Benllech
Benllech is a village on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales.
Benllech is a village on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. It is in the community of Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf, which has a population of 3,382. The name of Benllech village had been removed by the time of the 2011 census with the community being listed under Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf with the electoral ward being listed under Llanddyfnan.
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Worth seeing in and around Benllech
6 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.
- 01Q5035240
Capel Lligwy is a ruined chapel near Rhos Lligwy in Anglesey, north Wales, dating back to the first half of the 12th century. The chapel's original purpose is unknown, but it might have been used as a memorial chapel or in connection with a local royal court, or as a chapel of ease in a large parish with a growing population.
4 km · Grade II listed building in Anglesey. Ruined chapel in Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia - 02Traeth Bychan
Traeth Bychan is a beach on the isle of Anglesey, Wales. The beach is between the villages of Benllech and Moelfre.
2 km · beach in Wales · Wikipedia - 03St Eugrad's Church
St Eugrad's Church, Llaneugrad is an isolated church near the village of Marian-glas, in Anglesey, north Wales. A church was supposedly founded here by St Eugrad in about 605, although the earliest parts of the present structure are the nave, chancel and chancel arch, which date from the 12th century.
2.7 km · church in Llaneugrad, Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia - 04St Gallgo's Church, Llanallgo
St Gallgo's Church, Llanallgo is a small church near the village of Llanallgo, on the east coast of Anglesey, north Wales. The chancel and transepts, which are the oldest features of the present building, date from the late 15th century, but there has been a church on the site since the 6th or early 7th century, making it one of the oldest Christian sites in Anglesey.
2.8 km · church in Anglesey, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Mary's Church, Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf
St Mary's Church, Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf is a small medieval church in Anglesey, north Wales. The earliest parts of the building, including the nave and the north doorway, date from the 14th century.
1.2 km · church in Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf, Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia - 06St Peter's Church
St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch, is a small medieval parish church near the village of Llanbedrgoch in Anglesey, north Wales. The oldest parts of the building date from the 15th century; it was extended in the 17th century and restored twice in the 19th century.
3.1 km · church in Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia
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Things to do
- 01Benllech
Isle of Anglesey Coastal Path, Island coast.
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Where to eat
- 01Bay Cafe
2 Bradleys Deli & Coffee Shop, The Square,.
- 02Rhosboeth Te Bach Tearooms
Amlwch Road, mail@rhosboeth.co.uk.
- 03Posh Puds
The Square (Centre of the village),.
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Getting to Benllech
- Airports
- Isle of Man (IOM), 89 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 91 km · Manchester (MAN), 129 km
- Stations
- Red Wharf Bay and Benllech railway station, 1.6 km · Llanbedrgoch railway station, 2.4 km
- Liverpool → Benllech83 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £12–16
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Benllech133 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £16–22
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Benllech185 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · £22–29
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Benllech
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 Benllech. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inHolyhead's status as an international ferry terminal means it is served by direct trains to Chester and London.
- Get inNational Express and Arriva from across the UK to Holyhead Ferry port at Holyhead with a regular service from Dublin and Dun Laoghaire
- Get aroundThe A55 cuts straight across the island parallel to the old A5 route, providing a quick route to Holyhead ferry port.
- Get aroundFairly easy 130-mile (200-km) walking trail around this island off the northwest corner of Wales, with diverse coastal scenery which is 95% within the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and 20 attractive villages en route.
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Next door to Benllech
- Moelfrecommunity and village in Anglesey, Wales3.6 km
- Llaneugradcommunity in Anglesey, in north-west Wales3.4 km
- Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithafcommunity in Anglesey, in north-west Wales1.3 km
- Llanallgovillage in Anglesey, Wales3 km
- Llanbedrgochvillage in Anglesey, Wales, UK2.5 km
- Marian-glasvillage in Anglesey, Wales2.1 km