Photography by John Ball - 5th March 2001
(taken with Sony Mavica MVC-FD91 digital camera)

Broad Haven is a quiet hamlet on St Bride's Bay, about 5½ miles west of Haverfordwest in the county of Pembrokeshire. Its broad expanse of sandy beach made it a popular holiday resort. The photographs were taken in early afternoon in bright but hazy sunshine.

Image 1:

The shore at Broad Haven, viewed from the south. The stone cross is the village war memorial.

Image 2:

The war memorial, commemorating the eight parishioners who gave their lives in the two World Wars.

Image 3:

The Galleon Inn on the seafront is being repainted in readiness for Easter which marks the start of the holiday season.

Image 4:

To the north of Broad Haven is the Shag Rock headland. Beautiful clean sands are exposed by the receding tide

Image 5, 6:The old Hephzibah Baptist Chapel is just a few hundred yards from the shore.

Image 7:

This plaque, high above the porch entrance, shows the chapel is 160 years old.

Image 8:

Adjoining the chapel is this old schoolhouse.

Image 9:

To the west of the chapel, the steeply sloping land is used as a burial yard.In this picture, the chapel is out of shot to the right.

Image 10:

A headstone marking the grave of Thomas Henery [sic] Evans, who died in 1875, aged 4 years and 4 months.

Image 11:

The view looking to the north-east from the top of the graveyard. The roof of the chapel can be seen towards the bottom right of the picture.

Image 12:

This view, looking eastwards from the top of the graveyard and over the roof of the chapel, illustrates Broad Haven's rural setting.