Strolling Around Fishguard, Wales

Problem
What to do first?
Go to the tourist office on the ground floor of the Town Hall which is conspicuously painted green in the middle of the square on the main street.
Inside you will see souvenirs and lots of brochures and two ladies waiting keen to help you.

On the ground floor is a three part tile mosaic created by talented local children showing Fishguard. This is the far left panel showing the blue water of the Harbour and the Fishguard Bay Hotel on the hillside on the left of the water.

Upstairs is the red costume and hat worn by local heroine Jemima who captured a group of French soldiers.

The hundred foot long tapestry tells the story.

Problems
What to see and do in Fishguard Wales? What will it cost?

Answers
TRIP One
A)
Tapestry Museum
Town Hall and Library
Fishguard
Pembrokeshire
Wales

Free toilets and information shop on ground floor. Mural at the back hall of ground floor made of tiles painted by school children in three sections, showing Fishguard.
Upstairs free view of tapestry and film explaining how long it took to make.

B)
Jane's Coffee Shop and Crafts Shop
14-18 High Street
Fishguard
Pembrokeshire
Wales
tel 01348 874443
Welsh cakes and food and drink. Craft and embroidery shop. About £4.50 for coffee and cake and about £4.50 for an item or two from the craft shop.

C)
Seaways Bookshop
12 West Street
Fishguard
Pembrokeshire
Wales
Tel 01348 873433.
Books and art materials.
Books on Welsh. Jungle Books.
I bought 6 charcoal pencils from Derwent for £7.99, 1 light, 2 medium, 2 dark and 1 while, including tin and sharpener. I didn't know whether to buy charcoal or graphite. But the graphite came with white.

D)
The Gourmet Pig
32 West Street
Fishguard
Pembrokeshire
Wales
Bottled juices are in a chilled display cabinet at the back behind the dining tables..

I ordered a lamb samosa.
The cheese and salami platter for one came with good stoneless olives.

Amusing toilets. Look like a cow shed door of corrugated iron. The toilet seat has a laughing lion's head painted on the toilet lid and cow markings on the seat.

A sign outside sent me back inside to look at the scarves. The scarves seemed to me expensive at £40.

Parking
Pay car park for 2 or 5 hours, under £1. However,  watch you don't spend more than five hours.

We spent just over five hours. Where did the time go? Firstly, we dawdled along window shopping as we walked to the tapestry museum. After checking out the tourist office downstairs, we first saw the downstairs tile mural. Upstairs we saw the embroidery museum and watched the film.

We stopped to see Janes craft shop where I bought craft items. We took a break stop at a table in the bay window for coffee and Welsh cakes. (We could have eaten in the garden at the back.)

Then we mooched around the bookshop.

Finally, we had lunch in the restaurant behind the deli called The Gourmet Pig. Then we walk back uphill to the car.

I suggest you set an alarm on your phone. The car park had toilets but we had found toilets at our food stops.

Tips
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TRIP 2
Walking downhill to the harbour is another separate jaunt. You could spend 2 hours or more if you
A) Walk downhill,
B) Pass the herring statue, read the plaque, take photos
C) Look at the cannon, read the plaque, take photos
D) Look in the ship pub at memorabilia,
E) Look into the cafe to read at leaflets and browse items for sale,
F) Walk on to the far end of the jetty, taking photos,
G) Read the plaque on the sculpture.
H) Return.

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.