Marloes
Sign in to saveupright|thumb|Clock Tower, Marloes Marloes is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the Marloes Peninsula west of Milford Haven and forms the western tip of the southern shore of St Brides Bay. It is within part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The parish has of mainland coastline accessible throughout by the Pembrokeshire Coast Path and, together with St Brides, constitutes the community of Marloes and St Brides. In 2001, the population was 323.
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- Locality
- Marloes
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- village
- Official name
- Marloes
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Pembrokeshire
- Population
- +323
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- Clock Tower - geograph.org.uk - 160593.jpg
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upright|thumb|Clock Tower, Marloes Marloes is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the Marloes Peninsula west of Milford Haven and forms the western tip of the southern shore of St Brides Bay. It is within part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The parish has of mainland coastline accessible throughout by the Pembrokeshire Coast Path and, together with St Brides, constitutes the community of Marloes and St Brides. In 2001, the population was 323.
==Name== The name appears to derive from Old Welsh 'bare' and 'moor' or 'promontory', identical to Melrose in Scotland. It is locally pronounced . A part of Little England beyond Wales, it has been essentially English-speaking for 900 years.