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A companion who shares their interests, in Pembrokeshire

Keeping up the things they love is most of what makes a day good. 19 vetted live-in carers could come to live in Pembrokeshire. This page shows what they enjoy, what Pembrokeshire offers for each interest, and how to find someone who shares your mother's or father's.

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13 carers near Pembrokeshire have told us what they enjoy

What the carers enjoy

The interests of the live-in carers who could come to Pembrokeshire

Live-in carers move in rather than travel each day, so the choice reaches well beyond the county: 19 are within about three hours of Pembrokeshire. These are the interests on the profiles of the nearest of them. Tap one to see what Pembrokeshire offers for it.

What the live-in carers who could come enjoyCarers out of 13

Listed by manyLess common, so a better matchFrom the profiles of the 19 nearest live-in carers within about three hours of Pembrokeshire, October 2026; 13 of them list interests.

Common ground is easy

Most carers list reading, walking and music. If that is what your mother or father enjoys, nearly anyone will share it, so choose on the things that matter more: experience, manner and whether they get on.

The less common interests

Fewer carers list these, which is exactly why they are worth searching on. Someone who shares a real passion makes a long week go quickly.

  • Board Games 3
  • Card Games 3
  • Dancing 3
  • DIY 3
  • Gardening 3
  • Embroidery 2
  • Knitting 2
  • Photography 2
  • Volunteering 2
  • Writing 2
  • Painting 1
  • Video Games 1
  • Yoga 1

Carers choose the interests on their own profiles. A shared hobby is a good start, not a guarantee, so talk about it when you meet them.

Interest 1

Walking in Pembrokeshire

Much of Pembrokeshire sits inside a coastal national park, with level lakeside and estuary paths as well as the better known clifftop routes.

11 of 13live-in carers we looked at list walking

Somewhere to go

Lakeside paths at Bosherston Lily Ponds

Bosherston

A network of gravel paths beside the flooded limestone valleys on the National Trust's Stackpole Estate, with water lilies in early summer and herons on the water. A carer can drive to the Stackpole centre, book the all-terrain vehicle in advance and keep the outing to one arm of the ponds and back.

Getting around: A tramper all-terrain mobility vehicle can be borrowed or hired at Stackpole and is best booked in advance.

Source: accessable.co.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.

Somewhere to go

The millpond walk at Carew Castle

Carew Castle and Tidal Mill, Carew

A mile-long walk links the ruined castle with the restored tidal mill around a large millpond, with a tearoom and shops at either end. A carer can park in the disabled bays, do the flat circuit at an easy pace and stop for tea before looking round the ground floor rooms.

Getting around: There is wheelchair access to the ground floor of the castle and mill, both shops and the tearoom, and the mile-long walk is wheelchair friendly.

Source: pembrokeshirecoast.wales. Check opening times and access before you go.

How a companion helps

A companion walks at their pace, knows when to turn back, and drives to the flat, well-surfaced routes so a short walk is still possible when a long one is not.

Live-in carers who enjoy walking

Interest 2

Reading in Pembrokeshire

A largely rural county, Pembrokeshire relies on town branch libraries and a van round to keep readers in outlying villages supplied.

11 of 13live-in carers we looked at list reading

In the calendar

Mobile Library and Library at Home

Pembrokeshire County Council runs a mobile library on a regular village route plus a Library at Home service for housebound residents, with large print and spoken word stock and no fines or reservation fees. A carer can register someone for deliveries, help choose titles for the next visit and read aloud from what arrives.

Source: pembrokeshire.gov.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.

Somewhere to go

Milford Haven Library and Information Centre

Milford Haven

One of the county's branch libraries, holding fiction, non-fiction, audio books and DVDs, with free wifi and staff on hand. A carer can make a weekly trip part of the routine, carry the books and help renew loans at the desk.

Source: pembrokeshire.gov.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.

How a companion helps

Library trips, reading aloud when eyes tire, audiobooks set up and ready, and somebody to talk about the book with.

Live-in carers who enjoy reading

Interest 3

Music in Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire has both a long chapel and male voice choir tradition and a summer festival season in its coastal towns.

10 of 13live-in carers we looked at list music

In the calendar

Fishguard Festival of Music

Fishguard

A classical and mixed music festival founded in the 1960s, running over two weeks each summer in venues across north Pembrokeshire. A carer can book seats early for an afternoon or shorter evening concert, handle the driving and parking, and check the venue beforehand.

