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Goodwick is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, immediately west of its twin town of Fishguard. The coasts of Wales went through Norse raids during the Viking Era and, in the latter 10th century, Norse trading posts and settlements came to be formed. Goodwick was a small fishing village in the parish of Llanwnda, but in 1887 work commenced on a railway connection and harbour, and the village proliferated to service this. The primary market is now tourism although in the town’s industrial past brick making was originally an important sector. Some fishing still occurs on a small scale however most activity is centred on Milford Haven. The regional beach, Goowick Sands, is where the defeated French invasion force assembled prior to their unconditional surrender on 24 February 1797. Fishguard and Goodwick train station served local rail tourists from the town, and from neighboring Fishguard, until the line was effectively closed to such travelers by the reduction in service to boat trains only in 1964. After this, trains merely served Fishguard Harbour and the station fell into disrepair. Following financial investment from Network Rail and Pembrokeshire County Council the station has now been re-built and was reopened for travelers again, on 14 May 2012. It is served by the boat trains and the newly offered local trains. The town is additionally served by the Fishguard town service bus, which runs alternately from Harbour Village or Stop-and-Call, initially a different settlement, to Fishguard town hall. Two Fishguard to St. Davids bus routes also go through the town. For all your home renovations, make sure to find dependable contractors in Goodwick to make certain of quality.