Small village with Catch 22 restaurant, handy for the A55 and Anglesey Airport
Things to do near Valley
wildlife South Stack Lighthouse & RSPB Reserve
Perched on a tiny island connected to Holy Island by a suspension bridge, South Stack Lighthouse (1809) is one of the most dramatically positioned lighthouses in Britain — 400 steps down a cliff face, with the sea surging through the channel below.
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Adventure Coasteering on Holy Island
Anglesey Outdoors and Môn Adventures both run guided coasteering sessions on the dramatic sea-cliff coastline of Holy Island, scrambling, swimming, and cliff-jumping through caves and channels cut into ancient volcanic rock.
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Beach Trearddur Bay Beach
A sheltered horseshoe bay on Holy Island with clear turquoise water and a gently sloping sandy bottom that makes it one of Anglesey's safest swimming beaches.
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Adventure Pleasure Flights from Anglesey Airport
Valley Flying Group and other light-aircraft operators at Anglesey Airport (IATA: VLY) offer scenic pleasure flights over the island, giving passengers a stunning aerial perspective of the coastline, Snowdonia, and on clear days the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland to the west.
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Beach Porth Dafarch Beach
A sheltered horseshoe cove on the southwest coast of Holy Island, Porth Dafarch is a quieter, more rugged alternative to Trearddur Bay two miles north — fewer facilities, rockier edges, and snorkelling that ranks among the best in Wales.
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A small, crescent-shaped beach on the western coast of Holy Island near Rhoscolyn, Silver Bay earns its name in the late afternoon when the sun catches the water from the southwest and turns the whole bay gold.
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£ Café Wildflowers Café at the Tollhouse, Penrhos
A café set inside the historic stone tollhouse at the entrance to Penrhos Coastal Park — a nature reserve on Holy Island with deer meadows, woodland trails, and a sheltered shoreline five minutes from Holyhead.
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£ Café Sea Shanty, Trearddur Bay
A casual beachside café on the edge of Trearddur Bay, popular with watersports crowds and families looking for a reliable bite after a morning in the sea.
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££ Seafood Catch 22, Holyhead
A harbour-facing seafood café in Holyhead that drives its menu from the day's catch landed at the nearby port — dishes change depending on what came in that morning, which means the menu is small, honest, and worth making the trip for.
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A harbourside pub on the edge of Holyhead's working waterfront, where ferry workers, fishermen, and the occasional foot passenger off the Dublin boat end up when they need something immediate and uncomplicated.
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