Fishguard

Abergwaun — Fishguard to most maps — is the kind of place where the harbour and the ferry port do a lot of the talking: a working Welsh coastal town, terraces climbing the hill above the water, more agricultural vehicles and dog walkers on the main street than anything you'd call fashionable. It has the unhurried, slightly weathered look of a town that gets on with its own business regardless of who's visiting.

There's not enough in the way of hard numbers here to walk you through schools, crime, or transport links with any confidence, and I'd rather leave that out than guess. What is worth knowing is where the town sits in the property picture. Pembrokeshire's own median house price sits above the Welsh average of £208,000, and the wider region's price bands stretch a long way — from around £141,500 at the lower end to over £350,000 near the top — which tells you Pembrokeshire itself covers everything from modest terraces to substantial detached homes. Abergwaun, as a working port town rather than a coastal retreat, has traditionally sat towards the more affordable end of that range, though I can't give you its own figure with any certainty.

What I can tell you from living with it is the rhythm: the harbour, the coast path above the town, the ferry coming and going to Ireland, and a high street built for errands rather than browsing. It's a place that rewards people who want the sea and the hills without the crowds that pile into the more photogenic parts of Pembrokeshire in summer. Healthcare, schooling, and day-to-day services exist here as they do in any market town of its size, but I don't have the specifics to hand on their standard, so I won't pretend otherwise.