Pembroke Town

Summary

A medieval walled town at the head of the Pembroke River — a single main street of Georgian and Victorian buildings running from the town gates to the castle, with the river and millpond on either side.

About this location

Pembroke is a small town in south-west Wales, built on a narrow limestone ridge above the Pembroke River. The town plan is medieval — a single main street (Main Street) running west from the town mill to Pembroke Castle, with the town mill and millpond at the east end and the castle at the west. The surviving town wall fragments and the mill dam give the town its contained character.

The castle (a substantial Norman and Plantagenet fortress, birthplace of Henry VII) closes the western end of the main street; the millpond closes the eastern end. In between, Main Street carries Georgian and Victorian commercial buildings, a Victorian town hall, and the scale of a working Welsh market town of around 7,000 people.

For productions, Pembroke gives a contained medieval-plan Welsh town environment — the single main street between castle and millpond, framed on both sides, with period buildings throughout. Pembrokeshire County Council handles filming permits; Cadw manages the castle separately.