Source: visitpembrokeshire.com. Check opening times and access before you go.

Somewhere to join

Haverfordwest Male Voice Choir

Haverfordwest

One of the oldest male voice choirs in Wales, over 120 years old, rehearsing weekly in Haverfordwest and performing at concerts around the county. A carer could arrange transport to a rehearsal night for someone who wants to sing again, or to one of the choir's local concerts as a listener.

Source: haverfordwestmalechoir.co.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.

How a companion helps

Old records, a choir concert, singing along in the kitchen. Music often stays with people long after other things fade, and a companion who enjoys it makes it part of the day.

Live-in carers who enjoy music

Interest 4

Sports in Pembrokeshire

Market towns across the county keep bowls greens and leisure centre sessions going, and slower paced versions of team games have taken hold locally.

6 of 13live-in carers we looked at list sports

Somewhere to join

Pembrokeshire Indoor Bowls

An indoor bowls club playing on a four rink green, reported to be growing and closely linked to a disability bowls club using the same venue. A carer can contact the club, come along for a first session and stay for the tea afterwards.

Source: connectpembrokeshire.co.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.

Somewhere to join

Walking sports with Pembrokeshire Leisure

Pembrokeshire Leisure runs walking football, netball and rugby, non-contact versions of the games with no running, aimed at people easing back into sport. A carer can check the current timetable, arrange transport and wait nearby during the session.

Source: pembrokeshireleisure.co.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.

How a companion helps

Watching the match together, a trip to the bowls green or the cricket, or gentle exercise done safely with someone alongside.

Live-in carers who enjoy sports

Interest 5

Gardening in Pembrokeshire

The county's mild maritime air and sheltered wooded valleys have allowed large estate gardens and tender planting to thrive for generations.

3 of 13live-in carers we looked at list gardening

Somewhere to go

Picton Castle Gardens

Haverfordwest

Forty acres of walled garden, formal pond, woodland walks and mature rhododendrons at a castle still lived in by the family, open all year and an RHS partner garden. A carer can plan a short loop around the walled garden and pond, with the cafe as a resting point, and talk over planting ideas to try at home.

Getting around: Reviewers on Euan's Guide describe the gardens as around 70 per cent wheelchair friendly, including the formal pond and walled garden.

Source: euansguide.com. Check opening times and access before you go.

Somewhere to go

Colby Woodland Garden

Amroth

A National Trust woodland valley garden with a walled garden, meadows and stream, known for spring azaleas and rhododendrons. A carer can ask at the visitor centre for the accessible route map so the steps on the main trail are avoided, then sit in the walled garden.

Getting around: An accessible route map is available at the visitor centre, leaving out the two sections with steps and uneven ground.

Source: nationaltrust.org.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.

How a companion helps

Potting on at a table rather than kneeling, deadheading from a stool, visiting gardens with level paths and a tearoom: a carer keeps the garden in their week.

Live-in carers who enjoy gardening

Interest 6

Dancing in Pembrokeshire

The north of the county keeps strong links with Welsh and wider Celtic folk traditions, including music played for dancing at bank holiday gatherings.

3 of 13live-in carers we looked at list dancing

In the calendar

Fishguard Folk Festival

Fishguard

A mainly free folk festival held in Fishguard every late May bank holiday since 1999, with Welsh and Celtic music, folk arts and informal sessions in town venues. A carer can pick one or two daytime sessions with seating, park nearby and leave when energy runs out rather than staying all day.

Source: fishfolkfest.co.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.

How a companion helps

From tea dances to seated movement to music, a companion can find the right session, drive there, and make sure it is enjoyable rather than tiring.

Live-in carers who enjoy dancing

Interest 7

Photography in Pembrokeshire

Cliffs, harbours, castles and wide estuary skies give the county a great deal to point a camera at within a short drive.

2 of 13live-in carers we looked at list photography

Somewhere to join

Tenby and District Camera Club

Tenby

A club for photographers of all levels of experience in the Tenby area, covering landscape, wildlife, mono and creative work, with meetings, competitions and exhibitions. A carer can drive someone to meetings and help with the practical side of getting pictures ready to show.

Source: tenbyanddistrictcameraclub.org. Check opening times and access before you go.

How a companion helps

A companion can plan an outing around the light and the tide, carry the kit, and help sort the pictures afterwards.

Live-in carers who enjoy photography

Interest 8

Volunteering in Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire has an active voluntary sector, from coast and countryside conservation to visitor centres and community groups in the towns.

