St Thomas à Becket Chapel, Milford Haven

Name: St Thomas à Becket Chapel
Address: Milford Haven, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Milford Haven

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St Thomas à Becket Chapel is a Grade II listed building situated in the town of Milford Haven. It was constructed in 1180 and dedicated to St Thomas Becket. It commanded fine views of the Haven estuary, situated on the north bank in open space. Along with two other chapels, now disappeared, at Herbrandston and St Anne's Head, it functioned not only as a Catholic place of worship, but also as a Beacon Chapel, or lighthouse to sailors. The chapel enjoyed a dependent relationship with the nearby Pill Priory. By the 17th century the structure was in ruins, when it was occupied by Parliamentarian forces in 1644. It later acquired a function as storage for the battery located on the Rath. ()

Coordinates: 51°42'39"N, 5°1'32"W

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Milford Haven United Kingdom

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St Thomas à Becket Chapel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Milford Haven Museum, Torch Theatre, Havens Head Retail Park, Popton Fort.

0.6 miW
Specialty museum, Historical and heritage tours, History museum
Milford Haven Museum, Milford Haven
17 min walk • Milford Haven Museum is a maritime and heritage museum in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Opened in 1991, it has a heavy focus on the maritime history of the town, with exhibitions which explore the fishing and oil industries in the area.
0.6 miW
Concerts and shows, Cinema, Theater
Torch Theatre, Milford Haven
17 min walk • The Torch Theatre is a not-for-profit theatre in Milford Haven, Wales. Established in 1977, it is one of only three building-based producing theatres in the whole of Wales. The initial concept was a small community enterprise, linked with a Further Education centre in the adjacent building.
0.8 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Havens Head Retail Park, Milford Haven
21 min walk • Havens Head Retail Park is a retail park located in Milford Haven, Wales. Opened in 1998, it is situated centrally between Milford town and Hakin in Hubberston Pill, adjacent to the railway station. It occupies a previously industrial area, the site of a former Jewson branch.
1.6 miSW
Forts and castles
Popton Fort, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
40 min walk • Popton Fort, a Grade II* Listed Building, is a Palmerston fort completed in 1864 as part of the inner line of defence of Milford Haven together with Fort Hubberstone on the opposite bank.
1.1 miNW
Archaeological site
Pill Priory, Milford Haven
28 min walk • Pill Priory is a Tironian house founded near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South West Wales in the late 12th century. Pill Priory was founded as a daughter house of St Dogmaels Abbey, near Cardigan, itself a priory of the Tironensian order of reformed Benedictine monks.