Country: | Wales |
Static Image: | Waterston_Methodist_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_226162.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Waterston Methodist Chapel with Dragon LNG Terminal beyond |
Coordinates: | 51.72°N -4.98°W |
Official Name: | Waterston |
Population: | 335 |
Community Wales: | Llanstadwell |
Unitary Wales: | Pembrokeshire |
Constituency Westminster: | Preseli Pembrokeshire |
Constituency Welsh Assembly: | Preseli Pembrokeshire |
Post Town: | Milford Haven |
Postcode District: | SA73 |
Postcode Area: | SA |
Dial Code: | 01646 |
Os Grid Reference: | SM939063 |
Waterston is a village near Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the community and parish[1] of Llanstadwell. It lies on the B4325 road linking Neyland and Milford Haven.[2]
The built-up area had a population of 335 in 2011.[3]
Waterston Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1836. It was rebuilt in the 1880s in Gothic style.
To the northeast of the village is Scoveston Fort, a Grade II listed structure constructed in the 1860s as part of the defences of Pembroke dockyard. It cost £45,462, and was the only one of its kind built.[4]
Part of the village now lies within the boundaries of the Dragon LNG terminal. Costing about £35 million and extending to, the plant was built as an oil refinery in 1997. In 2007 it was redeveloped as a LNG storage facility, and taken over by Dragon in 2009.[5] The plant is expected to process between 10 and 20 percent of the UK's gas supply requirement.
A large fire in April 2024 at a car breakers in the village took 7 fire crews to extinguish; nearby residents were evacuated for safety. The cause was found to be accidental,[6] and had been monitored by the close-by Dragon Terminal.[7] There had been a serious fire in January 2024 in the same industrial estate.[8]