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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.
16 km · about 30 min drive
Wales, United Kingdom · Europe
Holyhead works well as a base: 10 minutes from Valley, 30km from Caernarfon Castle.
Holyhead is a town located in Wales, United Kingdom. With a population of 11,431, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Holyhead sits in United Kingdom, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/London time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Holyhead to your route.
Holyhead (; Welsh: Caergybi pronounced [kɑːɨrˈɡəbi] , "Cybi's fort") is a historic port town, and is the largest town and a community in the county of the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. Holyhead is on Holy Island, bounded by the Irish Sea to the north, and is separated from Anglesey island by the narrow Cymyran Strait.
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was originally connected to Anglesey via the Four Mile Bridge.
In the mid-19th century, Lord Stanley, a local philanthropist, funded the building of a larger causeway, known locally as "the Cobb"; it now carries the A5 and the railway line. The A55 dual carriageway runs parallel to the Cobb on a modern causeway.
The town houses the Port of Holyhead, a major Irish Sea port for connections towards Ireland. The population of the town proper as of the 2021 census was 12,084, an increase on the 2011 census.
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Holyhead is located in Wales, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 53.3062 latitude, -4.6321 longitude.
Holyhead has a population of approximately 11,431 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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racetrack
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.
16 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Island off northwest Wales connected by two bridges, rich in Neolithic sites, dramatic coastal paths and the famous long-named village of Llanfairpwll.
21 km · about 25 min drive
photogenic
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.
24 km · about 25 min drive
castle
A medieval fortress in Gwynedd, built by Edward I as a symbol of English dominance over Wales and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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.
33 km · about 40 min drive
castle
The most technically perfect medieval castle in Britain, the unfinished masterpiece of Edward I's iron ring of fortresses on Anglesey.
36 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Fascinating museum in a former quarry workshop at the foot of Snowdon, telling the story of the Welsh slate industry that roofed the world.
39 km · about 45 min drive
restaurant
1842 red-brick pub standing directly on the sand at Porthdinllaen, rated among the world's top beach bars. No road access: park at Morfa Nefyn and walk the beach or golf course; pints arrive by boat and tractor.
41 km · about 45 min drive
April to October
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