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Saundersfoot is a coastal village in Pembrokeshire, sitting on Carmarthen Bay around three miles north of Tenby, with a population of around 2,700. It lies within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, set in a wooded valley that opens onto a sheltered sandy beach and a small harbour, and it is one of the most popular holiday destinations on the Welsh coast.
The village's origins are industrial rather than scenic. Anthracite coal of exceptional quality was mined in the surrounding area from the medieval period, and in 1829 the Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour Company built the harbour to export it. Tramways brought coal and iron down from the pits at Stepaside, Kilgetty and Wiseman's Bridge, with a tunnel section along the coast that survives as a footpath — the old tramway route between Saundersfoot and Wiseman's Bridge runs through three short tunnels cut in the cliffs, now one of the most distinctive walks in Pembrokeshire. The Stepaside Ironworks ruins lie a short distance north.
The mining declined through the late nineteenth century and the last coal left the harbour in the 1930s, by which time Saundersfoot had already begun its second life as a resort. The harbour, still busy with fishing and pleasure boats, and the long sandy beaches at Saundersfoot, Coppet Hall and Wiseman's Bridge made it a natural holiday destination.
Saundersfoot is best known nationally for its New Year's Day Swim, held each year since 1985 and now one of the largest charity sea swims in Britain, with thousands of swimmers — many in fancy dress — running into the sea on 1 January. Wiseman's Bridge beach nearby was used for full-scale rehearsals of the D-Day landings in 1943, watched by Winston Churchill.
The village sits on the B4316 with the A477 a short distance north, and Saundersfoot station, a mile inland, is on the line to Pembroke Dock with services to Carmarthen, Swansea and beyond. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path runs through, with Tenby, Amroth and Colby Woodland Garden close by. Housing ranges from Victorian and older stone cottages around the harbour and the Strand to substantial villas and hotels on the slopes, post-war housing and modern development, with holiday lets, second homes and static caravan parks forming a very large share of the local stock.






