The summer is obviously always the busiest time for us here at Yewdale Cottage. And things book up super quickly. We took our first summer 2026 booking in spring 2025!

But we do have a few spaces left (see website booking page).

And here’s why you should holiday in St Davids, Pembrokeshire :

It’s good on the wallet!

On average, our cottage costs around £1000 in peak months. That’s about £140 a night. If you want to fly anywhere in these months you’ll spend well over £1000 just on the airfare. And then a hotel will be another 2 or 3k for the week.

So by staying with us you literally save thousands, which you can spend on fancy meals, toys for the kids or just put it aside for a rainy day!

The climate wants you to stay domestic!

With the ever increasing risk of global warming, flights have been proven to be very costly for our carbon footprints.

So grab a train to Haverfordwest and a bus to St Davids. And do the environment a favour!

It’s about the company, not the surroundings

Although West Wales is so very beautiful, it’s not the Caribbean or a five star Maldives getaway. But I can vouch from my formative years that a holiday is all about the people you love and the stories you tell.

We think a visit to Pembrokeshire will provide you with a lifetime of memories!

So book now! And see what the fuss is all about!

People are often interested to know just how the cottage is laid out, to avoid any surprises when they arrive. Here is a brief layout so you know what to expect on arrival.

Downstairs –

When you come through the front door you’ll immediately come into our very spacious living room. There is enough room to swing a tiger in here and a fantastic place to have friends round and really get the party started.

From here, you’ll walk through into a lovely kitchen, with plenty of room to cook and chat while the oven is on! At the bottom of the kitchen, there is a bathroom with bath and shower and toilet.

Coming back through the living room, you’ll find our downstairs bedroom with views of the cathedral. A great room for bubbles in bed.

Heading upstairs the first thing you’ll see is our curtained off single bedroom with glorious views of the garden. Carry on up round and head straight down and you’ll find our lovely little second bathroom – complete with bidet and toilet.

Then we have the master bedroom. This is a spectacular room with a lovely big double bed and more of those amazing cathedral views.

And if you head back out of the master bedroom and take a right, you’ll find yet another single bedroom. This one has glorious beams.

We hope this helps you get an idea of layout for when you visit our beautiful holiday cottage in St Davids.

And if you want a digital tour, click here!

With summer on the way, we should probably start dreaming about long days spent with buckets and spades and sandcastles on the beach.

So here are our favourite beaches in the St Davids area!

1. Whitesands

Whitesands becomes a second home once you spend a little bit of time in St Davids. The memories of so many happy times seeps into the fabric of the sand and the ocean. It’s also lovely and long so there’s always privacy to be had.

It’s a very special place for me and my family. And we will always love it the most.

2. Caerfei

The closest beach to the cottage, Caerfei is just a 10 minute walk out to the coast. It is very beautiful and also dog friendly. However, there is quite a steep walk down to the beach itself. So it may not be suitable for young families.

I’ve spent many a time trying to get children and dogs and beach paraphernalia down to the coast and I can tell you, it’s not always fun!

3. Newgale – This beach will always have a special place in our hearts because it is the first beach you see when you arrive in Pembrokeshire. It’s also an amazing beach for surfing, with international tournaments taking place here.

A wonderful place. Although a little further afield. Newgale is a 15 minute drive away.

So there’s just no excuse not to book a holiday with us this year. Visit the website for all the information!

Wales – and in particular St Davids – is renounced for its bright and beautiful springtime flower displays. And there are so many extraordinary places in Pembrokeshire to visit when you’re on a family holiday in West Wales.

Yewdale Cottage is perfectly situated near :

St David’s Cathedral – The gardeners here take meticulous care of their flower beds and there are so many varieties of flowers to enjoy. It’s a very calming a wondrous atmosphere in general and we are sure you will enjoy it.

Clifftop walks – If you’re a dare-devil who loves rare breeds of flowers then a clifftop walk is for you. But be careful – the winds can be high this time of year. You’ll find all manner of rare and wonderful flowers while traversing the coast.

The hedgerows – St Davids boasts some of the most incredible hedgerows with all manner of critters and flowers making them their home. It’s always worth exploring them if you want to see a side to St Davids that most don’t see.

The City Centre – Yes, we are always being a little tongue-in-cheek when discussing the “City Centre”. Of course, St Davids is barely the size of a village. But it does have amazing flower beds with a wide variety of flowers in.

So come and visit us at Yewdale Cottage – a holiday cottage that sleeps six and is self-catered.

As we await the spring which seems to take an age to come, I thought it would be apt to share a beautiful poem by Gillian Clarke. It sums up the wonder of St Davids and the feeling of rebirth and new life.

Enjoy!

Miracle on St David’s Day – by Gillian Clarke

An afternoon yellow and open-mouthed
with daffodils. The sun treads the path
among cedars and enormous oaks.
It might be a country house, guests strolling,
the rumps of gardeners between nursery shrubs.

I am reading poetry to the insane.
An old woman, interrupting, offers
as many buckets of coal as I need.
A beautiful chestnut-haired boy listens
entirely absorbed. A schizophrenic

on a good day, they tell me later.
In a cage of first March sun a woman
sits not listening, not feeling.
In her neat clothes the woman is absent.
A big, mild man is tenderly led

to his chair. He has never spoken.
His labourer’s hands on his knees, he rocks
gently to the rhythms of the poems.
I read to their presences, absences,
to the big, dumb labouring man as he rocks.

He is suddenly standing, silently,
huge and mild, but I feel afraid. Like slow
movement of spring water or the first bird
of the year in the breaking darkness,
the labourer’s voice recites ‘The Daffodils’.

The nurses are frozen, alert; the patients
seem to listen. He is hoarse but word-perfect.
Outside the daffodils are still as wax,
a thousand, ten thousand, their syllables
unspoken, their creams and yellows still.

Forty years ago, in a Valleys school,
the class recited poetry by rote.
Since the dumbness of misery fell
he has remembered there was a music
of speech and that once he had something to say.

When he’s done, before the applause, we observe
the flowers’ silence. A thrush sings
and the daffodils are flame.

And if you’d like to listen to beautiful poem, performed by Gillian, then click here