2 of 13live-in carers we looked at list volunteering

Somewhere to join

Volunteer Centre at PAVS

Haverfordwest

The Volunteer Centre run by Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services matches people with local opportunities, including roles that can be done by telephone, online or from home. A carer can help make the first enquiry and then support a regular commitment once a role is found.

Source: pavs.org.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.

Somewhere to join

Volunteering at national park sites and centres

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority takes volunteers at its visitor sites, including Carew Castle, Castell Henllys and Oriel y Parc, as well as office based roles. A carer can look through the current roles with someone and help with the application and travel to shifts.

Source: pembrokeshirecoast.wales. Check opening times and access before you go.

How a companion helps

A carer can help find a role that suits sitting down or short sessions, and handle the lifts there and back.

Live-in carers who enjoy volunteering

Interest 9

Knitting in Pembrokeshire

Wool and weaving have a long working history in Pembrokeshire, and craft groups meet in libraries and community cafes across the county.

2 of 13live-in carers we looked at list knitting

Somewhere to go

Melin Tregwynt Woollen Mill

Castlemorris

A whitewashed mill in a wooded valley near the coast that has been weaving for generations, with a self-guided route past the water wheel and the looms in the workshop, plus a shop and cafe. A carer can drive there on a weekday when the looms are running and keep the visit to the mill floor and cafe.

Source: coastalcottages.co.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.

How a companion helps

Winding wool, reading the pattern aloud, picking up dropped stitches, and a trip to the wool shop or a knitting group.

Live-in carers who enjoy knitting

Interest 10

Painting in Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire's coastal light has drawn painters for well over a century, and its galleries hold work by artists who lived and worked here.

1 of 13live-in carers we looked at list painting

Somewhere to go

Oriel y Parc Gallery

St Davids

A free gallery and national park visitor centre in St Davids showing changing landscape exhibitions from Amgueddfa Cymru, including works by Graham Sutherland, who painted in Pembrokeshire. A carer can time a visit for a quiet weekday, use the cafe and picnic area, and follow it with a look at the current local artists' display.

Getting around: Entry is through wide automatic doors and all services at the centre are on one level.

Source: visitpembrokeshire.com. Check opening times and access before you go.

Somewhere to go

Tenby Museum and Art Gallery

Tenby

The oldest independent museum in Wales, with a permanent gallery of work by Gwen and Augustus John, who grew up in Tenby, alongside John Piper and Kyffin Williams. A carer can make it a short, seated visit focused on the art rooms, which often prompts talk about someone's own painting.

Source: visitpembrokeshire.com. Check opening times and access before you go.

How a companion helps

Setting up the table, washing the brushes, finding a gallery with a lift: a carer handles the practical side so the time goes on the painting.

Live-in carers who enjoy painting

Interest 11

Fishing in Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire offers both sea angling along a long indented coastline and quieter inland fishing on its reservoir and rivers.

Somewhere to go

Bank and boat fishing at Llys-y-frân

Llys-y-frân Lake and Visitor Centre, Clarbeston Road

Welsh Water's reservoir in mid Pembrokeshire offers both bank fishing and fly fishing from simple electric powered boats, with a visitor centre and lakeside cafe. A carer can ring ahead to request an accessible boat, carry the tackle and sort the day ticket.

Getting around: An accessible fishing boat can be arranged by phoning or emailing the visitor centre in advance.

Source: llys-y-fran.co.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.

How a companion helps

A carer can sort the permit and the tackle, drive to a bank spot close to the car park, and bring the chair, the flask and the patience.

Live-in carers who enjoy fishing

Carers list their interests on their profiles. Search live-in carers in Pembrokeshire and the ones who share this interest are shown first.

Closer to home

Interests to share at home

Not every good day involves going out. These are the everyday interests the carers who could come list most, and each is easier, and more fun, with somebody to share it.

