Rhoscolyn
Rhoscolyn is a village and community located on Holy Island, Anglesey, Wales.
Rhoscolyn is a village and community located on Holy Island, Anglesey, Wales. It is just over five miles south of Holyhead and is the most southerly settlement on the island. The name Rhoscolyn is said to mean "The Moor" (Rhos) of The Column (colyn), referring to a pillar which the Romans put up to mark the edge of their territories. The community population taken from the 2011 census was 542.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Mediaeval
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Things to do
- 01Silver Bay
- 02Borth Wen
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Where to eat
- 01The White Eagle
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Getting to Rhoscolyn
- Airports
- Isle of Man (IOM), 93 km · Dublin (DUB), 112 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 117 km
- Castletown → Rhoscolyn91 km · quickest by road, 9h 24m · $32–43
- Dublin → Rhoscolyn10 km · quickest by road, 30 min · €1–1.5
- Liverpool → Rhoscolyn24 km · quickest by road, 48 min · £3–3.5
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Rhoscolyn
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 Rhoscolyn. 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.
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