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Anglesey
Island off northwest Wales connected by two bridges, rich in Neolithic sites, dramatic coastal paths and the famous long-named village of Llanfairpwll.
12 km · about 20 min drive
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Llanerchymedd
Wales, United Kingdom · Europe
About Llanerchymedd
Llanerchymedd works well as a base: 15 minutes from Amlwch, 21km from South Stack Cliffs, Holy Island.
Llanerchymedd is in Wales, United Kingdom, with about 1,100 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Amlwch, about 9 km away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Llanerchymedd?
Within an hour or so of Llanerchymedd: Anglesey (12 km), Anglesey Circuit (Trac Môn) (18 km), Menai Suspension Bridge (19 km), Beaumaris Castle (20 km).
Are there any good drives near Llanerchymedd?
The nearest famous roads are A4085 Beddgelert to Caernarfon, A5 Betws-y-Coed to Bangor (Telford's Holyhead Road) and Great Orme Marine Drive.
Where is Llanerchymedd?
Llanerchymedd is in Wales, United Kingdom, about 9 km from Amlwch.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,133
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Wales
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 53.3306, -4.3770
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Llanerchymedd
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
racetrack
Anglesey Circuit (Trac Môn)
Spectacular clifftop race circuit on the Anglesey coast with views across the Irish Sea to Snowdonia. Regularly voted one of the UK's most scenic tracks for car and bike track days.
18 km · about 20 min drive
bridge
Menai Suspension Bridge
Thomas Telford's pioneering 1826 suspension bridge over the swirling Menai Strait, the historic road gateway to Anglesey and one of the world's first great suspension bridges.
19 km · about 20 min drive
castle
Beaumaris Castle
The most technically perfect medieval castle in Britain, the unfinished masterpiece of Edward I's iron ring of fortresses on Anglesey.
20 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
South Stack Cliffs, Holy Island
A lighthouse on a stack below 120m quartzite cliffs, with an RSPB reserve full of guillemots and razorbills in spring.
21 km · about 25 min drive
beach
Newborough Warren and Llanddwyn Beach
A vast dune forest and beach on Anglesey with a red squirrel population and the finest view of Snowdonia across the strait.
21 km · about 25 min drive
castle
Caernarfon Castle
A medieval fortress in Gwynedd, built by Edward I as a symbol of English dominance over Wales and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
22 km · about 25 min drive
photogenic
Ynys Llanddwyn
Tidal island off Anglesey with the whitewashed Tŵr Mawr lighthouse, ruined chapel of the Welsh patron saint of lovers, and Snowdonia filling the horizon across the strait. Walk from Newborough beach car park.
22 km · about 25 min drive
Driving roads near Llanerchymedd
- 19 kmMenai Suspension BridgeThomas Telford's pioneering 1826 suspension bridge over the swirling Menai Strait, the historic road gateway to Anglesey and one of the world's first great suspension bridges.
- 32 kmCarnedd LlewelynAt 1,064m the third-highest peak in Wales, at the heart of the wild, rolling Carneddau plateau with its wild ponies.
- 33 kmA4085 Beddgelert to CaernarfonA flowing Snowdonia road past Llyn Cwellyn beneath Mynydd Mawr, quieter than the Llanberis Pass and just as scenic.
- 34 kmLlyn OgwenA shallow ribbon lake on the A5 in the Ogwen Valley beneath Tryfan, said in legend to hold Excalibur; the gateway to Cwm Idwal.
- 34 kmGreat Orme Marine DriveOne-way Victorian toll road looping 4 miles around the cliffs of the Great Orme headland at Llandudno, with sheer limestone drops, seabirds and views to Anglesey and the Irish Sea.
- 34 kmLlanberis Pass (A4086)The A4086 climbs between the Glyderau and Snowdon's flank past boulder fields to Pen-y-Pass at 359m - the classic Snowdonia driving road.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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