By special arrangement with Tenby Town Council, Tenby Civic Society members had the unusual pleasure of climbing up onto the walkway level of the town walls using the steps and deck at the rear of the De Valence Pavilion.

Prior to this, society members were shown round the Mayor's Parlour by the Mayor, Clr. Trevor Hallett, so members were able to see the arches to the wall incorporated inside the Mayor's Parlour and then walk on the arches on the upper level alongside the battlements of the wall.

From the battlements, they could look out onto the parade and over the town to The Ridgeway one way and then over the North Bay from the White Lion Street section of the wall.

As well as a guided talk by the Mayor, members were given leaflets on features in the Mayor's Parlour and a special Civic Society leaflet written for the occasion about the town walls by the Pembrokeshire National Coast Park's conservation officer, Robert Scourfield.

There are very few places where there is now access up onto the walls at the level medieval defenders would have used if the town was attacked. Along the north end of the West Wall, the defenders' gallery was formed by substantial stone arches with a stone walkway.

Here the arches on the inside of the wall run from the corner turret tower at the rear of the De Valence Pavilion, forming one wall of the covered Mayor's Parlour, on behind the Mews and along the rear garden of the new flats in the former Coburg Hotel garage site. Beyond that, many buildings have been built onto the inside of the walls so the arches are concealed or gone.

The section of the walls south of the Five Arches originally had a wooden deck built out from the inside of the wall for defenders to use. Only the post holes are left of this wooden deck.

The lack of any point at which the public can climb up onto the defenders walk on the inside of the walls is a matter of concern to the society; one of the town's valuable historic assets is closed off and private.

Apart from the design of the rear and sides of the De Valence Pavilion, little effort has been made to enable any kind of access onto the walls. The section of walkway from the rear of the De Valence to the rear of the Coburg flats is one section where this potential could be opened up, with work needed on safety rails, some new decking, and steps. Access into the private sections would need to be limited to guided parties, to protect privacy. Access onto the similar well preserved town walls in Conway gives them an additional attraction for visitors to enjoy.