Next steps for the Future of Haverfordwest

Last weekend Pembrokeshire County Council’s Regeneration Team held a successful engagement event at Haverhub where around 200 people attended and shared their views on current and future developments in Haverfordwest. In addition, over 130 online survey responses have been received and there’s still time to have your say – head over to www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/futureofhaverfordwest

As part of these wider plans, Pembrokeshire County Council is improving town centre wayfinding in our county town with funding from UK Government. As well as more traditional signage, such as finger posts, the designs will include creative signposting across the town so that you can easily find your way to your destination, discover places you didn’t know before, learn about our rich heritage and enjoy spending more time in Haverfordwest.

We are working with landscape architects, wayfinding, and other specialists on new designs for Castle Square, Castle Link and wayfinding across the town. We are hosting an engagement event to seek public feedback on three creative design ideas, which have been produced for a landmark town centre waymarker. This will be a key signpost to aid navigation across Haverfordwest and will tell one or more stories about our unique town heritage.

A public exhibition will take place in the Corner Room at Haverhub Thursday 1^st 3 pm – 7 pm and Friday 2^nd August 10 am -5 pm. The exhibition will give the people of Pembrokeshire a chance to view, score and comment on these three designs and understand how they fit into the overall developing wayfinding plans. Pembrokeshire County Council officers will be available to discuss the project and answer your questions. Later in the year, there will be further opportunities to engage on the rest of the wayfinding designs, and ideas for Castle Square and Castle Link, as they emerge.

This is an in person event. If you are unable to attend but are keen to express your views, please email futureofhaverfordwest@pembrokeshire.gov.uk and a copy of the exhibition boards and the survey can be emailed to you. The survey must be returned by 15^th August for your scores to count.

One of the designs will be selected in August, using a combination of public survey scores and those of an expert panel. We will then engage further with the local community to refine the favoured design during September and October 2024, and aim to agree a final design and site location by November, with installation planned for late spring 2025.