--- title: "Gadfa – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Gadfa, Isle of Man: Gadfa is a hamlet in the community of Llaneilian, Anglesey, Wales. Nearby: Parys Mountain, St Gwenllwyfo's Church, Llanwenllwyfo…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gadfa" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gadfa.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Human settlement in Wales · Isle of Man # Gadfa Gadfa is a hamlet in the community of Llaneilian, Anglesey, Wales. The place Gadfa is a hamlet in the community of Llaneilian, Anglesey, Wales. It is close to the town of Amlwch. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadfa), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Gadfa 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. 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. 1.9 km · hill (147m) on Anglesey · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parys_Mountain) 2. St Gwenllwyfo's Church, Llanwenllwyfo St Gwenllwyfo's Church is a 19th-century parish church near the village of Dulas, in Anglesey, Wales. It was built between 1854 and 1856 to replace an earlier church in the parish, also dedicated to St Gwenllwyfo, which needed repair and had become too small for its congregation. 1.7 km · church in Anglesey, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Gwenllwyfo%27s_Church) 3. 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. 1.9 km · Grade II listed building in Anglesey · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parys_Mountain_Windmill) 4. Mynydd Eilian Mynydd Eilian, sometimes also referred as Mynydd Llaneilian, is a hill in Anglesey, Wales. 2.2 km · hill (177m) on Anglesey · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mynydd_Eilian) 5. 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. 3.8 km · lighthouse at Amlwch, in Anglesey, Wales · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amlwch_Lighthouse) 6. 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. 4 km · Roman Catholic church in Amlwch, in Anglesey, north-west Wales, and Grade II\* listed church building · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_Star_of_the_Sea_and_St_Winefride,_Amlwch) 7. Old Church of St Gwenllwyfo, Llanwenllwyfo The Old Church of St Gwenllwyfo, Llanwenllwyfo is a medieval ruined church near Dulas, in Anglesey, Wales, perhaps built in the 15th century to replace another church from which only the 12th-century font survived. Dedicated to Gwenllwyfo, a 7th-century female saint about whom nothing else is known, it was used as a chapel of ease for the church in Amlwch, about 5 miles away. 2.5 km · church in Anglesey, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Church_of_St_Gwenllwyfo,_Llanwenllwyfo) 8. 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. 3.6 km · parish church in the Neo-classical style in Amlwch, in Anglesey in north Wales · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Eleth%27s_Church,_Amlwch) 9. 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. 3.4 km · public house in Amlwch, Wales · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Head,_Amlwch) 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. 3.1 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melin_Adda) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Gadfa **Airports:** Isle of Man (IOM), 80 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 97 km · Dublin (DUB), 129 km\ **Stations:** Amlwch railway station, 3.5 km\ - Castletown → Gadfa 81 km · quickest by road, 8h 28m · $211–343 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/castletown-to-gadfa) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Castletown&to=Gadfa) - Liverpool → Gadfa 89 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £13–17 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/liverpool-to-gadfa) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Liverpool&to=Gadfa) - Dublin → Gadfa 128 km · quickest by ferry, 5h 38m · €57–126 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dublin-to-gadfa) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dublin&to=Gadfa) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Gadfa) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Gadfa 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 Gadfa. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Holyhead's status as an international ferry terminal means it is served by direct trains to Chester and London. - Get in National Express and Arriva from across the UK to Holyhead Ferry port at Holyhead with a regular service from Dublin and Dun Laoghaire - Get around The A55 cuts straight across the island parallel to the old A5 route, providing a quick route to Holyhead ferry port. - Get around Fairly 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. From [Wikivoyage: Anglesey](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Anglesey), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 246 km 2. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 250 km 3. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 285 km 4. [Isle of Jura](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-jura) GB 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 304 km 5. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 361 km If you know how people move in Gadfa – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cgadfa&title=Gadfa&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fgadfa), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Gadfa - [Amlwch](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/amlwch) town and community in Anglesey, Wales 3.6 km - [Rhosybol](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/rhosybol) village and community in Anglesey, Wales, UK 3.8 km - [Llaneilian](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/llaneilian) village and community in Anglesey, north-west Wales 1.3 km - [Penysarn](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/penysarn) village in Anglesey, Wales, UK 400 m - [Brynrefail](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/brynrefail) village in Anglesey, Wales 3.6 km - [Pengorffwysfa](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/pengorffwysfa) village in Anglesey, Wales, UK 2.2 km [The place page for Gadfa](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/gadfa) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Isle of Man](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-IM) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gadfa, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. 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