The Rising Sun Touring Caravan Park and Campsite

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  • Pub site a mile from Haverfordwest and five miles from the coast
  • Folly Farm, Oakwood Theme Park and Heatherton within 30 minutes' drive
  • Excellent amenities; restaurant on site with home-cooked meals
Looking for a pretty pub site in Pembrokeshire close to Blue Flag beaches, a stroll from the Pembrokeshire capital and with the potential for squealy good times at three local theme parks? House your little animals at The Rising Sun Touring Caravan Park and Campsite, only a mile from Haverfordwest, five miles from a stretch of perfectly sandy Pembrokeshire beach and with Folly Farm, Oakwood Theme Park and Heatherton all within a half hour drive. The site attached to this traditional and very friendly family-run pub and restaurant has just a handful of pitches over its scenic and well maintained two and a half acres, set between the inn on one side and a brook on the other. Standards are kept sky high for the facilities including refurbished shower and loo block: the staff say that some guests have called this the best campsite shower in Wales, so we recommend happily singing numbers from The Animals and their contemporaries as you lather up. The Rising Sun has another soaring reputation for quality and good value home-cooked meals using locally sourced produce wherever possible, in a newly refurbished restaurant with adjoining lounge bar with Freeview.

Site type

Tent pitches 10
Motorhome pitches 8
Touring caravan pitches 8
Open all year

Languages spoken

English

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Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Rallies welcome

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Budget/backpacker

Peaceful

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Nearby farmers' market

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Pub campsite

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Climbing nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Leisure/theme park nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Outdoor pool nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Surf school nearby

Tennis nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Location

The Rising Sun Touring Caravan Park and Campsite

St Davids Road

Pelcomb Bridge

Haverfordwest

Pembrokeshire

Wales

SA62 6EA

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

51.81425°N
-4.99979°W

Route directions

From the A40 Haverfordwest, head south-west towards Cartlett Road. Exit the roundabout onto the A487. Go through another roundabout and continue for about a mile. At the following roundabout, take the second exit onto St David's Rd/A487, and continue for about a mile until you reach The Rising Sun on your left-hand side.

Nearest transport

Coach
1.5 mi Bus Station
4.1 mi Railway Hotel
4.1 mi Railway Hotel
Rail
1.9 mi Haverfordwest Rail Station
4 mi Johnston (Pembrokeshire) Rail Station
5.6 mi Clarbeston Road Rail Station
Ferry
7.4 mi Milford Haven - Dock Entrance
8.4 mi Pembroke Dock Ferry Terminal
11.8 mi Martins Haven Ferry Landing

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Theme parks, beaches, castles, coast surfing, sailing, fishing, history and heritage are on the doorstep in almost every part of Pembrokeshire – the county has over 50 castles and 50 beaches, hundreds of miles to walk on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path and gardens, multiple museums and a good cluster of islands for sightseeing and birdwatching. Tenby is about 20 miles from the site and Pembrokeshire’s county town Haverfordwest a mile away with an award-winning farmers’ market, riverside walks and plenty of shops, restaurants and cafés. Sand fans will find acres of beaches to pick from in the area whether they want to carefully craft sandcastles or get active with surfing, swimming, boating, kayaking or kite surfing: Pembrokeshire has more Blue Flag beaches than anywhere else in the country and the several sandy beaches – and exceptional fishing – of St Brides Bay are only about five miles from the Rising Sun Inn (beaut beaches, places to eat, small villages and means for boat hire are dotted all along the Pembrokeshire coast if you want to venture further). The wide sandy beach of Druidston Haven is the closest to the site and allows dogs all year; your mutt’s spirits will rise high indeed. Near St Brides Bay, take a boat out to Skomer Island from the tiny National Trust-managed village of Martin Haven or the fishing village of Dale for the spectacular and screechy spectacle of hundreds of thousands of chattering birds; Skomer is a National Nature Reserve and is crammed with seabirds such as guillemots, razorbills, the biggest collection of puffins in southern Britain and half the world’s population of Manx Shearwaters. Also look out for inhabitants like the unique Skomer vole, glow worms and seals sunning themselves on the nearby rocks, and for peregrine falcons and kestrels overhead. The teeny city of St Davids is 14 miles from the Rising Sun and twitchers can access Ramsey Island from here, an RSPB reserve with thousands more seabirds to see; if this might make you a bit board, one of the best surfing beaches in the country is two miles along the coast at Whitesands Bay.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Druidston Haven 4.5 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Nolton Haven 4.7 mi Sea Good Good Good N/A
Broad Haven (Central) 4.9 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Good Good
Little Haven 5.4 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Good Good
Newgale 5.9 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park 8.4 mi

Pembroke Castle 10.1 mi

St Davids Cathedral 12.1 mi

National Wool Museum 29.5 mi

National Trust

St David's Visitor Centre and Shop 12.2 mi

Stackpole Estate 13.6 mi

Tudor Merchant's House 16.2 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Little Milford - Western Cleddau - Freystrop - Little Milford 3.8 mi

Nolton Haven - Nolton Woods - Nolton Haven 4.7 mi

Broad Haven - Haroldstone Woods -Pembrokeshire Coast 4.7 mi

Broad Haven - Belmont - Timberhill - Broad Haven 4.8 mi

Broad Haven - Little Haven - Walton West - Broad Haven 4.8 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Reviews

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would stay here again

Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Had a fabulous weekend despite the weather. Will defo visit again

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or touring caravan pitch

Liked: facilities were clean and very well maintained and nearby. Owner was fantastic, Chickens were cheeky, Site was very well maintained. Very close to Haverfordwest (great shopping area) and only 20 mins from Tenby.

Recommend to friends Visit again


  • Does The Rising Sun Touring Caravan Park and Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Rising Sun Touring Caravan Park and Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Rising Sun Touring Caravan Park and Campsite? Theme parks, beaches, castles, coast surfing, sailing, fishing, history and heritage are on the doorstep in almost every part of Pembrokeshire – the county has over 50 castles and 50 beaches, hundreds … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Rising Sun Touring Caravan Park and Campsite?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.

    On arrival, call in at the pub during opening hours, or at the first bungalow if the pub is closed.

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