Local councillors are considering erecting their own dog signage on one of Tenby's beaches, after being told that there was a lack of funding for further signs.

Speaking at Tuesday night's meeting of the town council, the town clerk, Mr. Andrew Davies, told members that he and Clr. Mrs. Christine Brown had met with Pembrokeshire County Council beach warden, Myrddin Dennis, over the issue. This was after the council had called for more dog sign provision on Tenby's South and Castle beaches, to stop people taking their dogs on certain areas of the beaches that were restricted during the beach ban from the start of May to the end of September.

"Mr. Dennis said he didn't feel that there was a problem on the South Beach and that the signage on Castle Beach was adequate," explained Mr. Davies.

"He did say that there would be problems accessing funding for further signage unless he had proof in writing that there were problems on those two beaches," he continued, indicating that finger-post signage could be changed, though, to make clear which parts were dog friendly and which parts fell under the beach ban.

Clr. Will Rossiter said that he still felt that signage on Castle Beach was definitely not adequate.

"There are sometimes half-a-dozen dogs running around there during days in the summer. It's a simple thing to ask for. We need clear signage to say 'no dogs allowed' - except on a lead to the Caldey boats," he commented.

Clr. Mrs. Tish Rossiter agreed and asked if it was possible for the town council themselves to fund a sign for Castle Beach to make it clearer to visitors especially, if they could get permission to put it up.

"What we really need down there and on our beaches is a permanent dog warden," said Deputy Mayor, Clr. Paul Rapi.

"If some action was taken and once word got around that two or three people have been fined for letting their dogs foul, then it may stop the problem," he added.