Spittal, Pembrokeshire Spittal, Pembrokeshire Spittal is a village, parish and community that lies approximately halfway between Haverfordwest and Fishguard, near the village of Wolf's Castle in the county of Pembrokeshire in west Wales. Its name is a corruption of the word 'hospital', which is also the root of such names as Spitalfields, London, Spital, Merseyside, Spital-in-the-Street, Lincolnshire, etc.: the village possessed a hospitium (place of accommodation for pilgrims) belonging to the Cathedral of St David's. No trace of this remains. The population of the community in 2001 was 501. In 2004 a new primary school was built in the village to educate
Pembrokeshire seven-year-old pupils were educated through the medium of Welsh. This figure is expected to rise to 25 per cent by 2019/20. The Preseli Branch of the University of the Third Age (U3A) provides musical appreciation as a subject. Health services in the county are provided by Hywel Dda Local Health Board which also provides for Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire. The county's principal hospital is Withybush General Hospital in Haverfordwest, and there are local hospitals in Tenby and Pembroke Dock. In November 2018, Hywel Dda informed Pembrokeshire's Community Health Council that the county had 38 full-time and 34 part-time GPs. Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire