Anglesey Attractions, Things to do on Anglesey
Put some top Anglesey attractions on your checklist of things to do when you are planning your trip to this beautiful island in North Wales. Now that you’ve chosen your family’s self-catering vacation cottage or caravan park base you can get down to discovering some of the exciting locations to visit. Anglesey is like a treasure trove of history and culture and you have to ease open the lid and see what’s inside.
In the far west visit the famous Trinity House Lighthouse at South Stack, near Holyhead. This location is truly spectacular, with the lighthouse on a small stack below a steep cliff, which you can only reach by descending 400 steps down the cliffs and crossing a bridge. Enjoy spectacular sea views over to Ireland and the Cambrian coast, watch the birdlife and learn about the local geology and rich history of the lighthouse which celebrated 200 years in 2009.
You may have heard of Sir Kyffin Williams, the landscape painter who died recently, and there is a permanent gallery with his works at Oriel, Llangefni. Also at this recently refurbished Art Museum are up to 18 temporary exhibitions annually as well as a local history museum which starts from the Stone Age. The permanent Tunicliffe Collection holds some amazing sketches of island fauna by the Macclesfield born naturalistic painter who used oils, etchings as well as watercolours.
How would you like to visit the last remaining working windmill in Wales where you can watch stone ground wholemeal flour being made as the sails turn at Llynnon Mill, Llanddeusant? Near the windmill are some old mill stones and two roundhouses which are replicas of the sort of houses people lived in around 3,000 years ago. While you are at this Anglesey attraction you can also walk through nearby woodlands and see the remains of an old bakery.
The Gaol at Beaumaris designed by Joseph Hansom was built in 1829 and of all the wonderful Anglesey attractions, it must be among the gloomiest though no less interesting. closed in 1878 as a gaol, it is now a museum dedicated to showing what life was like as a Victorian prisoner, where the last execution was in 1872. Feel what it must have been like in the dark punishment cell, and see the treadmill used to pump water to the top floor of the prison.
On the east coast is one of the Anglesey attractions which illustrate the very rich maritime history associated with the island. Moelfre is a quaint seaside location, associated with the famous Royal Charter tragedy in 1859, with yachts anchored in the harbour and the feel of a Mediterranean fishing village. The Seawatch Centre houses a lifeboat and records the bravery shown by Moelfre life boatmen through the ages, including coxswain Dic Evans.
Beaumaris Courthouse was built in 1614 and here you have the chance to walk around the old rectangular Court room, stand in the dock and visit the grand jury room. Discover where the prisoners were kept while they waited for the trial and learn about some of the infamous prisoners on Anglesey. In 1742 the trial was held of notorious robbers accused of stealing from ships wrecked in a violent storm off Rhosneigr on the south west coast.
One thing seems certain, you will not be short of places of interest and chances to see and enjoy the past as well as the present of this island. In some way Anglesey manages to offer a mixture of experience which excites as well as informs and this will be appreciated by the discerning visitor. To be sure you will be find it hard not to reflect positively on these Anglesey attractions.
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