Anglesey Activities Anglesey Activities Opening times vary, depending on the season, so please phone and check first, to avoid disappointment. Where there are websites, their addresses are provided. Please note there is a map of Anglesey in each field kitchen where you can check these locations Anglesey Activities Where Post Code Telephone No Description Aberlleiniog Castle's natural surroundings and unique history set it apart from any other ancient monument. Its captivating story abounds with colourful Aberlleiniog Castle Llangoed LL58 8RY 01248 725700 characters, including Welsh princes, Norman overlords, Viking raiders, traitors, pirates, Civil War commanders, wealthy estate owners and Georgian naturalists. It has something to capture everyone's imagination. The legacy of Amlwch’s copper age is the fiery red, orange and purple lunar landscape of Parys Mountain, attracting visitors and film directors with its Amlwch Copper Amlwch Port LL68 9DB 01407 832255 unreal location. The incredible story of Amlwch is told in the old Sail Loft Kingdom exhibition centre or you can just simply walk the heritage trails. www.copperkingdom.co.uk Explore the beautiful coastline of Anglesey and the Menai Strait on powerboat trips, using fast and slow boats including 6 and 8 person RIBs, with a variety of Anglesey Boat Trips Menai Bridge LL59 5EF 01248 716335 trips available from Beaumaris Castle to Caernarfon Castle, Puffin Island, Plas Newydd and others. www.angleseyboattrips.com This old favourite is just down the road, enter the tiny world where life is in scale form with gardens, the Whistle Stop café and play area. There is a maze Anglesey Model Village Dwyran LL61 6RS 01248 440477 too! www.angleseymodelvillage.co.uk Lessons and treks for riders of all ages and abilities Anglesey Riding Centre Brynsiencyn LL61 6LQ 01248 430377 www.angleseyridingcentre.co.uk Incredible invertebrates and submarine wolves. Get inside the Seven Sisters Shipwreck. Conservation in action at the Lobster Hatchery and the Seahorse Anglesey Sea Zoo Brynsiencyn LL61 6TQ 01248 430411 Nursery. Walk the Shark Pool grids and glimpse a Kelp forest full of huge fish. With over 150 species, all from around the Anglesey coasts. www.angleseyseazoo.co.uk Beaumaris was the last of Edward I’s “iron ring” of castles along the North Wales coast. Technically perfect and constructed to an ingenious “walls within Beaumaris Castle Beaumaris LL58 8AP 01248 810361 walls” plan. www.cadw.wales.gov.uk ©Llanfair Hall Anglesey Activities This building is full of sad memories and secrets providing a fascinating insight Beaumaris Gaol Beaumaris LL58 8EP 01248 810921 into the prisoner’s world during the 1800s. Perfect rainy day activity. Candle Making Dwyran LL61 6RP 07770 894 281 www.thecandlealchemist.co.uk One of North Wales Wildlife Trust’s star reserves and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Valued for both its scenic qualities and unique range of Cemlyn Nature Reserve Cemaes LL67 0DY N/A wildlife, popular with general visitors, local people, holidaymakers, walkers, birdwatchers and naturalists. www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/cemlyn Church in the Sea The most recognisable church on Anglesey, St. Cwyfan's is known as the Aberffraw LL63 5AQ N/A (Cribinau) Church in the Sea, perched on a walled tiny island named Cribinau. Benllech LL74 8NT 01248 853024 www.angleseyfishing.co.uk Coarse Fishing Llandegfan LL59 5PN 01248 713410 www.llynygors.co.uk Llyn Blodyn LL70 9PQ 01248 410882 www.lligwybeach.co.uk (follow link to Llyn Blodyn Fishery) Cycle Hire Bike hire for adults and children Llangefni LL77 7JA 01248 724787 (CycleWales) www.cyclewales.net/cycle-hire/ eFoil Lessons Menai Bridge LL59 5DE 0333 1234 303 3 hour lessons from April 2020. Foel Farm Park offers a great family visit to experience the sights, sounds and smells of a real working farm. They invite all visitors to meet, touch and feed Foel Farm Park Brynsiencyn LL61 6TQ 01248 430646 the animals. www.foelfarm.co.uk Foot Golf Brynteg, Benllech LL78 8JY 01248 852673 www.storwswen.co.uk/footgolf/ An outdoor go karting track located just off the A55, operating all year round. Cartio Môn offers slick, intermediate and wet weather tyres to suit weather Go Karting Bodedern LL65 3PA 01407 741144 conditions, floodlit track for night time driving and provides fun for the whole family with toddler and junior karts to suit all age ranges. www.cartiomonkarting.co.uk Bull Bay LL68 9RY 01407 830960 www.bullbaygc.co.uk Golf Trearddur Bay LL65 2YL 01407 763279 www.holyheadgolfclub.co.uk Halen Môn salt is fast becoming a world-wide name. Enjoy a behind the scenes Halen Môn Brynsiencyn LL61 6TQ 01248 430871 tour around Ty Halen. www.halenmon.com Walk the longest breakwater in Europe, enjoy the walking trails and the Holyhead Breakwater Holyhead LL65 1YG 01407 760530 orienteering course while admiring the wildlife. Country Park www.visitanglesey.com Indy is a climber-run and