{{Short description|Coastal village in Pembrokeshire, Wales}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = Wales | welsh_name = Niwgwl | constituency_welsh_assembly = | official_name = Newgale | map_type = | unitary_wales = Pembrokeshire | lieutenancy_wales = Dyfed | constituency_westminster = Preseli Pembrokeshire | post_town = HAVERFORDWEST | postcode_district = SA62 | postcode_area = SA | dial_code = 01437 | os_grid_reference = | latitude = | longitude = | static_image_name = Newgale Beach - geograph.org.uk - 622866.jpg | static_image_width = 260px }} '''Newgale''' ({{langx|cy|Niwgwl}}) is a village with an almost {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in|adj=on|0}} stretch of beach in the parish of Roch, Pembrokeshire, West Wales.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visitpembrokeshire.com/explore-pembrokeshire/beaches/newgale|title=Newgale Beach – Visit Pembrokeshire|website=www.visitpembrokeshire.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://environment.data.gov.uk/wales/bathing-waters/profiles/profile.html?site=ukl1403-38400|title=Bathing water profile|website=environment.data.gov.uk}}</ref> The beach is situated in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path and has rugged coastal scenery with the path winding up and down the cliffs.
Newgale is one of over 40 Welsh Blue Flag beaches, which means it has the top certification for quality, cleanliness and facilities.<ref>Davies, R., ''[https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/9040637.Pembrokeshire_beaches_fly_Blue_Flag/ Pembrokeshire beaches fly Blue Flag]'' Western Telegraph, 22 May 2011. Viewed 2011-10-27.</ref>
==Name== Newgale phonetically is rendered in Welsh as Niwgwl. It was recorded as Nivegal, Niwegal and Neugol in the 12th century, and the origin of the name may be Irish.<ref>{{cite web|title=History Points: Newgale Sands|url=https://historypoints.org/index.php?page=newgale-sands|access-date=18 March 2025}}</ref>
==Village and beach== The beach is backed by a large pebble bank which was created by a major storm on 25 October 1859, and which acts as a sea defence or storm beach;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitpembrokeshire.com/explore-pembrokeshire/beaches/newgale/|title=Newgale beach – Visit Pembrokeshire|publisher=|accessdate=24 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fwales%2Fentries%2Fd1d897e9-d2b2-3e31-82bd-16c023ce44d5|title=The great storm of 1859|date=12 March 2012|publisher=|access-date=24 March 2017}}</ref> however, it is often breached, and rocks are washed onto the main road. In the January 2014 storms the sea washed the pebble wall across the road and a large wave washed the early evening Richards Bros bus into the adjoining field.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ten rescued as wave strands bus in Newgale, Pembrokeshire |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-26005597 |work=BBC News|date=2 February 2014 |accessdate=2015-01-03}}</ref> Newgale is popular with holiday makers, windsurfers, surfers and canoeists throughout the summer months.
thumb|left|Newgale viewed from the A487 lay-by There are two caravan parks, a camping site, some shops and a pub, The Duke of Edinburgh Inn. The surf at Newgale is good for beginners, with the waves usually backing off a bit even on large swell. Surfing is best on the rising tide.
The beach is a favourite place for the local people, who promenade on Boxing Day every year.
Many campers on lower ground experience flooding during rain in the summer months.
Newgale, along with Abereiddi, appeared in the music video for the Delerium (featuring Sarah McLachlan) song "Silence" in 2000.<ref>{{cite video|title=Silence Music Video Youtube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTLJjoW867g |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/oTLJjoW867g |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|accessdate=2014-07-05}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
Newgale marks a boundary between English and Welsh-speaking Pembrokeshire, with the next beach north of Newgale being called Pen-y-Cwm. A physical example of the boundary is Brandy Brook which runs through Newgale, splitting the English-speaking South Pembrokeshire and the Welsh-speaking North Pembrokeshire, remarked upon by Richard Fenton in his ''Historical Tour'' of 1810.<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Fenton|title=A historical tour through Pembrokeshire|date=1811|page=[https://archive.org/details/b22013179/page/151 151]|url=https://archive.org/details/b22013179|publisher=Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & co.|accessdate=8 February 2019}}</ref>
<gallery> Niwgwl, Sir Benfro, Cymru June 2021 Newgale, Pembrokeshire, Wales 03.jpg|The landmark stream which passes through Newgale File:Niwgwl, Sir Benfro, Cymru June 2021 Newgale, Pembrokeshire, Wales 06.jpg
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==References== {{Wikivoyage|Newgale}} {{Commons category|Newgale, Pembrokeshire}} {{reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=107,1175,1176&parent_directory_id=646&id=13424&Language= Pembrokeshire County Council – Blue Flag Beaches – Newgale] *[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2726369 Photographs of Newgale and surrounding area on Geograph]
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