Saundersfoot Cawl Trail - 2026
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Usually held around late February.
Based on 1 past edition
Event Details
- Date & Time
- Saturday, February 28, 2026
- Price
- from 5 GBP incl. handmade bowl
Programme
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Regency Hall
Cawl trail around Saundersfoot: collect a bowl at the Regency Hall, sample cawl at participating cafés, pubs and restaurants, vote for a favourite, and finish back at the Regency Hall.
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11am-3pm
Cawl Trail: start and finish at Regency Hall; collect a bowl (first come, first served), follow the trail around the village sampling cawls
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Vote for your favourite cawl
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About This Event
The Saundersfoot Cawl Trail on 28 February 2026 (coinciding with St David's Day), starting and ending at Regency Hall, 11am-3pm: cafés, pubs and restaurants around Saundersfoot serve their own take on traditional Welsh cawl, and participants vote for their favourite. Organised by the local community and promoted by Love Saundersfoot.
The cause
Additional donations beyond the £5 minimum go straight back into Love Saundersfoot CIC, funding future community events and initiatives in the village.
History
The much-loved Cawl Trail returns (a recurring event).
On the menu
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By Participating cafés, pubs and restaurants around Saundersfoot
Traditional Welsh cawl, a hearty slow-cooked soup of lamb or beef and root vegetables; each venue gives its own take
Who's who
Organised by
- Love Saundersfoot (Love Saundersfoot CIC) Promotes the event; additional donations fund future community events and initiatives
- Local community, promoted by Love Saundersfoot
- Organised by the local community and promoted by Love Saundersfoot
Supported by
- Bryony, Narberth Pottery Hand-makes the limited edition bowls
Taking part
- Cafés, pubs and restaurants of Saundersfoot Each serves its own cawl
Also involved
- Puffin Cottage Holidays Publisher of the blog post (holiday lets in Saundersfoot)
Good to know
- Entry: minimum £5 per person, including a locally handmade, bespoke cawl bowl to keep as a souvenir.
- Start and finish at the Regency Hall; bowls available on a first come, first served basis.
- Limited-edition bowls hand-made by Bryony from Narberth Pottery (https://www.narberthpottery.co.uk/), stamped with the Love Saundersfoot Cawl Trail mark.
- Participants vote for their favourite cawl.
Everything the announcement says
Every detail, as the festival announced it.
Saundersfoot Cawl Trail 2026 (Puffin Cottage Holidays blog, 28 January 2026).
The much-loved Saundersfoot Cawl Trail returns on 28th February, coinciding with St David's Day. Organised by the local community and promoted by Love Saundersfoot, it invites visitors and locals to explore the village one spoonful at a time while celebrating Wales's national dish.
Cafés, pubs and restaurants around Saundersfoot serve their own take on traditional Welsh cawl, a hearty, slow-cooked soup made with lamb or beef, root vegetables and plenty of flavour.
Participants start and finish at the Regency Hall, where bowls are available on a first come, first served basis. Entry is a minimum £5 per person, which includes a locally handmade, bespoke cawl bowl to keep as a souvenir.
This year's bowls: Bryony from Narberth Pottery hand-makes a limited edition run exclusively for the trail, each finished with a special Love Saundersfoot Cawl Trail stamp on the base.
Follow the trail around the village, sampling different cawls and voting for your favourite.
Posters: 'Please Note: Entry is a MINIMUM donation of £5. £5 is the minimum donation required to take part in today's Cawl Trail. If you wish to donate more, every additional pound goes straight back into Love Saundersfoot CIC helping us fund future community events and initiatives in the village. Thank you.' And: Cawl Trail, 28th February 2026, Starts and Ends at Regency Hall 11am-3pm.
The Cawl Trail runs on 28th February 2026 from 11am to 3pm, starting and ending at Regency Hall.
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Location
The Regency Hall, Milford Street, Saundersfoot SA69 9EW, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom
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Prices and tickets
- Minimum entry donation per person; additional pounds go to Love Saundersfoot CIC
- £5
What's included
- A locally handmade, bespoke cawl bowl to keep as a souvenir (limited edition by Narberth Pottery, stamped Love Saundersfoot Cawl Trail on the base)
- Sampling cawls at participating venues and voting for your favourite
How to get tickets
- Start and finish at Regency Hall, where bowls are available on a first come, first served basis.
- Entry is a minimum donation of £5 per person.