Driving in Pembrokeshire- Refuelling or Recharging your vehicle
- Keep plenty of fuel in your tank (or charge in your battery) - it can be difficult to find fuelling points in an unfamiliar rural county
- There are fuel garages and charging points in the larger towns and on the Newgale approach to our tiny city
- The Milford Haven fuelling points are Tesco Garage (next to Tesco supermarket) and the Gulf garage (next to Lidl supermarket)
- The Milford Haven EV recharging points are in Tesco car park, Charles Street near the Torch Theatre, Meads Leisure Centre and Marina near Foam
- Parking your vehicle
- When visiting our world famous Tourist beaches in the height of season you will propable have to use a pay car park
- Some of these car parks are free during the winter months and you may find free roadside parking during the quiet season
- Milford Haven charges for the car parks in Charles Street and Robert Street but free (time limited) roadside parking is normally available on both roads
- Free (sometimes time limited) parking is available on most Milford Haven streets
- Milford Haven offers free parking at Havens Head (out-of-town shopping area with Tesco etc.) Lidl (customers), the Docks, The Marina, etc. just check for signs indicating any restrictions. The Robert STreet and Chalrs Street car parks are not free.
- No Road Tolls
- Vehicle tolls on the Cleddau Bridge were abolished in 2019. There are no tolls for any of the public roads in Pembrokeshire
- The Prince of Wales and Severn Bridges linking Wales (and Pembrokeshire) to England have also become toll free
- At the time of writing, there are no Pembrokeshire Low Emission Tax or Congestion Charge Tax zones
- Navigating the Lanes
- Some visitors report that many Pembrokeshire roads are narrower than they appear on the map.
- We have no motorways
- Minimal dual-carrageway
- A handful of major roads
- Many miles of narrow lanes (often single track)
- Journeys on main roads are usually quicker than narrow lane shortcuts
- The lanes are best suited to drivers who can confidently reverse back to the nearest passing place
- Some visitors report that many Pembrokeshire roads are narrower than they appear on the map.
- Our road signs are bilingual.
- Expect to see Welsh first, then an English Translation
- Apart from including Welsh wording, our traffic signs are the same as the rest of England and Wales
- Since 17 September 2023, Wales, (including Pembrokeshire,) has had a different speed limit to England
- In England, the speed limit on roads with street lights is normally 30mph unless contradicted by signs
- The speed limit on Welsh roads with street lights changed on 17 Sep 2023. It is now 20mph unless contradicted by signs
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