customer-lead modern climbing facility, priding itself Indy Climbing Wall Llanfair PG LL61 6NT 01407 716058 on its friendly relaxed atmosphere and high quality route and boulder problem setting throughout the grades. ©Llanfair Hall Anglesey Activities A magical place full of atmosphere and folklore. Located at the far end of a pleasant beach near Newborough Warren, this narrow finger of land is an ideal Llanddwyn Island Newborough Beach N/A N/A picnic site during fine weather, but also an exhilarating place when the winter (Llandwwyn) winds blow. Its rolling dunes, large rock outcrops and mixture of historic buildings makes it an ideal place for an afternoon of exploration. A gristmill located on the outskirts of the village of Llanddeusant on the island Llynon Mill Llandeusant LL65 4AB 01407 730797 of Anglesey. It is the only surviving working windmill in Wales. The most amazing cakes are served here. In the early medieval period Aberffraw was the home of the court of the Llys Llewelyn Heritage Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although today there is little to show of the palace of Aberffraw LL63 5AQ 01408 840847 Centre and Tea Rooms the Welsh princes, the Coastal Heritage Centre at Llys Llewelyn remembers the past glories of this small village. Probably the tallest building on Anglesey! 115 steps up to memorable views of Marquess of Anglesey’s Llanfair PG LL61 5NJ 01248 714393 Snowdonia and the Menai Strait. Small café in the column’s garden afterwards. Column Currently closed Amazing history gallery of Anglesey. Permanent Kyffin Williams exhibition and Oriel Ynys Môn Llangefni LL77 7TQ 01248 724444 exhibitions of other artists. Quality gift shop and popular café. Paddle Boarding Rhosneigr LL64 5YJ 01407 811247 Lessons, hire and sales, wetsuit hire and sales. www.geckosurf.co.uk/surf- lessons Trearddur Bay LL65 2UN 01407 861254 school Site of an historic monastery and associated 12th-century church. Walls near Penmon Priory and the well next to the church may be part of the oldest remaining Christian Beaumaris LL58 8RR N/A Penmon Point building in Wales. Best place to watch the Northern Lights! www.castlewales.com/penmon Enter a steamy environment full of lush vegetation and waterfalls with live butterflies flying all around you. Plenty of birds, snakes and lizards of all kinds, Pili Palas Butterfly, Bird Menai Bridge LL59 5RP 01248 712474 including a bug zone and meerkats. A wide range of farm animals as well as a and Minibeast Palace pets’ corner. www.pilipalas.co.uk Plas Arthur Leisure Regular exercise classes, swimming courses and a fitness suite. Llangefni LL77 7QX 01248 722966 Centre Award winning hidden gardens in a secret valley. Beautiful borders, walled Plas Cadnant Menai Bridge LL59 5NH 01248 717174 garden, woodlands and waterfalls. Visitor centre and traditional tea room. www.plascadnantgardens.co.uk Set amidst breathtakingly beautiful scenery on the Menai Strait, the 1930s restyled interior is famous for its Rex Whistler association, containing his Plas Newydd Country Llanfair PG LL61 6DQ 01248 714795 largest painting and exhibition. A military museum contains relics of the 1st House and Gardens Marquess of Anglesey, commander of the cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/plasnewydd ©Llanfair Hall Anglesey Activities The best adventure boat tour company in Wales. The skippers are fast and fun guides to the natural history of Anglesey. Ride a RIB on the Menai Strait or take Rib Ride Boat Trips Menai Bridge LL59 5DE 0333 1234 303 a Bear Grylls adventure tour to the islands and high cliffs. Different boats for different speeds! www.ribride.co.uk Offering sea coaching and guiding courses for families and group bookings on Anglesey’s coast. You can choose from half-day coaching on Llyn Padarn or full- Sea Kayaking Wales Bodorgan LL62 5BL 07899 662 day coaching on the sea. https://seakayakingwales.com Dramatic cliff top walks to the 19th century lighthouse and suspension bridge, South Stack Lighthouse featuring thousands of nesting seabirds. Lots of steps. Check opening times Holyhead LL65 1RN 01407 764973 (Lawd) before you set off. www.rspb.org.uk/southstack Geology rocks at this quirky charming little place that resonates with a passion Stone Science Pentraeth LL75 8UL 01248 450310 for geology, displaying a wealth of knowledge about fossils and the formation of rock and stone. Bangor LL57 2SD 01248 370600 Swimming Pools Check for opening times. Llangefni LL77 7QX 01248 722966 Over 60 gleaming classic cars and vehicles from the 1920s onwards set in a Tacla Taid – Anglesey replica of a 1940s cobbled village street, some of which have even been used Newborough LL61 6TN 01248 440344 Transport Museum in films. Café featuring local produce with a play area. www.angleseytransportmuseum.co.uk The Dingle Nature 40 acres of spectacular woodland and abundant wildlife with wooden bridges, Llangefni LL77 7ED N/A Reserve boardwalks sculptures and sculpted benches.