| Country: | Wales |
| Static Image: | St Madoc's Church, Haroldston West - geograph.org.uk - 1130799.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Madoc's Church |
| Coordinates: | 51.79°N -5.1°W |
| Official Name: | Haroldston West |
| Community Wales: | Merlin’s Bridge |
| Unitary Wales: | Pembrokeshire |
| Constituency Westminster: | Preseli Pembrokeshire |
| Constituency Welsh Assembly: | Preseli Pembrokeshire |
| Post Town: | Haverfordwest |
| Postcode District: | SA62 |
| Postcode Area: | SA |
| Os Grid Reference: | SM862147 |
Haroldston West is a rural coastal parish in west Pembrokeshire, Wales,[1] [2] 5.5miles west of Haverfordwest. It is in the community of Merlin's Bridge.
A number of prehistoric remains exist in the parish.[3]
Haroldston West parish was in the ancient Hundred of Rhos, Pembrokeshire, and in 1833 had a population of 155. Its name is taken from that of an Anglo-Norman who held local lands.
In 1872 the population was 149, living in 28 houses in an area of 1718acres.[4]
During the Second World War there was a Relief Landing Ground (RLG) for RAF Withybush called Haroldston airfield which was never used for emergency landings.[5]
The parish church is dedicated to St Madoc of Ferns.[6] Before the 1880s the church was a "barn-like old church of nave and chancel with big sash windows and a makeshift roof of salvaged ships' timbers" but had become derelict. It was rebuilt in 1885.[7]