Burton, Pembrokeshire Burton, Pembrokeshire Burton is a small village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village is set on a hill overlooking the River Cleddau. It has views of the Cleddau estuary to the south east and west, a Hotel Bar and Restaurant "The Beggars Reach Hotel", and has a waterfront pub on the river, the "Jolly Sailor". The village has watersports and boats. Benton Castle is a grade II* listed building. The church of St Mary's is a grade II* listed building. The village has an elected community council and gives its name to an electoral ward of Pembrokeshire County Council.
Pembrokeshire landscape was subject to considerable change as a result of ice ages; about 20,000 years ago the area was scraped clean of soil and vegetation by the ice sheet; subsequently, meltwater deepened the existing river valleys. While Pembrokeshire is not usually a seismically active area, in August 1892 there was a series of pronounced activities (maximum intensity: 7) over a six-day period. The Pembrokeshire coastline includes numerous bays and sandy beaches. The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, the only park in the UK established primarily because of its coastline, occupies more than a third of the county. The park contains the