Things to see & do

Out and about around Solva

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Download the Gribin circular walk

The Gribin, a steep sided ridge, which defines the east side of Solva Harbour. © NTPL/Joe Cornish

Download our circular walk over the Gribin, starting in Solva Harbour. It's a 1-hour trail (longer if you sit and enjoy the view, or take a picnic), leaving plenty of time for eating and shopping in the village.

Make the most of your coastal walk

View westwards of the rugged coastline of Morfa Common, from the Nine Wells Valley There is a very steep coastal slope, the vegetation on the clifftops is predominantly heather and gorse. © Andrew Tuddenham

Get the bus one way to make the most of your coastal walk. The Puffin Shuttle and the 411 St David's-Haverfordwest both run between Newgale and St David's through Solva, stopping along the coast.

The Limekilns in Solva Harbour

The Limekilns in Solva Harbour, close up. Lime was heated in these to produce quicklime to spread on the fields © Andrew Tuddenham

Limestone was heated here to create quicklime for putting on the fields and making whitewash. Limestone was delivered in flat boats that were unloaded onto carts at low tide.

Porth y Rhaw - an Iron Age fort

Aerial view of the coastal Iron Age fort of Porth y Rhaw west of Solva, showing the ramparts. The land to seaward of the ramparts has been entirely lost to coastal erosion over the last 3000 years © Sid Howells

A short walk along the coast in the St David's direction brings you to the spectacular Iron Age coastal fort of Porth y Rhaw, now much eroded by the sea.

Nine Wells Valley - remains of old mill

A view up the Nine Wells Valley, west of Solva in Pembrokeshire, from Porth y Rhaw. The nine wells are at the head of the valley. A wall in the centre is all that remains of an old mill. © Andrew Tuddenham

Just past Porth y Rhaw is the gentle Nine Wells Valley. There used to be two mills here - corn and cloth. Can you find the foundations? Dye was delivered by steamer once a year.