:Marloes and St Brides
{{Short description|Community in Pembrokeshire, Wales}}
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| official_name = Marloes and St Brides
| type = Community
| country = Wales
| welsh_name = Marloes a Sain Ffraid
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| coordinates = {{coord|51.743|-5.184|display=title|region:GB_scale:50000}}
| unitary_wales = Pembrokeshire
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Map of the community
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Marloes and St. Brides ({{langx|cy|Marloes a Sain Ffraid}}) is a community in the West Wales county of Pembrokeshire. It lies on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path and in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
Composition
The main settlements in the community are the villages of Marloes and St Brides; both villages lie on the southern shore of St Brides Bay.
The islands of Gateholm, Grassholm, Middleholm, Skomer, Skokholm and The Smalls lie in the community.{{cite web|url=http://statistics.data.gov.uk/doc/statistical-geography/W04000447|title=Marloes and St. Brides|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=16 November 2018}}Ordnance Survey mapping
The community population taken at the 2011 census was 305{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126347&c=SA62+3AY&d=16&e=62&g=6491913&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1429624478387&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|access-date=21 April 2015}} and at the 2021 census 330.{{cite web|title=CityPopulation: Marloes and St Brides|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/wales/admin/pembrokeshire/W04000447__marloes_and_st_brides/|access-date=3 August 2024}}
Governance
Features
There are 26 listed buildings in the community, mostly Grade II, comprising two churches and two lighthouses, three lime kilns and a number of other houses and structures including surviving huts on Dale Airfield.{{cite web|title=British Listed Buildings: Marloes and St Brides|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wales/marloes-and-st-brides-pembrokeshire|access-date=3 August 2024}} The church of St Peter, Marloes, is Grade-II* and is unusual in having a total immersion font.{{cite web| title=British Listed Buildings: Church of St Peter|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300019393-church-of-saint-peter-marloes-and-st-brides/photos|access-date=3 August 2024}}{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=19393 |desc=Church of St Peter |grade=II* |access-date=3 August 2024 }}
There is a community war memorial at the church of St Peter in Marloes.{{cite web|title=War Memorials online:Marloes and St Brides|url=https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/221171|access-date=3 August 2024}}
Martin's Haven is the departure point for visitors to the island of Skomer.{{cite web|title=Visit Wales: Martin's Haven|url=https://www.visitwales.com/attraction/beach/martins-haven-beach-2168920|access-date=3 August 2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720132403/http://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/content.asp?id=6099&d1=0 Contact details for Marloes and St Brides Community Council]
- [https://www.marloes.org.uk/ Community website]
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