Haverfordwest

Haverfordwest Welsh: Hwlffordd
From the top, Haverfordwest Castle seen from Castle Square, County Hall, Milford Road
Haverfordwest Location within Pembrokeshire
Population	12,042 (Community 2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SM955155
Community	Haverfordwest[2]
Principal area	Pembrokeshire
Preserved county	Dyfed
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HAVERFORDWEST
Postcode district	SA61, SA62
Dialling code	01437
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Mid and South Pembrokeshire
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Preseli Pembrokeshire
List of places UK Wales Pembrokeshire 51°48′N 4°58′W / 51.80°N 4.97°W / 51.80; -4.97

500m
550yds

St Mary's

Priory ruins

Cartlett

St David's,
Prendergast

St Martin's

St Thomas'

  

The town centre, showing parish churches

Haverfordwest (/ˌhævərfərdˈwɛst/ HAV-ər-fərd-WEST, locally /ˈhɑːrfərdwɛst/ HAR-fərd-west; Welsh: Hwlffordd [ˈhʊlfɔrð]) is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales, and the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire with a population of 14,596 in 2011.^[3] It is also a community consisting of 12,042 people, making it the second most populous community in the county after Milford Haven.^[4] The suburbs include the former parish of Prendergast,^[5] Albert Town and the residential and industrial areas of Withybush (housing, retail parks, hospital, airport and showground).

Haverfordwest has a strategic location: it was the lowest bridging point of the Western Cleddau before the Cleddau Bridge opened in 1975.