Dinas Cross

Dinas Cross
Dinas Old Church, prior to 1830

Dinas Cross (Welsh: Dinas) is a village in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated between Fishguard and Newport in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and is a popular holiday destination on the A487. The village has its own elected community council and gives its name to an electoral ward of Pembrokeshire County Council. The electoral ward of Dinas Cross covers the communities of Dinas Cross, Cwm Gwaun and Puncheston.

Dinas has a total of four pubs: The Country Club, The Ship Aground, The Freemasons Arms and The Old Sailors. At one time there was also a cafe, a school, a garden centre, a fulltime post office and two shops. Now it has a Community hall Yr Hen Ysgol, a part time post office, a coffee shop, two shops, garage and a chip shop.

Dinas also houses two chapels which are in use; Tabor (a Baptist Chapel) and Gideon (an Independent Chapel), a servicing church (St Brynach's), and Ramah; an old, disused and neglected Methodist Chapel on the way to Pwllgwaelod beach.

Places of interest

  • Cwm-yr-Eglwys - St Brynach's church, the original parish church of Dinas, is situated on the picturesque beach of Cwm-yr-eglwys. The chancel of the church was washed away in the 1850, and the roof and north wall were destroyed during the Royal Charter Storm in 1859. A replacement church was subsequently built 1860-61 higher up in the village.
  • Dinas Head - A small peninsula sometimes referred to as Dinas Island, jutting off the coast, a very popular walk and an old farm. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path passes by St. Brynach's church and around Dinas Head.

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Coordinates: 52°00′29″N 4°54′25″W / 52.008°N 4.907°W / 52.008; -4.907



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