Anglesey Island Blog

The Anglesey Island Blog is my mini-journal about Anglesey. It...

  • lets you know whenever any new Web pages appear on Anglesey Hidden Gem, telling you about the countryside, the beautiful beaches, where to relax, walk or indulge in watersports

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  • points out what's waiting for you on the Island; those special places that you might otherwise miss






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    North Stack Fog Warning Station. Beautiful Walk. Fascinating History

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    North Stack Fog Signal Station, just south of the Port of Holyhead, offers astonishing coastal walk and beautiful views of rugged Anglesey coastline.

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    Holyhead Breakwater Country Park. Award Winning Anglesey Green Space

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    Holyhead Breakwater Country Park. Astonishing coastal beauty. Award Winning Anglesey Green Flag Country Park. A superb green space for family fun and walks

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    White Beach. Excellent bleached pebble beach, Crazy Horses and Nervy Driving

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    White Beach really, really is a hidden gem. By that, I mean it is really, really well hidden. Dinner plate pebbles, nice picnics, CRAZY HORSES and some pretty good fishing.

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    Washi Bach a tramp who visited Anglesey during my childhood in the 1960s

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    Washi Bach a tramp who visited Llangefni, Anglesey during my childhood. Please share your stories to help build a picture of the life of this vulnerable man as living memories

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    Trearddur Bay is the Mediterranean Coast of Anglesey

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    Trearddur Bay. Sea, Sand, Surf. Imagine a hot sunny day with the tide lilting against the rocky shore with the sea smooth and silky. Where the Jet-Set holiday.

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    Traeth Bychan Beach lies between Benllech and Moelfre

    Traeth Bychan is a pretty sandy beach typical of this side of Anglesey. Lovely location, beauty, water sports, fishing and the glorious Anglesey Coastal Path.

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    Swtan Cottage Period renovated Welsh Cottage in Church Bay Anglesey

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    Swtan Cottage is a fabulous renovated period-style Welsh cottage open to visitors located at Church Bay on a particularly beautiful stretch of Anglesey West Coast.

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    Swtan Cottage Interior that offers fascinating insight into life in the 1900s

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    Swtan Cottage at Church Bay, Anglesey. Take a step into an interior that offers a fascinating insight into life in a rural 1900s Anglesey thatched cottage

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    St Patrick's Church on the Cemaes Bay Headland

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    St Patrick's intriguing Church on the Llanbadrig Headland. A wonderful moment's respite to enhance a fabulous day in Cemaes Bay and Anglesey. Fifth Century Church.

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    St Dwynwen Feast Day on January 25. The Welsh Patron Saint of Lovers.

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    The Feast Day of St Dwynwen on January 25. The Welsh Patron Saint of Lovers. A Phoenix Love rises from the embers of the betrayal of the love of Dwynwen

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    St Cwyfan Island Church in the Sea at Aberffraw

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    St Cwyfan Church in the Sea off the Aberffraw coast. Isolated and only accessible when the tide is out. Excellent Family Beaches nearby and Coastal Walks await.

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    South Stack Lighthouse and RSPB Coastal Birdlife and Webcam

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    Visit South Stack Lighthouse on Holy Island, Anglesey and enjoy a family delight inside the lighthouse. Castellated RSPB Observation Tower and Webcams and Visitor Centre

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    Silver Bay beach, golden sand and fearsome surfing

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    Award winning Silver Bay is a beautiful, isolated and perfectly formed sandy beach. With sense of freedom from the masses a fearsome reputation for surfers.

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    Sailing on Anglesey from Porth Diana in Trearddur Bay to Ynys Las

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    A Glorious Day Sailing on Anglesey from Porth Diana in Trearddur Bay to Ynys Las near Plas Cymyran. After a day sailing on Anglesey then anything is possible.

