Culture and Sport
The city hosted the National Eisteddfod in 2002. The Archbishop-designate of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, was inducted into the Gorsedd of Bards, a historic order of Druids.
The St David's Penknife Club is a group of people dedicated to voluntary fund raising for local groups and charities.
St David's has a rugby union club, St. Davids RFC, which competes in the SWALEC League Five West.
Whitesands Bay, about two miles west of St. David's, is a popular watersports resort. It has been described as the best surfing beach in Pembrokeshire and one of the best tourist beaches in the world.
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