Historic SitePembrokeshireCadw4.7
Free entry for everyone; no membership card is needed.
The Trust's page does not say how parking is charged.
Cadw names a car park of about eight spaces within 100 m of the chapel with no dedicated disabled spaces; the two small parking areas at the end of the lane past St Non's Retreat appear to belong to the retreat, and no charge or free statement is published, so the status is recorded as unknown. The national park advises that parking at St Non's is limited, with more space at its large Caerfai car park about a mile east along the Coast Path, and the Wales Coast Path suggests parking at Oriel y Parc in St Davids and taking the bus. From the parking area an uneven footpath leads down through a kissing gate, past the holy well on a cobbled surface and through a second kissing gate with a step into the chapel field.
Driving pin: the head of the footpath at the lane end where the parking areas meet, by the St Non's bus stop, 107 m from Cadw's marker on the ruin. By road: 1 mile south of St Davids on minor roads off the A487. By bus: the 411 and the seasonal Puffin Shuttle 400 serve St Davids, and the seasonal Celtic Coaster stops at St Non's. National Cycle Network route 4 passes 1.1 km away. On foot the chapel is about 20 minutes from the centre of St Davids.
St Non's Chapel, Capel Non, is the reputed 6th-century birthplace of St David, patron saint of Wales, named after his mother Non and a place of pilgrimage to this day. All that remains in its field above rocky St Non's Bay is a few crumbling walls of uncertain date. On the path from the car park you pass St Non's holy well, believed to possess curative powers, which lies with the modern Chapel of Our Lady and St Non of 1934 in the grounds of the retreat centre next door. Reviewers find the ruin has a magical feel and a good story; parking is limited and the chapel is about 20 minutes on foot from St Davids. The national park's short walks to Porth Clais and Caerbwdi and the Wales Coast Path's St Davids and St Non's loop all pass the chapel.
Open all year during reasonable daylight hours; no admission charge. Cadw asks visitors to come in daylight for safety. Cadw may close monuments at short notice in extreme weather. The retreat centre and its 1934 chapel next door belong to the Archdiocese of Cardiff and are not part of the monument.
Terrain level 2, easy: an exposed clifftop field that may be slippery or muddy, reached by a footpath with a slope of about 1 in 8, two kissing gates and a nine-inch step, stile-free; neighbouring farmland may have grazing cattle. Guardrails protect the ruin and there is a risk of dislodged stones. No toilets or facilities. Drones are not permitted.
Photo: The fenced ruin of St Non's Chapel in its field above St Non's Bay, with the coast and St Brides Bay beyond. Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Non%27s_Chapel_(8471).jpg. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0. Resized and cropped for display; derivatives retain the source licence.
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1.2 miles (2 km), 45 minutes each way, from the St Non's car park past the holy well and the ruined chapel, then the Coast Path to Porth Clais harbour; stile-free, four nine-inch steps, easy to moderate with two steep slopes, cobbles by the well and rough path near Porth Clais. Free.
Dog access not confirmed
1.7 miles (2.8 km), 1 hour each way, stile-free, easy to moderate with three fairly steep slopes and a narrow stream to cross; limited parking at St Non's, more at the national park's Caerfai car park.
Dog access not confirmed
8 miles (13 km) from St Davids, 7 miles by the inland option from Porthclais or shorter with the Celtic Coaster bus; leaves the Coast Path at the signpost for St Non's Chapel; parking recommended at Oriel y Parc visitor centre.
