About Us

The Druidstone is a relaxed, idiosyncratic, informal family friendly house with rooms, cottages, restaurant & cellar bar. Hosting holidays, short breaks, weddings, parties, courses, feasts, fairs & festivals. A venue that supports Artists, live music, exhibitions & theatre. There is potential for horse riding, surfing, coasteering, walking, sailing, canoeing & windsurfing around the coast, climbing on sea cliffs, riding in the valleys and on the beach, visiting and circumnavigating the islands rich in bird and seal life. (The ‘Lonely Planet 2012 guide’ has named the all Wales coast path as the world’s greatest region for a holiday). The county also offers many historic sites from iron age forts and cromlechs, beautiful ancient churches. There is an excellent coastal bus service in the height of the season.

The House

The house was the family home in 1972 when Rod and Jane Bell opened it to guests. Stone built around 1850 and substantially altered towards the end of the 1890’s. The Druidstone stands at the sea's edge atop St.Brides Bay in 20 acres of grounds , on the coastal path within the wild Pembrokeshire National Park, with stunning views & spectacular sunsets over the Atlantic Ocean, above the safe & sweeping sandy Druidston Beach.

Jane Bell:

Hotelier who established Druidstone as a force in Welsh arts.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jane-bell-hotelier-who-established-druidstone-as-a-force-in-welsh-arts-8092779.html

The wood chip centrally heated house now has Ten bedrooms, most of which have sea or garden views. Five rooms have private facilities, showers, bathrooms or lavatories. The other five rooms share three bathrooms in the tradition of a typical family holiday house. The Roof rooms on the second floor have full private facilities and panoramic views of the bay from their shared balcony.The dining room, sitting room and cellar bar open onto terraces and grassy slopes overlooking the sea. Children and pets are made welcome and the atmosphere encourages visitors to treat the place as a second home. Books and maps are available and there is plenty of information on the locality. There is a separate television room and the regeneration of the original family Farmhouse Kitchen provides a room with a large oak table suitable for use as a private dining room for up to fourteen. This Farmhouse Kitchen is also used for children’s supper at 6.00 p.m. each evening.

The Druidstone Cottages

These are the converted stables and outbuildings of the original house and were designed to be easy to run with bedrooms, bathroom and an open-plan kitchen/living area. Electricity from our Solar array. Cookers and water heaters are either propane gas or electric with open fires or solid fuel stoves for cold evenings. Each cottage has a refrigerator, an iron and electric heaters. They are fully equipped with pots and pans, crockery, cutlery and bedding, linen and towels. There is ample parking space outside each cottage and the guests have the run of the hotel grounds as well as their own patch.

Food & Drink

The restaurant has been in the Good Food Guide consistently since 1974. It is also reviewed in many other guides, both British and International (provided the guides do not make a charge). The hotel has not advertised for 44 years. The food is genuinely homemade, using fresh ingredients from local suppliers where possible. The menus are designed to suit all tastes and appetites both carnivore and herbivore.

Wind

by Ted Hughes

Druidstone from the air with the tide only a quarter out. Druidstone beach is one of the best in the country, a mile of sand from end to end at low tide, caves and rock pools to explore and lots of space for dogs to run, kites to fly or for a game of rounders with other Druidstone fans. The Puffin Shuttle Bus runs past the door so, once here, you can go to St. David's or Skomer Island without touching your car. The hotel is right on a Sustrans cycle route and the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park footpath is instantly accessible from the grounds.