Pembroke Dock

Pembroke Dock
Pembroke Dock and Cleddau Estuary
Pembroke Dock is located in Pembrokeshire
Pembroke Dock
Pembroke Dock
Location within Pembrokeshire
Population9,753 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSM965035
Community
  • Pembroke Dock[2]
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPEMBROKE DOCK
Postcode districtSA72
Dialling code01646
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Pembrokeshire
51°41′35″N 4°56′46″W / 51.693°N 4.946°W / 51.693; -4.946

Pembroke Dock (Welsh: Doc Penfro) is a town and a community in Pembrokeshire, South West Wales, 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Pembroke on the banks of the River Cleddau.

Originally Paterchurch, a small fishing village, Pembroke Dock town expanded rapidly following the construction of the Royal Navy Dockyard in 1814. The Cleddau Bridge links Pembroke Dock with Neyland.

After Haverfordwest and Milford Haven, Pembroke Dock is the third-largest town in Pembrokeshire being more populous than neighbouring Pembroke.

  1. ^ "4 Wards and community population 2011". Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Pembroke Dock Town Council". www.pembrokedocktc.org.uk.