Milford Haven Town Council

09/06/2026

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It was a day to remember...

A huge thank you to our distinguished guests for joining us at Milford Haven Founders Day on Saturday and helping to make the occasion even more special.

We were delighted to welcome the Mayor of Milford Haven, Mark Woodward. Mayor of Milford Haven., - Milford Haven Town Council accompanied by Mayoress Evija Upeniece Woodward ; the Mayor of Haverfordwest, Councillor Randell Izaiah Thomas-Turner, Haverfordwest Town Council accompanied by Mayoress and Sheriff Councillor Dani Thomas-Turner ; the Mayor of Pembroke, Jonathan Grimes - County Councillor for Pembroke St Mary South & Monkton - Pembroke Town Council; the Mayor of Pembroke Dock, Cllr Tony Wilcox - Pembroke Dock Town Council; and the Mayor of Neyland, Cllr Peter Hay - Neyland Town Council, accompanied by Mayoress Mitzy Hay.

We were also pleased to welcome our local Police Community Support Officers - Milford Haven and Neyland Police, Reverend Dr Adrian Furse of St Katharine and St Peter's Church, Milford Haven, Chairman of the Milford Haven Business Circle Byron Thomas Jenkins, and Treasurer of MHBC Amanda Dyson.

Your presence and support helped make the day a memorable celebration of our town, its history and its community spirit. We are truly grateful that you took the time to join us and share in the festivities.

Thank you all for helping to make Milford Haven Founders Day 2026 such a wonderful success.

📸 Photo by Captured Soul Photography

09/06/2026

Happy Birthday to our beloved Milford Haven!
Maybe we are biased 😇 but we think our town is the best in the west; no, the world!
Thank you to Proud Of Milford Haven for this post, and here is to many many (many many many!) more birthdays... 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MILFORD HAVEN

The town of Milford Haven was founded on 9th June 1790 as the result of an application to parliament by Sir William Hamilton.

The town is named after the natural harbour of Milford Haven, where the shelter it offers was used by the Vikings and was described by Shakespeare in Cymbeline as "blessed Milford". It was used as a staging point for the invasions of Ireland by Henry II in 1171 and Oliver Cromwell in 1649, as well as a landing point for the French reinforcements for the Glyndwr Rising in 1405 and by Henry VII in 1485 prior to his march through Wales to take the English crown.

The town itself was founded in 1790 by Sir William Hamilton, originally as a whaling centre, but by 1800 it was developed by the Royal Navy as a dockyard. When the dockyard was transferred to Pembroke in 1814, Milford Haven then became a commercial dock and a successful fishing port and boat building centre. By the start of the 20th century, Milford was the sixth largest fishing port in the UK, a mail coach operated between London and Hubberston and the railway arrived in 1863.

During the Second World War Milford Haven was a base for approximately 1,000 American military personnel and played a significant role in preparations for D-Day. In 1960, Esso opened an oil refinery near the town, which was followed by others by other chief oil companies, so that by 1974, Milford boasted a trade of 58,554,000 tons of oil, three times the combined trade of all the other ports of Wales and by the early 1980s, Esso's refinery was the second largest in the UK. However in 1996 the area was affected by a substantial oil spill when the oil tanker Sea Empress ran aground.

During recent years the occasion has been marked by Milford Haven Founders Day celebrations in Charles Street!

08/06/2026

The demolition contractors currently causing disruption outside CK's on Gelliswick Road have assured the work will be completed in about an hour. Blue Rock Demolition apologise for the problems caused. The skip will be removed, the pavement cleared and left clean and tidy. My thanks to residents who got in touch with me about the potentially dangerous situation.

08/06/2026

Meeting of the Full Council - taking place this evening (Monday 8th June 2026).
Everyone is welcome to attend.

07/06/2026

Hi everyone,
Notice below of a Road Closure in Nantucket Avenue/Starbuck Road on Sunday 14th June 2026.

06/06/2026

The Deputy Mayor of Milford Haven, Councillor Kathy Gray (East Ward) was honoured to be in attendance at the D-Day Memorial Service on The Rath this morning (Saturday 6th June).
Councillor Gray laid a wreath on behalf of the Town Council.

(Thank you to Councillor Gray for the picture)

06/06/2026

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