Socialising10 of 13 carers list itA companion keeps up the lunch club, the coffee morning and the visits to friends, and is company themselves on the quiet days.Carers who enjoy socialising
Watching TV10 of 13 carers list itThe favourite programmes, the quiz shows answered together, and someone to talk about them with afterwards.Carers who enjoy watching TV
Puzzles9 of 13 carers list itCrosswords, jigsaws and word searches are better with two. A carer can sit with the puzzle and help without taking over.Carers who enjoy puzzles
Cooking & Baking8 of 13 carers list itA carer does the lifting, the hot trays and the washing up, so the recipes, the judging and the tasting stay with the person who knows them.Carers who enjoy cooking & baking
Decorating4 of 13 carers list itChoosing colours, hanging pictures, rearranging a room to make it easier to live in: a carer can do the climbing while the decisions stay theirs.Carers who enjoy decorating
Board Games3 of 13 carers list itScrabble, dominoes and chess are good company, and a carer can be the regular opponent.Carers who enjoy board games
Card Games3 of 13 carers list itCribbage, whist or rummy most afternoons, with a partner who is happy to play and wants to win.Carers who enjoy card games
DIY3 of 13 carers list itSmall repairs and projects done together, with a carer handling the ladder and anything that needs a steady hand.Carers who enjoy DIY
Embroidery2 of 13 carers list itGood light, a magnifier set up, threads sorted and needles threaded, so the stitching can carry on.Carers who enjoy embroidery

From interest to introduction

How to find a carer who shares their interests

  1. 1

    Search with their interest

    Use the link under any interest on this page. It opens a search of live-in carers in Pembrokeshire with the carers who list that interest first; nobody else is hidden, so you still see everyone who could come.

  2. 2

    Read the profiles

    Each profile shows the carer's interests next to their experience, the conditions they have cared for, their day rate and their reviews. Shortlist two or three.

  3. 3

    Talk about it when you meet

    Message and meet them for free. Ask about the hobby: someone who really gardens will tell you what they grow. Nothing is booked until you decide.

  4. 4

    Settle in

    We set up the contract, handle invoicing and payment, and insure the care while the carer works. The rest of the week is theirs to fill.

Charlotte, care manager at PrimeCarers

Charlotte

Care manager for families in Pembrokeshire

Charlotte helps families in Pembrokeshire arrange companionship care

Most families start with a call: what your relative needs, what it would cost, which carers share your parent's interests, and whether live-in care or companionship visits suit them better, and what to ask a carer when you speak to them. Charlotte has those conversations every day and can tell you which of the carers in Pembrokeshire might suit, though the choice is always yours.

Book a free call with Charlotteor call 0203 369 3624

Questions

Questions about hobbies and companionship in Pembrokeshire

Yes. Getting out is a normal part of a live-in carer's week: a walk (Bosherston Lily Ponds is a good one), a garden visit, a choir concert, the bowls club or a lunch with friends. Many carers drive, and the search shows who does. Mileage is only charged if you agree it in advance and in writing, and 55p a mile is the usual figure when a carer uses their own car. Entry tickets and cafe stops for the carer are worth agreeing up front too.

Use the link under the interest on this page: it opens a search of live-in carers in Pembrokeshire with the ones who list that interest shown first, and the rest still there below them. Every profile shows the carer's interests alongside their experience, rates and reviews. Message the ones you like, and talk about the hobby when you meet them: it is the quickest way to tell whether the interest is real.

For live-in care it matters more than people expect. A live-in carer shares the house for weeks at a time, and the hours between the care tasks are most of the day. Somebody who likes the same programmes, games or garden fills those hours naturally. It is still second to experience and temperament, so treat it as a tie-breaker between good carers rather than the first thing you filter on.

Live-in care through PrimeCarers is typically about £1,120 a week, with our fee included, and each carer sets their own rate, shown on their profile. That covers somebody living in and helping through the day. If your parent needs company rather than round-the-clock help, hourly companionship visits start from about £15 an hour. Companionship care in Pembrokeshire compares the two.

Then the interest comes to him. A carer can bring the garden to a table on the patio, put the old records on, set up the jigsaw, read the paper aloud or play cards most afternoons. The interests further down this page are mostly the ones done at home, and plenty of carers share them.

Each local suggestion was researched from published sources, and every one on the page has passed a check before appearing: either it was found on a map inside Pembrokeshire, or its source page, which we link to, is live and names the area. Anything that failed was left out. Opening times, prices and access change, so check with the venue before you go, especially for gardens such as Picton Castle Gardens, where it is worth asking ahead about wheelchairs or mobility scooters.

Yes. Before a carer appears on PrimeCarers they have passed an enhanced DBS check, an identity check and a right-to-work check, and had an online interview with our team, with renewal or rechecks depending on the accepted route. Carers write their own profiles, including their interests and skills, so ask about anything that matters to you when you meet them. How we vet carers sets out each step.

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