A first weekend in St Davids: cathedral valley and coast
St Davids Bishop’s Palace: ruins, tickets and the cathedral valley
St Davids Cathedral: an interior route worth slowing down forAn example packing list for St Davids in March
Use this as a starting point and choose what suits your plans. Packtricia tailors your list and quantities to your trip length, weather and preferences.
Clothing
- Underwear
- Bras (if worn)
- Socks
- Sleepwear
- Long-sleeved tops
- T-shirts or lightweight shirts
- Trousers
- Light sweater or cardigan
- Hooded waterproof jacket
- Water-resistant walking shoes
Toiletries
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Body wash or soap
- Deodorant
- Skincare products
- Sunscreen
- Hairbrush or comb
- Shaving supplies (if used)
- Menstrual products (if needed)
- Contact lens solution (if used)
Essentials
- Passport or accepted travel ID
- Travel tickets and booking confirmations
- Wallet and payment cards
- Phone
- Charging cable and charger
- Travel adapter (if needed)
- Medication (if needed)
- Glasses or contact lenses (if used)
- Refillable water bottle
- Day bag
- Backup cash
- Power bank
- Sunglasses
- Water-resistant pouch for phone and documents
Monthly weather and packing notes
March invites longer walks, but a bright start does not promise a warm evening. Keep a knit and rain shell together in the day bag. In St Davids, plan one outfit for the cathedral valley and Bishop’s Palace, carry rain protection for the St Non’s coastal path, and use removable layers inside Oriel y Parc’s galleries.
- Daytime
- 7–11°C
- Evenings
- 2–6°C
- Rain
- Showers possible
- Daylight
- Daylight is lengthening, but temperatures can drop quickly towards evening.
- Packing style
- Removable layers and a waterproof outer jacket
Planning bands are the rounded 1991–2020 Aberporth mean daily maximum (9.4°C) and minimum (4.22°C), plus or minus 2°C. These bands are clothing prompts, not forecast limits or statistical confidence intervals. Aberporth is a coastal station farther north in Ceredigion, not a St Davids measurement. These are a broad west-Wales maritime proxy: headland wind and local rainfall can differ. The monthly station observations were averaged over all 30 years from 1991 to 2020; wet-day counts are not provided. Check the forecast before a coast-path outing. Rainfall is 57.59 mm in an average month; wet-day counts are not available in this historic data file. Check the forecast for your own dates.
Outfit ideas for your outings
March: the cathedral valley and Bishop’s Palace
- Long-sleeved shirt or T-shirt
- Removable medium-weight sweater
- Long trousers
- Broken-in water-resistant walking shoes with a grippy sole
- Waterproof jacket over removable layers
A breezier outing around the St Non’s coastal path
- Long-sleeved shirt or T-shirt
- Removable medium-weight sweater
- Comfortable trousers
- Broken-in water-resistant walking shoes with a grippy sole
- Keep waterproof jacket over removable layers accessible rather than in the suitcase
Indoor time at Oriel y Parc’s galleries
- Long-sleeved shirt or T-shirt
- Removable knit
- Comfortable trousers
- Closed walking shoes
- Small bag for the jacket once indoors
What to leave behind
- Only warm-weather clothes: St Davids can have a cool, wet day in March, even if part of the trip is sunny.
- Unworn stiff shoes: test your footwear before long sightseeing days on paving, slopes and steps.
Reviewed 2026-10-08
Met Office: Aberporth station observations, averaged 1991–2020 · Pembrokeshire Coast National Park: Oriel y Parc and visitor information · Pembrokeshire County Council: coastal buses and current timetables