Caldey Island
Caldey Island is a small island near Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, less than 1 mile off the coast. With a recorded history going back over 1,500 years, it is one of the holy islands of Britain.Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: small island in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Caldy Island” and “Ynys Byr”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Caldey Priory and Penally railway station.
Caldey Priory
Church
Photo: Natalie-S, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Caldey Priory is a Grade I-listed priory on Caldey Island off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, some 300 metres south of the modern Caldey Abbey. The priory gardens are listed on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.
Penally railway station
Railway station
Photo: David Luther Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penally railway station serves the village of Penally in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is on the Pembroke Dock branch of the West Wales Line operated by Transport for Wales. Penally railway station is situated 2 miles northwest of Caldey Island.
St Catherine’s Fort
Castle
St Catherine's Fort is a 19th-century Palmerston Fort on St Catherine's Island, at Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. St Catherine’s Fort is situated 2½ miles north of Caldey Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tenby and Gumfreston.
Tenby
Tenby is a beautiful walled town in South Wales that spills out pastel coloured buildings along cliffs and around sandy bays. Tenby is one of Wales' premier tourist spots, and is located on the south Pembrokeshire coast, about 80 km west of Swansea.
Gumfreston
Hamlet
Photo: Wilson44691, CC0.
Tenby is a beautiful walled town in South Wales that spills out pastel coloured buildings along cliffs and around sandy bays. Tenby is one of Wales' premier tourist spots, and is located on the south Pembrokeshire coast, about 80 km west of Swansea. Gumfreston is situated 3½ miles northwest of Caldey Island.
Lydstep
Village
Photo: David Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydstep, known in ancient times as Lis Castell, is an area in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the community of Manorbier. It can be reached via the A4139 from Tenby and Pembroke. Lydstep is situated 3½ miles west of Caldey Island.
Caldey Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Caldey Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bŷr uhartea”
- Basque: “Caldey uhartea”
- Breton: “Ynys Bŷr”
- Catalan: “illa de Caldey”
- Catalan: “Illa de Caldey”
- Cebuano: “Caldey Island”
- Dutch: “Caldey eiland”
- Dutch: “Caldey”
- Estonian: “Caldey Island”
- French: “Caldey Island”
- French: “Caldey”
- French: “Île Caldey”
- French: “île de Caldey”
- French: “Île de Caldey”
- French: “Ynis Byr”
- French: “Ynis Pyr”
- French: “Ynys Bŷr”
- German: “Caldey Island”
- German: “Caldey”
- German: “Ynys Pyr”
- Greek: “Νήσος Κάλντεϋ”
- Italian: “Caldey”
- Japanese: “コールディ島”
- Latin: “Insula Pirri”
- Livvi: “Ynys Bŷr”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Caldey Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Caldey Island”
- Norwegian: “Caldey Island”
- Polish: “Caldey Island”
- Swedish: “Caldey Island”
- Welsh: “Ynys Bŷr”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Penally and The Green.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Caldey Sound and St Margaret’s Island.
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