For Schools and Educators

Our Schools Programme aims to help teachers and students learn more about the National Park, its work and priorities for the future, while helping your school on its journey with the Curriculum for Wales.

National Park Priorities:

  • resilience to climate change
  • enhance biodiversity
  • connect with nature
  • nurture community

Our experienced and knowledgeable team hope to create long-lasting links with your staff and pupils and inspire everyone to explore and protect the natural assets on our doorsteps.

Contact Us

For more details or to arrange your visit please email our Discovery Team or call 01646 624800.

Contact Us

For more details or to arrange your visit please email our Discovery Team or call 01646 624800.

Download our schools programme leaflet (PDF)

Cynefin Discovery Days

Cynefin: Often translated as “habitat” it is not just a place in a physical or geographical sense; it is the historic, cultural and social space that shapes the communities which inhabit it.

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Cynefin Resources

Learning and teaching resources to help you explore your local area.

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Find out more about our schools programme

Young explorers in forest using a magnifying glass and studying mushrooms
Cynefin Discovery Days

Cynefin: Often translated as “habitat” it is not just a place in a physical or geographical sense; it is the historic, cultural and social space t...

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GCSE pupils measuring river channel and water flow in the Syfynwy River, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales, UK
GCSE, A-Level and Welsh Baccalaureate

GCSE Geography Fieldwork and can be delivered at suitable sites across the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Support is also available for A-Level an...

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Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Ranger Richard Vaughan
Your National Park Area Ranger

You can invite the local Area Ranger into school to help your pupils learn about the National Park.

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Primary school pupils pond dipping at Stackpole, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales, UK
Pembrokeshire Outdoor Schools (PODS)

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority is a partner in Pembrokeshire Outdoor Schools (PODS).

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Two girls using a quill pen at Carew Castle
School Visits to Carew Castle

Carew welcomes school groups throughout the year introducing children to the tastes, smells and sights of life in a Castle.

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School group enter Castell Henllys Iron Age Village
School Visits to Castell Henllys

Every year – for more than 25 years – around 6,000 children have visited Castell Henllys to see, smell and touch life in an Iron Age village throu...

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School Visits to Oriel y Parc

The gallery at Oriel y Parc displays changing exhibitions from national collections with a connection to landscape.

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Pembrokeshire Outdoor Schools event at Stackpole, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales, UK
Educational Institutions outside Pembrokeshire

Schools, colleges and universities from outside Pembrokeshire can access any of our education programs, but please get in touch with the Discovery Tea...

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About the National Park

Black and white photograph from 1950s showing 3 men digging a path on a grassy clifftop
70th anniversary photo competition

With the National Park celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2022, the Authority asked your help to develop an online gallery.

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Aerial Photo of Deer Park, Marloes, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales, UK
A Park for the People

In the evolution of this outstanding landscape, fashioned over millions of years, a period of 70 years barely registers on the timescale…

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Porth Clais harbour during Storm Ophelia in 2017
Sustainability

Find out how the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority tackles the issues of sustainability, climate change and sea level rise.

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Aerial photo of Caerfai Bay near St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Facts and Figures

Find out some fascinating facts that highlight what makes the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park so special.

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Route sign of Pembrokeshire Coast Path, Solva, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales, UK
Access and Rights of Way

We do our best to ensure that you have access to all the best bits, so around 1,000 km of the network of public rights of way in the National Park is ...

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Carreg Samson Cromlech
Archaeology

The historic environment is part of what makes the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park such a special place.

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Manx Shearwaters off the Pembrokeshire Coast
Wildlife

Explore the amazing wildlife that makes its home on the Pembrokeshire Coast.

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Rockpools at Newgale beach with Rickets Head in the background
Habitats

The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park has many habitats which support a wide variety of wildlife; both common and rare.

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Castlemartin Range
Geology

When you think about the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park you may conjure up images of beautiful beaches, panoramic views from the Coast Path and qua...

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Colourful sunset over Pentre Ifan Burial chamber, Wales
History

In this section we invite you to travel back in time and explore the rich cultural history of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.

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