Pembroke is a medieval walled town built around the great Norman castle on a limestone ridge above the Pembroke River, with the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park beginning at the town's southern edge. The castle walls and the limestone escarpment support a rich chalk-grassland flora; the river-side willows and the sheltered Lamphey meadows add a lowland forage complement. Gorse on the cliffs of the nearby coast path opens the season in early spring, and the Pembrokeshire Beekeepers' Association has members working the south Pembrokeshire limestone country.
Local collectors handle swarms in the lime trees and older stone properties of the walled town centre on Main Street and Westgate Hill, along the Pembroke Mill Pond and river margins on the south side of the castle, in the gardens of residential properties in the Lamphey Road area, and in chimney stacks and roof voids of the medieval and Georgian buildings of the historic town centre.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
SA62 5QL· approx. 20 km
SA31 2JG· approx. 49 km
SA44 5LQ· approx. 57 km
Association data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Gorse on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path begins flowering in earnest by March. Blackthorn and hawthorn follow on the sheltered hedges; sycamore and horse chestnut in Tenby, Haverfordwest, St Davids and Fishguard carry May. Lime and bramble fill midsummer in the towns. The Preseli hills contribute bell and ling heather in a quietly reliable August flow. Coastal sea-lavender, sea-thrift and dune plants along Freshwater West and Newgale add seasoning; ivy on stone-built cottage walls closes the year.
More on beekeeping in PembrokeshireReport it in under a minute and a trained local beekeeper will arrange safe collection.
