The nearby Kilpaison Marsh has been a breeding area for Cetti's warbler in the reed beds and scrub.

[4] West Angle Bay is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, with rock pools which are home to the rare cushion starfish, and also a sandy beach .

[4] The Angle Lifeboat Station received RNLI silver medals in 1894[5] for rescuing the crew of the Loch Shiel from rocks near Thorn Island.

The church's grounds include a number of graves of victims of the Japanese ship Hirano Maru that was torpedoed locally during World War I; the memorial was re-dedicated in 2018.

Beneath the chapel is a crypt where, until the early twentieth century, many anonymous seamen's bodies found on the coastline were readied for burial.

[8] Constructed of coarse masonry under a modern tiled roof with a Celtic cross finial, the chapel has Victorian stained glass windows, one of which depicts the miracle of Christ walking upon the sea.

[10] In the 19th century, it was reported that 388 people lived in the village with the women involved in plaiting straw for bonnets and mats, whilst the men would trawl for oysters when they were in season.

They were part of a series of forts built around the British coast at the behest of Lord Palmerston following a Royal Commission.

[15][16] By 1886, John Mirehouse's descendant, Lt. Col. Richard Walter Byrd Levett of Staffordshire had taken the surname of his mother's family and settled in the village.

[18][19] Councillor John Allen-Mirehouse of Angle formerly served as Pembrokeshire County Council Deputy Leader.

The sheltered beach at West Angle Bay has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest; the rock pools are home to a small green starfish called Asterina phylactica.

Three RNLI silver medals were awarded, including one to Thomas Rees, who is buried in the churchyard at St Mary's.

The Loch Shiel was carrying goods from Scotland to Adelaide and included gunpowder, beer[26] and 7,500[6] (some say 7,000)[25] cases of Glasgow whisky.