Attractions in Anglesey

Anglesey 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

Barclodiad y Gawres

Clifftop cross-shaped passage tomb with rare decorated stones, between Rhosneigr and Aberffraw; Cadw.

• Holyhead & Holy Island, Anglesey

Beaumaris Castle

The last of Edward I's castles in Wales, begun in 1295 and never finished; part of a World Heritage Site and run by Cadw.

• Beaumaris, Menai Bridge & the east, Anglesey

Beaumaris Gaol and Courthouse

County prison built in 1829, with original cells and exercise yards, and a courthouse built in 1614; both run by Beaumaris Town Council.

• Beaumaris, Menai Bridge & the east, Anglesey

Bryn Celli Ddu

Neolithic henge later replaced by a passage tomb you can walk into; free to visit in daylight, in Cadw's care.

• Beaumaris, Menai Bridge & the east, Anglesey

Cemlyn Nature Reserve

Shingle ridge and brackish lagoon on the north coast with a tern colony; walk on the seaward side from late April to August.

• Holyhead & Holy Island, Anglesey

Din Llugwy

Late Roman settlement of the 3rd and 4th centuries near Moelfre, with round huts and rectangular buildings inside a stone wall.

• Beaumaris, Menai Bridge & the east, Anglesey

Holyhead Breakwater Country Park

Former quarry that supplied the stone for Holyhead Breakwater, opened as a park in 1990, with a lake, café and paths to Holyhead Mountain.

• Holyhead & Holy Island, Anglesey

Holyhead Maritime Museum

Museum in an old lifeboat station with ship models, shipwreck stories and a Second World War air raid shelter; open Easter to October.

• Holyhead & Holy Island, Anglesey

Holyhead Mountain and Caer y Twr

Highest point on Anglesey, topped by an Iron Age hillfort with ramparts up to 3 m high and a late Roman watchtower site.

• Holyhead & Holy Island, Anglesey

Menai Suspension Bridge

Thomas Telford's bridge of 1826, still carrying road traffic; the Menai Heritage exhibition in the town tells its story.

• Beaumaris, Menai Bridge & the east, Anglesey

Penmon Priory, Cross and St Seiriol's Well

• Beaumaris, Menai Bridge & the east, Anglesey

Plas Newydd House and Garden

Former seat of the Marquesses of Anglesey on the Menai Strait, with Rex Whistler's mural and a Grade I listed garden; National Trust.

• Beaumaris, Menai Bridge & the east, Anglesey

Puffin Island (Ynys Seiriol)

Uninhabited island off the eastern tip of Anglesey with remains of a 12th-century monastery; Starida runs wildlife cruises from Beaumaris, April to October.

• Beaumaris, Menai Bridge & the east, Anglesey

Rhoscolyn

Most southerly settlement on Holy Island, with the medieval St Gwenfaen's Well a little to the west of the village.

• Holyhead & Holy Island, Anglesey

RSPB South Stack and Ellin's Tower

• Holyhead & Holy Island, Anglesey

South Stack Lighthouse

Trinity House lighthouse first lit in 1809 on an islet off Holy Island, automated in 1983; seen from the cliffs.

• Holyhead & Holy Island, Anglesey

St Cybi's Church and Caer Gybi

• Holyhead & Holy Island, Anglesey

Trearddur Bay

Seaside village and resort south of Holyhead on the west coast of Holy Island, on the Anglesey Coastal Path.

• Holyhead & Holy Island, Anglesey

Ucheldre Centre

Arts centre in Holyhead with exhibitions, films, live broadcasts, theatre and music, plus a kitchen and shop.

• Holyhead & Holy Island, Anglesey

Ynys Llanddwyn and Newborough

Small tidal island off the west coast near Newborough; Newborough Forest behind it is a red squirrel conservation site.

• Beaumaris, Menai Bridge & the east, Anglesey