Not a town — a landscape. Mars-like former copper mine you can walk freely

Things to do near Parys Mountain

Church Bay Porth Swtan sheltered bay on the northwest coast of Anglesey at sunsetBeach

Church Bay (Porth Swtan)

A secluded bay on the northwest coast tucked between headlands, Church Bay (Porth Swtan) feels genuinely remote despite being reachable by road — the kind of Anglesey beach where the car park empties on a Tuesday in July and the sand feels like it belongs to you.

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Cemlyn Bay lagoon with the shingle bar and tern colony on the north coast of Angleseywildlife

Cemlyn Bay Nature Reserve

Cemlyn Bay on the north coast holds one of the UK's largest Sandwich tern colonies, with hundreds of pairs nesting on the shingle bar that encloses the lagoon from May through July — a genuinely extraordinary wildlife spectacle within minutes of the car park.

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The ochre and rust-coloured open-cast workings of Parys Mountain above Amlwch with the 18th-century windmill ruin visiblewalking

Parys Mountain

The summit plateau of Parys Mountain (146 metres) above Amlwch presents a landscape so extraordinary it was used as a stand-in for Mars in early film productions — a post-industrial moonscape of ochre, rust-red, violet and acid-green spoil heaps pocked with mineral-stained pools, the skeletal remains of an 18th-century windmill, and the sheer walls of the Great Opencast, an excavation so vast it is visible from the main road miles away.

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Melin Llynon working windmill at Llanddeusant with its white sails turning against a blue skyFamily

Melin Llynon Windmill

Melin Llynon at Llanddeusant in northwest Anglesey is the only working windmill in Wales, restored in 1986 from a derelict shell and now grinding flour with its original stone mechanism when the wind allows — producing wholemeal flour for sale on-site at a rate that remains unchanged from its 1776 construction date.

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Where to eat near Parys Mountain

The Lobster Pot restaurant terrace above the slipway at Church Bay (Porth Swtan) on Anglesey's north coast££Seafood

The Lobster Pot, Church Bay

A traditional seafood restaurant occupying a prime position above the slipway at Church Bay (Porth Swtan), one of the most sheltered and picturesque coves on Anglesey's north coast.

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Places to stay in Parys Mountain

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