Open Doors - Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre
This Open Doors event covers three venues :
Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre;
Paterchurch - a medieval fortified tower;
and the Pembroke Dock Ginkgo Tree (donated by Togo Heihachiro in1877, who would go on to become a prominent Admiral in the Japanese Navy).
The event will form two tours (one in the morning, one in the afternoon), providing access to the fortified medieval tower of Paterchurch, and the Ginko Tree which was planted in Pembroke Dock in the 19th century, as a gift from a representative of the Japanese Naval fleet. The tour will start and finish at the Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre, which will be open and provide free access during the day.
The first tour commences at 11am, and the second tour at 1.30pm - departing from the Heritage Centre. The tours will last approximately one hour.
Tours start and end at Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre - SA72 6WS.
Booking required.
Requests and queries for bookings should be directed to: community@pdht.org
Directions - from the north or east follow signage to Pembroke Dock. At Waterloo Roundabout take the A4139, following signs for the Ferry Port. Continue on A4139 past Tesco and Asda supermarkets, once past Gate 1 of Pembroke Port, keep the Dockyard wall on your right until you see the blue railings and the car-park entrance on your right. Free parking is available on-site.
By Rail: regular trains travelling west from Swansea, Carmarthen and Tenby terminate at Pembroke Dock.
From the Railway Station, the Heritage Centre is a fifteen minute walk west down Dimond Street, Queen Street and then south down Commercial Row to the pedestrian gate of the car-park.
By Bus: regular services, including 349, 356 and 361, run from Haverfordwest, Milford Haven and Tenby, stopping at Albion Square, less than five minutes’ walk from the Heritage Centre.