Ancient priory, striped lighthouse, and the quietest corner of the east
Things to do near Penmon
Beach Benllech Beach
A classic seaside beach on Anglesey's east coast with a long stretch of golden sand backed by low cliffs and a small car park right at the dune edge.
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Beach Red Wharf Bay (Traeth Coch)
At low tide, Red Wharf Bay reveals one of the largest expanses of flat sand in Wales — over four miles of tidal flats where oystercatchers and curlews pick across the mud and the light turns extraordinary at dusk.
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Adventure Puffin Island Boat Trips
Seacoast Safaris runs RIB and rigid inflatable boat trips from Beaumaris Pier around Puffin Island (Ynys Seiriol), a small uninhabited island at Anglesey's eastern tip that is home to cormorants, shags, guillemots, razorbills, and grey seals hauled out on the rocks.
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Adventure Sea Kayaking from Beaumaris
Celtic Paddlers and several other operators offer guided sea kayak sessions on the Menai Straits, one of the most beautiful stretches of sheltered tidal water in Wales, with views of Snowdonia rising above the treeline on the opposite shore.
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Heritage Beaumaris Castle
The last and most technically accomplished of Edward I's Iron Ring of castles, Beaumaris was begun in 1295 and — despite never being fully completed — is considered the finest example of concentric castle design in Britain.
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Heritage Penmon Priory & Dovecote
At the far eastern tip of Anglesey, Penmon Priory is a remarkably intact complex of Norman and Early Christian religious buildings — a 12th-century church, the remains of a priory, and one of the finest medieval dovecotes in Wales, built around 1600 to house 1,000 pigeons.
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££ Modern Welsh Dylan's Restaurant, Menai Bridge
Dylan's occupies a beautifully converted building on the waterfront at Menai Bridge, with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Menai Straits and the towers of the suspension bridge.
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£ Café Ann's Pantry, Moelfre
A tiny café in the fishing village of Moelfre that has become famous across North Wales for its crab sandwiches — fresh brown and white crab from local boats, dressed simply with lemon and mayonnaise and served on thick-cut bread.
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£ Café Pilot House Café, Beaumaris
A light-filled café on the Beaumaris seafront with views across the Menai Straits to the Caernarfon shore — a far better stop than the tourist cafés clustered around the castle entrance five minutes' walk away.
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£ Ice Cream Red Boat Ice Cream, Beaumaris
A Beaumaris institution scooping hand-made ice cream from a kiosk on the pier that draws queues past the jetty most summer afternoons.
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