Penysarn
Penysarn is a small village located within the community of Llaneilian, in the north-eastern corner of Anglesey, Wales.
Penysarn is a small village located within the community of Llaneilian, in the north-eastern corner of Anglesey, Wales. It is on the north-eastern side of Parys Mountain, at approximately 140–150 feet (43–46 m) above sea level. The settlement expanded in the 18th century with the arrival of miners working at the nearby copper mines. The population as of the 2011 census was 595.
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Worth seeing in and around Penysarn
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.
- 01Parys 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 - 02Point Lynas Lighthouse
Point Lynas Lighthouse is located on a headland in Llaneilian Community, on the north-east corner of Anglesey in North Wales. A pilot station was established on the point in 1766, to guide ships entering and leaving Liverpool, with an associated lighthouse added in 1779.
3.7 km · lighthouse, Grade II listed building in Anglesey, Wales; on Point Lynas, 1km approx N of Llaneilian · Wikipedia - 03St 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.
1.8 km · church in Anglesey, UK · Wikipedia - 04Parys 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.
1.8 km · Grade II listed building in Anglesey · Wikipedia - 05Amlwch 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.
3.4 km · lighthouse at Amlwch, in Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia - 06Our 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.
3.6 km · Roman Catholic church in Amlwch, in Anglesey, north-west Wales, and Grade II* listed church building · Wikipedia - 07Mynydd Eilian
Mynydd Eilian, sometimes also referred as Mynydd Llaneilian, is a hill in Anglesey, Wales.
1.8 km · hill (177m) on Anglesey · Wikipedia - 08St 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.
3.3 km · parish church in the Neo-classical style in Amlwch, in Anglesey in north Wales · Wikipedia - 09The 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.
3.1 km · public house in Amlwch, Wales · Wikipedia - 10Melin 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.
2.8 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 Penysarn
- Airports
- Isle of Man (IOM), 80 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 97 km · Dublin (DUB), 129 km
- Stations
- Amlwch railway station, 3.2 km
- Liverpool → Penysarn89 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · £13–17
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Penysarn138 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · £17–23
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Penysarn188 km · quickest by road, 3h 50m · £23–30
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Penysarn
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 Penysarn. 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 Penysarn
- Amlwchtown and community in Anglesey, Wales3.3 km
- Llaneilianvillage and community in Anglesey, north-west Wales1.1 km
- Brynrefailvillage in Anglesey, Wales4 km
- Llaneuddogvillage in Anglesey, United Kingdom2.3 km
- Cerrig Manvillage in Anglesey, Wales, UK1.4 km
- Dulasvillage in Anglesey, Wales2.7 km