Llanfaethlu
Llanfaethlu is a village and community in the north west of Anglesey, in north-west Wales.
Llanfaethlu is a village and community in the north west of Anglesey, in north-west Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 Census was 553. The village takes its name from the Church of Saint Maethlu. The community includes Llanfwrog.
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Worth seeing in and around Llanfaethlu
3 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.
- 01Carreglwyd
Carreglwyd is a Georgian country house, on the northwest of the Isle of Anglesey, about 1 km NW of Llanfaethlu in Wales, at grid reference SH309878. "Carreglwyd" is Welsh for "grey rock", with lwyd being the soft mutation of llwyd.
800 m · building in Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia - 02St Maethlu's Church
St Maethlu's Church is a medieval church in the village of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, Wales. It is one of a number of churches in the parish and benefice of Bro Padrig, the appointed clergyman being the Reverend T. J. Jones.
0 m · church in Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia - 03Glegir Mawr
Clegir Mawr is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the community of Cylch-y-Garn in the north-west of the island of Anglesey, Wales. It is a stony coastal headland with an area just under 10 hectares and has been designated principally because of the occurrence of the spotted rock-rose which is a nationally rare plant and also the county flower of Anglesey.
3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Llynon Windmill
The only surviving working windmill on Anglesey.
- 02St Maethlu's Church
Carreglwyd, a Georgian house and country estate, is to the northwest of the village.
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Where to eat
- 01Black Lion Inn
A pub with bed and breakfast accommodation and a menu comprising locally sourced produce.
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Getting to Llanfaethlu
- Airports
- Isle of Man (IOM), 81 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 112 km · Dublin (DUB), 115 km
- Liverpool → Llanfaethlu103 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £14–18
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Llanfaethlu153 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · £18–24
- Belfast → Llanfaethlu166 km · quickest by road, 7h 7m · £27–36
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No local-transport research exists yet for Llanfaethlu
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 Llanfaethlu. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIrish Ferries and Stena Line sail several times a day from Dublin, taking 3 hr 30 min.
- Get inFerries no longer sail from Dún Laoghaire, as Dublin harbour has been upgraded, with a motorway link to bypass the city traffic.
From Wikivoyage: Holyhead, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.
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Next door to Llanfaethlu
- Cylch-y-Garncommunity in Anglesey, Wales, UK3.7 km
- Llanfwrogvillage in Anglesey, Wales3.3 km
- Llanddeusantvillage in Anglesey, Wales3.6 km
- Llanrhuddladvillage in Anglesey, Wales2.9 km
- Rhydwynvillage in Anglesey, Wales, UK1.9 km
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