Coal was mined in the area from as early as the 14th century. Coal was being shipped out from the beaches of Coppet Hall, Swallowtree Bay and Wiseman's Bridge. Bonville's Court colliery was closed in 1930. Tunnels were driven through the cliffs to connect Wiseman's Bridge, Coppet Hall and The Railway Street (now The Strand) for the trams to take the coal. The Saundersfoot Railway closed in 1939 and following the outbreak of the Second World War the line was taken up and sold for scrap. The tunnels are still in use today by pedestrians.

We are told that during the rehearsals for the D Day Landings, Churchill, Eisenhower and Montgomery are believed to have dined in the Wheel Bar (which in now the Tudor Bar) after watching hundreds of Allied Ships occupying Carmarthen Bay.