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    Rhosneigr Beaches - Tune in & Chill out on our Anglesey Beach Jewels

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    Rhosneigr Beaches. Great Family Fun and Sandy beaches. Vital Ice-Cream, Cafes and Bistros. Sailing, Windsurfing, Kitesurfing. Chill on Jewel Anglesey Beach .

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    Rhosneigr Broad Beach Fun, Walks and Watersports

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    Rhosneigr Broad Beach is an excellent family beach with wonderful sunbathing on sweet, soft sand high up the beach. Splash beach fun and barbies are de rigeur

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    Rhosneigr Beach. One of the best sandy beaches on Anglesey, if not Britain

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    Rhosneigr Main Beach. Beautiful golden sand and black rocks outcrops. Ideal for family beach fun days and extreme sporting activities. One of the best beaches on Anglesey, if not Britain.

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    Red Wharf Bay. View the beauty of the bay, poor sailing and eat well

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    Let me not suggest that Red Wharf Bay no more than a platform from which to view the beauty of the bay, appreciate poor sailing and eat well at the same time.

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    Porth Wen Brickworks near Cemaes on North Anglesey Coastline

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    Porth Wen Brickworks near Cemaes Bay on North Anglesey Coastline. A very pleasant coastal walk and exciting discovery of forgotten Anglesey Industrial Heritage

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    Porth Nobla. Another BEAUTIFUL RHOSNEIGR Beach

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    Porth Nobla. Excellent sandy, rocky beach great for splashing about with your kids, sunbathing, beach games AND building sandcastles. Near Rhosneigr facilities.

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    Penrhyn Beach Keep following the coast north from gem beach to gem beach

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    Penrhyn Beach is a family beach and the First of the Lovely North West Anglesey Beaches. The beach is isolated but close enough to some fabulous Anglesey eating places.

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    Penmon. Lighthouse, Puffin Island and Pickled Puffins

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    Penmon for Pickled Puffins. Enjoy a few hours wandering about this eastern Anglesey peninsula. Appreciate the Lighthouse, Puffin Island and the Sixth Century Priory.

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    Penmon Beach Anglesey. Delight on a beach with a heartstopping view.

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    Penmon Beach Anglesey. Delight yourself on a beach with a heartstopping view

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    Newborough. Beaches & Walks as Beautiful as Childhood Summers

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    Welcome to Newborough. For your pleasure beaches longer than Childhood Summers and Forest Walks in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the Anglesey Coast.

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    Anglesey Mystery Beach. Dreamtime: Where the Sea Meets the Sky

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    Anglesey Mystery Beach. Dreamtime: Where Sea Meets Sky. The sea laps sweetly against golden soft sand this evening. Seabirds call and the world's background hum

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    Mynydd Llwydiarth may not have Wolves or Bears but has Red Squirrels

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    Mynydd Llwydiarth forest on Anglesey may not have Wolves or Bad Bears but it does have Red Squirrels. Better, it's a brilliant, peaceful Anglesey woodland walk

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    Mynydd Bodafon stands aloof as a platform to peruse Anglesey & beyond

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    Mynydd Bodafon stands aloof and is an accessible ‘peak’ from which to peruse Anglesey and beyond. The best silence for addressing injuries to Heart and Soul

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    Moelfre Village welcomes you with astonishing Coastal Beauty & History

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    Moelfre. Ideal stopping-off point on the beautiful Anglesey Coastal Path. Enjoy tea and cakes or a satisfying pub meal. Visit the Lifeboat and Seawatch Centre.

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    Sailing down the Menai Straits beneath a Brittle Blue Anglesey Sky

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    Sail Down the Menai Straits on a Clear, Cold, Brittle-Blue Winter's Day. Escape into transcendent Blue. Discover Anglesey Beauty anew from the Beaumaris shore

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    Menai Bridge a pleasant amble through town and over and under Suspension Bridge

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    Menai Bridge is pleasant amble through a beautiful and quietly historic town. Enjoy a pleasant and atmospheric walk over and under Suspension Bridge.

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