3.4 - MARTINS HAVEN - ST BRIDES HAVEN
A distance of about 3.5miles.
Martins haven is the departure point for boats to land on Skomer , Skokholm , and to visit Grassholm .
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The Haven and the next 3 bays are Rift Valleys , separated by square Headlands .
Further on is Musselwick Sands , with a nice beach ( at low tides ) and sheer cliffs of dark coloured slate . The approach to the beach is over smoothly rounded black rocks and passes Black Cliff to the right . Can be visited via a Footpath from the Martins Haven - Marloes Road . Nearby a number of picnic tables , to view St Brides Bay from / possible sightings of gannets.
A rugged coast is then followed with Tower Point in the distance . The stone wall of the St Brides Estate is reached first .
St Brides Mansion is nearby / the former residence of the Edwardes Family / who gained by marriage the Barony of Kensington and 250 acres of London in 1776 . The clock tower in Marloes was erected in 1904 to the memory of the 4th Baron , Lord Kensignton of St Brides Mansion .
Just passed Tower Point with a Iron Age Promontory Fort , is The Nab Head / the site of a Mesolithic chipping floor where 10,000 yrs ago tools and weapons were worked from flint nodules washed ashore / a blow hole is nearby .
The St Brides estate wall is followed , with the Victorian Castle (mansion) , on the right , to St Brides Bay.
Car Park - Martins Haven (NT) , St Brides Haven.
Bus - "Puffin Shuttle" Martins Haven , St Brides Haven.