{"id":59207,"date":"2026-08-22T16:35:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T16:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/plans-to-turn-haverfordwest-castle-into-major-tourist-attraction\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T16:35:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T16:35:56","slug":"plans-to-turn-haverfordwest-castle-into-major-tourist-attraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/plans-to-turn-haverfordwest-castle-into-major-tourist-attraction\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans to turn Haverfordwest Castle into major tourist attraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The first mention of the castle was by Giraldus Cambrensis as one of the places he visited in 1188 with Archbishop Baldwin. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At the time, the castle was only an earth and timber construction which later became stone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It has gone through several wars and battles over the years, and the skeleton of the inner ward and curtain walls still remain within the towers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The project will enhance its green spaces and biodiversity through a medicinal garden, micro-meadows and pollinator-friendly planting. It will also include a dedicated school programme and volunteering opportunities for the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson from Pembrokeshire council said: &#8220;The attraction will not only bring its remarkable history, but will also act as a catalyst for the regeneration of Haverfordwest.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The council estimates around 63,000 people will visit the town in the project&#8217;s first year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c9q9zzxpqj7o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first mention of the castle was by Giraldus Cambrensis as one of the places he visited in 1188 with Archbishop Baldwin. At the time, the castle was only an earth and timber construction which later became stone. It has gone through several wars and battles over the years, and the skeleton of the inner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[9179,2292,16413,3169,121,7012,2926],"class_list":["post-59207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wales","tag-attraction","tag-castle","tag-haverfordwest","tag-major","tag-plans","tag-tourist","tag-turn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59209,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59207\/revisions\/59209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}