08-06-2025
- Automotive
- Western Telegraph
Signs at Goodwick say car parks are closed but they're open
Signs have been put up on the Goodwick Parrog car parks which read that it is closed.
Upon closer inspection there is a small handwritten message on the signs which says that the car parks will be closed next weekend from midnight on Friday, June 5 to midnight on Sunday, June 15.
However, drivers are seeing the signs and leaving the car parks, as you have to get close to see the small handwritten amendment.
This is leading to concerns that there will be a huge drop in visitor numbers to the Ocean Lab café, giftshop, catch and release aquarium run by marine conservation charity Sea Trust.
The signs appeared on Friday, June 6.
It is true that the car parks will be closed next weekend for the Wales Triathlon but they are most definitely open this week.
Cliff Benson, founder of the Sea Trust Charity that runs the Ocean Lab says that the signage is "misleading and ridiculous" and that it will turn visitors away from this popular attraction.
'The car parks on Goodwick Parrog around the Ocean Lab are not closed, despite what the confusing and botched signage says,' said a disgruntled Cliff.
'As you enter the car parks, there are big yellow and black signs, saying the car parks are closed. They are not closed.'
Cliff said that most people coming to visit Ocean Lab will turn into the car parks, see the signs and turn around.
The majority of drivers will not notice the handwritten amendment saying that the car park is closed next weekend, he stressed.
'Basically our customers at the Ocean Lab will be turned away by signage that is misleading and ridiculous,' added Cliff.
'The car parks are open right up to next Friday, when they will be closed for two days for the Wales Triathlon. The café will be open all week and for the Triathlon at the weekend.
'I wonder who is responsible for this totally un-professional and misleading signage on the car parks?'
Cliff asked the local community to share the information that the car parks are open until midnight on Friday, June 13.
The Western Telegraph has contacted Pembrokeshire County Council and the Wales Triathlon for a comment.
