Swimming spots near Whitland
15 swimming spots within 30 km of Whitland, 15 of them designated bathing waters monitored by Natural Resources Wales. Nearest first — the closest is Pendine, about 10 km away.
1 carrying a caution. 14 with no current pollution alert. 11 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Pendine9.6 km from WhitlandGood to go
- Amroth Central10.0 km from WhitlandGood to go
- Wiseman's Bridge11.7 km from WhitlandCaution
- Coppet Hall12.7 km from WhitlandGood to go
- Saundersfoot13.3 km from WhitlandGood to go
- Tenby North17.1 km from WhitlandGood to go
- Castle Beach, Tenby17.3 km from WhitlandGood to go
- Tenby South17.9 km from WhitlandGood to go
- Penally19.2 km from WhitlandGood to go
- Lydstep21.1 km from WhitlandGood to go
- Manorbier23.6 km from WhitlandGood to go
- Freshwater East26.0 km from WhitlandGood to go
- Pembrey26.2 km from WhitlandGood to go
- Newport North27.9 km from WhitlandGood to go
- Barafundle30.0 km from WhitlandGood to go
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Whitland?
- 15 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Whitland, spread across 2 areas. This page lists them by distance from the town rather than by county, because a boundary is not what decides where you drive.
- What is the nearest beach to Whitland?
- Pendine in Carmarthenshire, about 10 km away. It is the closest of the 15 listed here; the next few are within a short drive and each shows its current status, so the nearest is not always the one to pick.
- Is the water clean near Whitland?
- 15 of these 15 spots are designated bathing waters with published monitoring, from Natural Resources Wales. Monitoring covers bacterial quality only — it says nothing about tides, currents, swell or cold-water shock, and nothing here is a clearance to swim.
- Which spots near Whitland have the best water quality?
- 11 of them hold Excellent, the top classification under the EU Bathing Water Directive, based on bacterial samples across the previous four bathing seasons. That describes a four-year record rather than the water today — each spot page shows both.
- Can you swim near Whitland right now?
- 1 of the 15 is currently flagged, and 14 have no current pollution alert. These change day to day, so check the individual spot before you travel.