
Manorbier (Skrinkle Haven , nr Youth Hostel).