St Brides

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title: "St Brides" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-pembrokeshire"] description: "Village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales" topic_path: "general/villages-in-pembrokeshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Brides" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	Wales
static_image	St Brides Castle - geograph.org.uk - 96008.jpg
static_image_caption	St Brides Castle
coordinates
official_name	St Brides
welsh_name	Sain Ffraid
community_wales	Marloes and St Brides
unitary_wales	Pembrokeshire
os_grid_reference	SM802109
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| country = Wales | static_image = St Brides Castle - geograph.org.uk - 96008.jpg | static_image_caption = St Brides Castle | coordinates = | official_name = St Brides | welsh_name = Sain Ffraid | population = | community_wales = Marloes and St Brides | unitary_wales = Pembrokeshire | constituency_westminster = | constituency_welsh_assembly = | post_town = | postcode_district = | postcode_area = | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SM802109 St Brides () is a parish and small coastal village in Pembrokeshire, Wales, at the south of St Brides Bay, about 1+1/2 mi north of the larger village of Marloes, with which it forms the Marloes and St Brides community.

The village is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and is on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path.

Parish church

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/St_Brides_-geograph.org.uk-_318798.jpg" caption="Anchorage at St Brides"] ::

The Norman parish church is dedicated to St Bridget. The earliest recorded church was 13th century, and the site may have been a religious one since the 9th century. The present Grade II listed building is 19th century, incorporating some earlier structural features.

St Brides Castle

Formerly known as St Brides Hill, or just Hill, St Brides Castle is a 19th-century baronial-style mansion. It is a grade II* listed building.

Scouting

Scouting in Pembrokeshire have a campsite in the village; it is used by Scouting and Girl Guiding groups both locally and nationally.

Notable people

St Brides was the birthplace of Rowland Laugharne (ca.1607 – 1675), a prominent soldier during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, who fought for Parliament in the First English Civil War, and the Royalists in the Second English Civil War.

References

References

1. "GENUKI: St Brides".
2. {{Coflein
3. "Holiday Property Bond: St Brides Castle".
4. "St Brides Castle, Marloes and St Brides". British Listed Buildings.
5. "ScoutsCymru".
6. {{cite DNB. Firth. Charles Harding

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