Anglesey

Worth seeing in and around Anglesey

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   RAF Mona

   Royal Air Force Mona, or more simply RAF Mona, is a Royal Air Force station near Bodffordd on the island of Anglesey, Wales. It is primarily used as a relief landing ground for RAF Valley.

   3.8 km · Royal Air Force relief landing ground on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Cwyllog's Church, Llangwyllog

   St Cwyllog's Church, Llangwyllog, is a medieval church near Llangwyllog, in Anglesey, North Wales. St Cwyllog founded a church here in the 6th century, although the exact date is unknown.

   1.4 km · church in Llangwyllog, Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Oriel Môn

   Oriel Môn is a museum and arts centre located in Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales. A two-part centre, the History Gallery provides an insight into the island's culture, history and environment.

   2.6 km · Local museum in Llangefni, Wales, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Llyn Cefni

   Llyn Cefni is a small reservoir in the centre of Anglesey, Wales which is managed by Welsh Water and Hamdden Ltd, while the fishery is managed by the Cefni Angling Association. The reservoir is located just 1 kilometre northwest of the island's county town of Llangefni.

   1.4 km · reservoir in Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St Caian's Church

   St Caian's Church, Tregaian, also known as St Caean's Church, Tregaean, is a small medieval church dating from the 14th century in Anglesey, north Wales. It is dedicated to St Caian, a Christian from the 5th or 6th century about whom little is known.

   1.1 km · church in Tregaian, Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Cyngar's Church

   St Cyngar's Church is a church in the town of Llangefni in Anglesey, Wales. The building dates from 1824.

   3.1 km · church in Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Cors Erddreiniog National Nature Reserve

   Cors Erddreiniog National Nature Reserve is the largest of the Anglesey fens and was described by the former Countryside Council for Wales as the "Jewel in the crown of the Anglesey fens" The site is a designated SSSI Located close to the village of Capel Coch and only 5 kilometres west of Benllech on the northeast side of the island, its varied terrain gives rise to large areas of reed bed, woodland and small lakes. A total of 15 different types of dragonfly and damselfly have been recorded in the reserve, and at dusk barn owls can be spotted hunting.

   3.7 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Coleg Menai

   Coleg Menai is a further education college located in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. The college has campuses in Parc Menai, Llangefni, Caernarfon and Holyhead.

   3.3 km · College in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales · Wikipedia
9. 09
   The Bull Hotel, Llangefni

   The Bull Hotel is a Grade II-listed building in Llangefni, Anglesey, built during the nineteenth century in a seventeenth-century vernacular style. It replaced an earlier inn built on the same site.

   3.5 km · Grade II listed building in Anglesey · Wikipedia
10. 10
    St Llwydian's Church

    St Llwydian's Church is a Grade II listed church in Heneglwys, Anglesey, Wales. The building dates to 1845, though it was erected using material from an earlier church.

    3.5 km · church in Heneglwys, Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

Beaumaris has a number of attractions, the most obvious one being the large ruins of Beaumaris Castle. Also open to the public is a 17th-century courthouse and well worth a visit the 19th-century gaol. Porthwen Brickworks Built in the Victorian times, was a brick works on the beach Porth Wen located near Cemaes.

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Things to do

Llanddona, Benllech, Church Bay, Porth Dafarch, Trearddur Bay and Llanddwyn (Newborough) are all designated Blue Flag beaches. Beaches that have received Green coast and Seaside awards are: Aberffraw; Borth Wen, Silver Bay (Rhoscolyn); Porth Trwyn (Llanfaethlu); Porth Ty’n Tywyn, Cable Bay, Porth Nobla, Traeth Crigyll (Rhosneigr); Cemlyn Bay; St David's (Red Wharf Bay); Sandy Beach, Llanfwrog (near Llanfaethlu);…

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Where to eat

Apart from the restaurants in the towns it is well worth hunting out the country pubs in the small villages.

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Getting to Anglesey

Airports

Isle of Man (IOM), 91 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 99 km · Dublin (DUB), 129 km

Stations

Llangefni railway station, 3.2 km · Llangwyllog railway station, 1 km

• Castletown → Anglesey

  91 km · quickest by road, 9h 12m · $30–42
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• Liverpool → Anglesey

  91 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £12–16
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• Dublin → Anglesey

  128 km · quickest by ferry, 5h 34m · €55–123
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No local-transport research exists yet for Anglesey

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Anglesey. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Anglesey – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.