Burwen

Worth seeing in and around Burwen

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
   Parys Mountain

   Parys Mountain is located south of the town of Amlwch in north east Anglesey, Wales. Originally known as Trysclwyn, the high ground is reputed to have gained its current name when it was given to Robert Parys, Chamberlain of North Wales by Henry IV. It is the site of a large copper mine that was extensively exploited in the late 18th century.

   3.7 km · hill (147m) on Anglesey · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Peirio's Church

   St Peirio's Church is a small disused medieval church, in Rhosbeirio, Anglesey, north Wales. It is unclear when a church was first established on this site, although it has been said that this happened in about 605.

   3.1 km · church in Rhosbeirio, Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Parys Mountain Windmill

   Parys Mountain Windmill is a Grade II listed building located on the highest point of Parys Mountain near Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales. The structure was built in 1878 to assist a local copper mine in the removal of water from mine shafts.

   3.7 km · Grade II listed building in Anglesey · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Winefride

   Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Winefride is a Roman Catholic church in Amlwch, a town on the island of Anglesey, north Wales. It was built in the 1930s to a design by an Italian architect, Giuseppe Rinvolucri, using reinforced concrete.

   2 km · Roman Catholic church in Amlwch, in Anglesey, north-west Wales, and Grade II* listed church building · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St Mary's Church, Bodewryd

   St Mary's Church, Bodewryd is a small medieval church in the hamlet of Bodewryd, in Anglesey, north Wales. The date of construction is unknown, but there was a church on this site in 1254 and the earliest feature to which a date can be given is a doorway in a 15th-century style dating to around 1500.

   3.3 km · church in Bodewryd, Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Amlwch Lighthouse

   The Amlwch Lighthouse is a lighthouse tower situated on the outer pier of Amlwch, at the northeast tip of Anglesey, Wales. The existing lighthouse, a square tower erected in 1853, is the fourth on this site.

   3.2 km · lighthouse at Amlwch, in Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St Eleth's Church

   St Eleth's Church, Amlwch is a parish church built in the Neo-classical style in 1800 in Amlwch, a town on the island of Anglesey in north Wales. It stands on the site of earlier buildings, with the first church here said to have been established by St Elaeth in the 6th century.

   2.4 km · parish church in the Neo-classical style in Amlwch, in Anglesey in north Wales · Wikipedia
8. 08
   The Kings Head Hotel

   The King's Head, Amlwch is a public house situated in Salem Street, one of the main streets in Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales. The pub name is one of many King's Heads found all over the United Kingdom.

   2.5 km · public house in Amlwch, Wales · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Llanbadrig - Dinas Gynfor

   Llanbadrig - Dinas Gynfor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Anglesey, North Wales. It has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest since January 1957 in an attempt to protect its fragile geological elements.

   3.2 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Melin Adda

    Melin Adda is a windmill near Amlwch, Anglesey, which was built in the 1790s and closed down in 1912. The mill was turned into a house in the 1970s.

    2.4 km · Grade II listed building in Anglesey. Set back from the N side of Ffordd Tanybryn, c200m due east of Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones in Pentrefelin. · Wikipedia

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Getting to Burwen

Airports

Isle of Man (IOM), 76 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 102 km · Dublin (DUB), 125 km

Stations

Rhosgoch railway station, 4 km · Amlwch railway station, 2.4 km

• Castletown → Burwen

  76 km · quickest by road, 9h 34m · $31–43
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• Liverpool → Burwen

  93 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · £13–18
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• Dublin → Burwen

  124 km · quickest by road, 5h 15m · €15–21
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