Must-see attractions in Anglesey & the North Coast

  • Caernarfon Castle Reflections

    Caernarfon Castle

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    Majestic Caernarfon Castle was built by Edward I between 1283 and 1330 as a military stronghold, seat of government and royal palace. Designed and mainly…

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    Conwy Castle

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    Caernarfon is more complete, Harlech more dramatically positioned and Beaumaris more technically perfect, yet out of the four castles that compose the…

  • Bodnant Garden

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    Laid out in 1875 and painstakingly landscaped over 150 years, Bodnant is one of Wales’ most beautiful gardens. Lord Aberconway of the McLaren family …

  • Penrhyn Castle

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    Funded by the vast profits from the slate mine of Caribbean sugar-plantation owner and anti-abolitionist Baron Penrhyn, and extended and embellished by…

  • Bodnant Welsh Food

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    On the west side of the vast Bodnant Estate, a collection of lavishly restored 18th-century farm buildings now operates as Bodnant Welsh Food. One of the…

  • Bangor Cathedral

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    More formally known as the Cathedral Church of St Deiniol, this building occupies one of the oldest ecclesiastical sites in Britain, dating from AD 525,…

  • Segontium Roman Fort

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    Just east of the town centre, these low stone foundations represent the westernmost legionary fort of the Roman Empire. The fort dates back to AD 77, when…

  • Storiel

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    The title 'Storiel', a portmanteau of the Welsh words for 'story' and 'gallery', signals the combined historical and artistic focus of this well-curated…

  • Garth Pier

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    Given the large expanse of tidal mudflats here (a paradise for wading birds), it's surprising that the Victorians chose this site to build Britain's ninth…

  • Plas Mawr

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    Completed in 1585 for merchant and courtier Robert Wynn, Plas Mawr is one of Britain's finest surviving Elizabethan town houses. The tall, whitewashed…

  • Parc Glynllifon

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    Strewn with rare plants, follies, sculptures and fountains, these historic gardens once formed part of the estate of the Lords Newborough. While the grand…

  • Royal Cambrian Academy

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    Founded in 1881, given the royal imprimatur by Queen Victoria in 1882, and still going strong, the Cambrian runs a full calendar of exhibitions by its…

  • Conwy Nature Reserve

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    Christmas for twitchers, this Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) sanctuary on the lovely Conwy estuary is home to lapwings, sedge warblers,…

  • Town Wall

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    The survival of most of its 1300m-long town wall, built concurrently with the castle, makes Conwy one of the UK’s prime medieval sites. The wall was…

  • Aberconwy House

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    Timber-and-plaster Aberconwy House is the town's oldest, built as one of 20 merchants' houses when the town was fortified around 1300. Over the years it…

  • National Beekeeping Centre Wales

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    This nonprofit organisation is dedicated to encouraging people to take up beekeeping. Its corner of the Bodnant Welsh Food complex has interesting…

  • Dinas Dinlle

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    Dolphins and porpoises can sometimes be spotted from this long, sandy, rock-fringed Blue Flag beach, 6 miles southwest of Caernarfon. The flatness of the…

  • St Mary's Church

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    Built in 1307 at the same time that the castle was going up, this pretty Gothic church once ministered to the castle's garrison. Built directly into the…

  • Lower Gate

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    Conwy's High St heads through this gate in the medieval wall to the quayside. Its twin towers and portcullis allowed it to command access from the town to…

  • Mill Gate

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    The twin-towered Mill Gate, one of two gatehouses in the southern stretch of Conwy's town wall, was built to allow access to the royal watermill, outside…

  • Smallest House in Great Britain

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    The Smallest House in Great Britain is a curiosity with dimensions of 72 in by 122 in and a mention in the Guinness Book of Records. On the quayside, its…

  • Upper Gate

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    The entrance to the largest section of town wall starts from the station and heads up to the Upper Gate (where there are great views over the town to the…

  • Clock Tower

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    This listed Victorian clock tower is Bangor's central point.