Ilkeston Cam On Holiday
In South West Wales - Part Thirteen
Tenby
The
photos on this page were taken on Wednesday 17th July
No visit to
this part of Wales would be complete without a look at the seaside
resort of Tenby.
Noted for
its well preserved town walls, Tenby also boasts a number of
mediaeval alleyways. Caldey Island lies a little offshore and
has been a monastic settlement for over 1500 years. The present
order of Reformed Cistercians who have been there since the 1920s
were traditionally farmers but have now developed a thriving
trade in perfume and chocolate to cater for the summer tourist
industry. This shop on the right, at the top of one of those
mediaeval alleyways provides a mainland outlet for their produce.
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The building
in the centre of the first picture and seen here face on also
dates from mediaeval times. It has been well restored, houses
the National Trust Information Centre and is known as the Tudor
Merchant's House.
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Continuing
to the bottom of the alley and turning right presents one of
the classic views of Tenby Harbour with the brightly coloured
Georgian buildings above St Julian's Seaman's Church. In the
distance on Castle Hill can be seen the few surviving ruins of
Tenby Castle.
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A footpath
leads around Castle Hill from where, on a clear day, the North
Devon coast may be seen. The Gower Peninsula is also visible
far left, Caldey Island to the right and St Catherine's Island
with its fort lies just a few hundred yards away.
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On the northern
side of the Castle Hill promontory, Tenby's Lifeboat Station
with its long slipway stretching into the sea is the prominent
feature.
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All the footpaths
around Castle Hill and walkways to the town's beaches were created
during the Victorian period, as was the landscaping around the
Welsh national monument to Prince Albert that was erected on
the crest of the hill in 1865.
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