St Bride's
Encyclopedia
St Brides is a small coastal village
in Pembrokeshire
, West Wales
. It lies at the south of St Brides Bay, about one and a half miles north of the larger village of Marloes
with which it forms the Marloes and St. Brides
community council
.
The village lies within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
and is on the route of the Pembrokeshire Coast Path
.
Buildings include a small Norman
parish church
and St Bride's Castle, a 19th century baronial-style country house which later became a sanatorium
called Kensington Hospital and is now converted into holiday accommodation.
Scouting in Pembrokeshire have a campsite in the village - It is used by Scouting and Girl Guiding groups both locally and nationally.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....
, West Wales
West Wales
West Wales is the western area of Wales.Some definitions of West Wales include only Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, an area which historically comprised the Welsh principality of Deheubarth., an area called "South West Wales" in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics....
. It lies at the south of St Brides Bay, about one and a half miles north of the larger village of Marloes
Marloes
Marloes is a village in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. It is situated on the Marloes Peninsula 7 miles west of the port of Milford Haven and forms the westernmost tip of the southern shore of St Brides Bay. It is within part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park...
with which it forms the Marloes and St. Brides
Marloes and St. Brides
Marloes and St. Brides is a community council in the West Wales county of Pembrokeshire.The main settlements are the villages of Marloes and St Brides.-External links:*...
community council
Community council
A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain.In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies...
.
The village lies within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is a national park along the Pembrokeshire coast in West Wales.It was established as a National Park in 1952, and is the only one in the United Kingdom to have been designated primarily because of its spectacular coastline...
and is on the route of the Pembrokeshire Coast Path
Pembrokeshire Coast Path
The Pembrokeshire Coast Path is a National Trail in southwest Wales. It was established in 1970, and is 186 miles long, mostly at cliff-top level, with 35,000 feet of ascent and descent. The northern end is at Poppit Sands, near St...
.
Buildings include a small Norman
Norman architecture
About|Romanesque architecture, primarily English|other buildings in Normandy|Architecture of Normandy.File:Durham Cathedral. Nave by James Valentine c.1890.jpg|thumb|200px|The nave of Durham Cathedral demonstrates the characteristic round arched style, though use of shallow pointed arches above the...
parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
and St Bride's Castle, a 19th century baronial-style country house which later became a sanatorium
Sanatorium
A sanatorium is a medical facility for long-term illness, most typically associated with treatment of tuberculosis before antibiotics...
called Kensington Hospital and is now converted into holiday accommodation.
Scouting in Pembrokeshire have a campsite in the village - It is used by Scouting and Girl Guiding groups both locally and nationally.