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**Tenby**
	Tenby
	Welsh: Dinbych-y-Pysgod
	; A view towards Tenby Harbour and old town
	; Tenby ; Tenby shown within Wales
Population	4,933 (2001 census)
Principal area	Pembrokeshire
Ceremonial county	Dyfed
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TENBY
Postcode district	SA70
Dialling code	01834
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
EU Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	List of places: UK • Wales • Pembrokeshire

Coordinates: 51°40′28″N 4°42′16″W / 51.6745°N 4.7044°W / 51.6745; -4.7044

Tenby (Welsh: Dinbych-y-Pysgod, meaning little town of the fishes or little fortress of the fish) is a walled seaside town in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, lying on Carmarthen Bay.

Notable features of Tenby include 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) of sandy beaches; the 13th century medieval town walls, including the Five Arches barbican gatehouse ; 15th-century St. Mary's church; the Tudor Merchant's House (National Trust); a museum with art gallery; and the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, part of Britain's only coastal National Park. Boats sail from Tenby's harbour to the offshore monastic Caldey Island, while St Catherine's Island is linked to the town at low tide. The town is served by Tenby railway station.

[edit] History

The earliest reference to a settlement at Tenby is in Etmic Dinbych, a poem probably of ninth-century date, preserved in the fourteenth century Book of Taliesin. At this point the settlement was likely a hill fort, the mercantile nature of the settlement possibly developing under Hiberno-Norse influence. The town grew as a seaport around the now-ruined Tenby Castle. The town walls were built by William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke, in the 13th century. In late medieval times, Tenby's importance grew as a sheltered seaport and in 1566 Portuguese seamen landed the first oranges to be brought to Wales at Tenby harbour.

In the Georgian and Victorian eras Tenby was renowned as a health resort and centre for botanical and geological study^{[citation needed]}, with many features of the town being constructed to provide areas for healthy seaside walks. Due to the walkways being built to accommodate Victorian nannies pushing prams, many of the beaches still retain good disabled access.

[edit] Notable residents

Robert Recorde (1510-1558), Elizabethan scholar, who introduced the equals sign ( = ) to mathematical calculation
Charles Norris (1779-1858), a topographical etcher and writer
Augustus John (1878-1961), painter
Gwen John (1876-1939), painter and older sister of Augustus John
Nina Hamnett (1890–1956) artist and writer
Kenneth Griffith (1921-2006), actor and documentary-maker
Cecil Woodham-Smith (1896-1977), historian
Frederick Charles Davies ‘Tenby Davies’ (1884-1932), half-mile world champion runner
Rosie Swale-Pope Round the world walker
Charles Dale (1963- ) Actor
Paul Ridgewell (1939-2002) Songwriter
Norman Lewis ( ? ) Travel writer
Adam John Hughes (1987-), Former head boy, journalist, rugby player in his earlier days with the town. Used to pinch opponents under their arms then go and snake women around the town.
Roald Dahl, stayed in The Cabin (The white house with a curved end to the right of the long cabin.)

[edit] Tourism

Tenby is an exceptionally busy UK holiday resort in the summer. The relatively unspoilt beaches and historic town walls make it a unique seaside resort. Most shops, pubs and restaurants in Tenby are specifically marketed to tourists.

[edit] Sport

Tenby is home to Tenby United RFC, a rugby union club which has existed in the town in one form or another since 1876 and is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union. Tenby is also home to the Tenby Aces Cycling Club, who have expanded quickly to become the largest club in South Pembrokeshire.