Discover the hidden charms of Fishguard, a vibrant Welsh seaside town offering a unique off-season escape. Explore the newly launched Art Afoot trails showcasing local artistry and the town's rich history.
Overshadowed by St Davids and Tenby, the Welsh seaside town of Fishguard makes a great off-season base for coastal and country exploration. In Welsh mythology, Llŷr is the god of the sea. In his latest incarnation – a shimmering five-metre seahorse, keeping watch from Fishguard’s Marine Walk – he’s king of the Pembrokeshire coast.
“I’m calling him Llŷr before anyone else names him,” local artist Gideon Peterson said as we gazed at his magnificent stainless steel creation, perhaps fearing a Seahorsey McSeahorseface situation. “I see him as a water dragon, protecting seafarers. He’ll be visible from the ferry, and will reflect whatever the sky is doing – he’ll catch all kinds of light.”Even on a drab day Llŷr dazzled, a fitting centrepiece for Celf ar Droed (Art Afoot). Launched in December, this new network of trails will, it’s hoped, raise the profile of Fishguard and neighbouring Goodwick, and encourage both locals and visitors to explore between the two. There are three Art Afoot routes, ranging from 1.25 to 1.75 miles long, which can be walked separately or linked to make a loop that’s just under four miles. As well as the seahorse, other artworks dot the trails. A dragonfly, also Gideon’s, rises from the reed beds of, pitchfork-wielding heroine of the last invasion of mainland Britain (when a French force landed near Fishguard in 1797), stands on West Street. Augmented-reality plankton hovers above the waterfront, viewable by QR code and smartphone.I was walking with Gideon and David Pepper – composer, pianist, pilgrimage officer with the British Pilgrimage Trust and a man with fingers in many local cultural pies. The trails are about regeneration and showing off the towns, David said, because there is more than art afoot: “Things were happening in Fishguard anyway but lockdown speeded them up; people came back. It’s exciting times.”Fishguard deserves to be having a moment. A working port, it’s often overlooked for cutesier St Davids and Tenb
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