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Marloes Peninsular walk |
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Notes and points of interestBroad Haven - a coastal holiday village with two good pub/restaurants and several shops. A broad sandy beach bounded by cliffs and looking out across St Brides Bay. Dale - a small village, but the largest community in this peninsula and the focus of much of the local activity and organisation. It is situated at the head of quite a large inlet, bounded by cliffs, and is a centre for local boating/sailing/windsurfing activity. Its great moment in history was the arrival in 1485 of 55 ships bearing the army, which was to defeat Richard III at Bosworth and put Henry Tudor on the throne of England. Little Haven - a small, picturesque harbour and village situated at the southern end of St Bride's Bay. Little Haven has several pubs and restaurants and a public car park. Marloes - the second largest community within this peninsular and the closest to the island of Skomer, focus of much of the tourist activity in this area. Nearby, Marloes Sands is a broad, sandy beach, which is rarely full and is also good for surfing. Martin's Haven - a small shingle-beached bay, surrounded by high cliffs, but sufficiently sheltered to be the embarkation point for Skomer ferries. Ferries leave for the island at 10.00 a.m., 11.00 a.m. and 12.00 noon. A gift shop stands on the cliff top near the National Trust car park. Mill Bay - The actual place where Henry Tudor landed on 7th August 1485 on his way to defeat Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth and to become King Henry VII. His army was simultaneously arriving in Dale Roads in a fleet of 55 ships that docked at Dale. A memorial stone above the bay records this turning point in the history of Britain. Skomer - its Danish name betrays the Viking interest in this area. But the seafarers who land on Skomer these days have usually travelled just 10 minutes by boat from Martin Haven (near Marloes) and have come to see the wildlife. The island hosts puffins, guillemot, razorbills, manx shearwater (Skomer hosts one third of the world population of this seabird) and a host of more common birds, plus grey seals, its own unique vole and (offshore) porpoises, sunfish and turtles. Skokholm -the next island out, about 6 miles west of Skomer. It looks much closer than that on a clear day, but the boat journey is worth the effort for its variety of bird-life. Grassholm - further west beyond Skokholm, this smaller island is important for hosting the largest gannet colony in England and Wales. |
