Begelly

Begelly sits along the A477, a scatter of detached houses and farm buildings rather than a high street you'd stroll down — this is the kind of village where the pub and the passing traffic tell you more than any shopfront would. With just 71 people counted here, it's less a settlement in the conventional sense and more a loose cluster of homes between Kilgetty and Saundersfoot, and it attracts the sort of resident who wants space and quiet over amenities on the doorstep: the median age of 53.5 is a full decade above the Welsh average, which tells you this is a place people settle into rather than pass through in their twenties.

For commuting, Kilgetty Rail Station is the local option, though with only three transport stops recorded locally, this isn't a place built around public transport — you'll want a car. Schools-wise, the sample here is thin: Stepaside Community Primary School, a small community school with around 119 pupils, is the named option, and as with all Welsh schools it's inspected by Estyn rather than Ofsted, so don't go looking for a familiar ratings letter. On housing, the picture is coherent and a little old-fashioned in the best sense — detached homes dominate the sales sample, freehold is overwhelmingly the norm, and at a median of £230,000 (against Pembrokeshire's £220,000) you're paying a modest premium over the county to live somewhere this sparsely populated. Detached houses here actually undercut the Welsh detached average of £325,000, which suggests you get more house for the money than the county's more sought-after coastal spots.