Fishguard & Goodwick

Fishguard comprises of the old harbour of Lower Town, and the main town of Fishguard.

Lower town Fishguard was an important trading port importing limestone and coal and exporting slate, woollen goods and food. It also had a small fishing fleet.

Fishguard and Goodwick was the location in 1797 for the last invasion of Britain when the French landed at Carreg Wasted Point on February 22nd 1797. 1400 French soldiers landed in West Wales. The French surrendered two days later thanks to the heroic actions of people like Jemima Nicholas, who single-handedly captured 12 French soldiers. The peace treaty was signed in the Royal Oak pub on Market Square.

In more recent times Fishguard and Goodwick was the location for the filming of Moby Dick with Gregory Peck and Lower Town was the location for Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood starring Richard Burton.