Penmon in Wales
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Llangoed

Llangoed is a small village and community just north of Beaumaris, on the Isle of Anglesey or Ynys Môn, at grid reference SH609793. The Royal Mail postcode begins LL58. Llangoed ward has a population of 1,275 (2001). The village's placename means the 'religious enclosure in the wood' in the Welsh language.

Located at 53.2924, -4.08836 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Llangoed

Fedw Fawr

Fedw Fawr is an area on the east coast of Anglesey, North Wales, situated just under four miles north of Beaumaris. It is part of the Arfordir Gogleddol Penmon Site of Special Scientific Interest and is managed by the National Trust. The site covers 20 hectares most of which is made up of peaty gley soil. The cliffs at Fedw Fawr support the only Black Guillemot colony in Wales.

Located at 53.3154, -4.0994 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Nature reserves in Anglesey, Llangoed

Puffin Island (Anglesey)

Puffin Island is an uninhabited island off the eastern tip of Anglesey, Wales. It was formerly known as Priestholm in English and Ynys Lannog in Welsh.

Located at 53.3167, -4.01667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Islands of Anglesey, Uninhabited islands of Wales, Menai Strait, Llangoed

Beaumaris Gaol

Beaumaris Gaol is a disused jail located in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales. Although no longer in use it remains largely unaltered and is now a museum open to visitors, with around 30,000 visiting each year. The jail was designed by Joseph Hansom, designer of the Hansom cab, and was built in 1829. It was expanded in 1867 to accommodate approximately 30 inmates but was closed just 11 years later.

Located at 53.2633, -4.0951 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Beaumaris, Defunct prisons in Anglesey, Museums in Anglesey, 1829 establishments in Wales, Reportedly haunted locations in Wales, Prison museums in the United Kingdom

Trwyn Du Lighthouse

Trwyn Du Lighthouse is a lighthouse between Dinmor Point near Penmon and Ynys Seriol, or Puffin Island, south east Anglesey, at the north entrance to the Menai Strait and marking the passage between the two islands.

Located at 53.3129, -4.0406 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Lighthouses in Wales, Visitor attractions in Anglesey, Buildings and structures in Anglesey, Menai Strait, Llangoed

Castell Aberlleiniog

Castell Aberlleiniog (Castle of the River Lleiniog) is a motte and bailey fortress near the Welsh village of Llangoed on the Isle of Anglesey, built between 1080 and 1099 by Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester. It is about two miles distant from Beaumaris Castle, and was built atop a very steep hill. There are few historical documents that detail the events the castle has seen through its life, however some do survive, including a record of a siege in 1094 by Gruffydd ap Cynan.

Located at 53.2925, -4.07722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Castles in Anglesey, Castle ruins in Wales, Llangoed

Arfordir Gogleddol Penmon

Arfordir Gogleddol Penmon is a Site of special scientific interest on the Island of Anglesey comprising about 103Ha of land along some 7 km of coastline at the south-east tip of the island. The site was designated in 2003 because for a range of interests including botany, ornithology, geology and its marine environment The geological interest is largely centred on the disused Tandinas quarry which provides the type locality for the Tandinas formation of the Carboniferous limestone .

Located at 53.31, -4.048 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Llanddona, Llangoed, Coast of Anglesey, Nature reserves in Anglesey, Sites of Special Scientific Interest on Anglesey

Baron Hill Park

Baron Hill Park is an area of parkland north of the town of Beaumaris on Anglesey. It is part of the ancestral land-holding of the Bulkley family and contains the ruins of the former ancestral home, Baron Hill. Some 112 Ha of parkland is also a designated Site of special scientific interest largely because the woodland has remained largely undisturbed over very many years and is now host to a very wide range of lichen species, mostly epiphytic on trees.

Located at 53.269, -4.099 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Beaumaris, Parks in Anglesey, Sites of Special Scientific Interest on Anglesey, Lichens