Nolton and Nolton Haven are on the west coast of Pembrokeshire in St Brides Bay. Nolton is a tiny farming community.
These picturesque villages were once the centre of a thriving coal-mining enterprise, and between 1850 and 1905 several local collieries exploited the seams of anthracite running out under the sea. Nolton Haven was a small coal port and exported coal from the Medieval period. A long tramway ran from the haven over the hill to the Trefran Collieryin the beginning of the 20th century.
On the beach plant fossils are found in large boulders and rocks at the base of the cliffs and, in some places, veins of anthracite coal can be seen.
Nolton & Nolton Haven