Zoo or aquariumAnglesey Sea Zoo
Independent aquarium near Brynsiencyn with over 40 tanks of British marine life and conservation work including a lobster hatchery.
- Beaumaris, Menai Bridge & the east, Anglesey
21 places from our Anglesey guide, from Beaumaris, Menai Bridge & the east to Holyhead & Holy Island. Each links to its area guide and, where we have one, its official site.
Attractions
21 places
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Zoo or aquariumIndependent aquarium near Brynsiencyn with over 40 tanks of British marine life and conservation work including a lobster hatchery.
Other sightClifftop cross-shaped passage tomb with rare decorated stones, between Rhosneigr and Aberffraw; Cadw.
CastleThe last of Edward I's castles in Wales, begun in 1295 and never finished; part of a World Heritage Site and run by Cadw.
Other sightCounty prison built in 1829, with original cells and exercise yards, and a courthouse built in 1614; both run by Beaumaris Town Council.
Other sightNeolithic henge later replaced by a passage tomb you can walk into; free to visit in daylight, in Cadw's care.
Other sightShingle ridge and brackish lagoon on the north coast with a tern colony; walk on the seaward side from late April to August.
Other sightLate Roman settlement of the 3rd and 4th centuries near Moelfre, with round huts and rectangular buildings inside a stone wall.
Park or natureFormer quarry that supplied the stone for Holyhead Breakwater, opened as a park in 1990, with a lake, café and paths to Holyhead Mountain.
MuseumMuseum in an old lifeboat station with ship models, shipwreck stories and a Second World War air raid shelter; open Easter to October.
Park or natureHighest point on Anglesey, topped by an Iron Age hillfort with ramparts up to 3 m high and a late Roman watchtower site.
Other sightThomas Telford's bridge of 1826, still carrying road traffic; the Menai Heritage exhibition in the town tells its story.
Cathedral or church
Historic houseFormer seat of the Marquesses of Anglesey on the Menai Strait, with Rex Whistler's mural and a Grade I listed garden; National Trust.
Park or natureUninhabited island off the eastern tip of Anglesey with remains of a 12th-century monastery; Starida runs wildlife cruises from Beaumaris, April to October.
Other sightMost southerly settlement on Holy Island, with the medieval St Gwenfaen's Well a little to the west of the village.
Park or nature
Other sightTrinity House lighthouse first lit in 1809 on an islet off Holy Island, automated in 1983; seen from the cliffs.
Cathedral or church
Park or natureSeaside village and resort south of Holyhead on the west coast of Holy Island, on the Anglesey Coastal Path.
Other sightArts centre in Holyhead with exhibitions, films, live broadcasts, theatre and music, plus a kitchen and shop.
Park or natureSmall tidal island off the west coast near Newborough; Newborough Forest behind it is a red squirrel conservation site.
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