This centre was purpose-built as a museum, art gallery and events space, and serves the local community well in this capacity. Visitors are invited...

Now a ruin, this once substantial sixteenth Century chapel was built on the site of an earlier shrine to Dwynwen, patron saint of lovers. In...

In the nineteenth Century Llanddwyn Island became an important point of navigation for ships carrying slate out of Bangor and through the Menai Strait. These...

In the fourteenth Century violent storms buried much of the coastline under sand dunes. The area now forms part of the National Nature Reserve and...

St Mary’s Church is located in the village with the longest place name in Britain -Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Translated to English the name means - "The church...

The archaeological site of Llys Rhosyr is easily missed by motorists on their way to Llandwyn Island. It is located at a bend in the...

Home of the Marquess of Anglesey, Plas Nweydd is situated on the bank of the Menai Strait with magnificent views of Snowdonia. This elegant...

The famous Menai Straits Bridge is an attraction in its own right. Thomas Telford’s chain bridge over the Menai Straits was completed in 1825 and...

Saint Tysilio, son of a king of Powys, came to Anglesey about 630 AD and founded his church on a small island in the Menai...

The Belgian Promenade forms part of a scenic walk beside the Menai Strait from the Menai Bridge to Church Island. It was built during the...

West of Menai Bridge is Robert Stephenson`s railway bridge built in the mid 19th Century when railways arrived in north Wales. The Britannia Bridge was...

The Chester and Holyhead Railway developed the original site here in the mid 1840s. The gardens were laid out by Sir Joseph Paxton, the...

St Mary's was erected within the town walls to serve as a church for the garrison of Caernarfon Castle. It was built in 1307 by...

Caernarfon is one of the oldest and most historical communities in the north of Wales, and has through the centuries been the site of a...

Located at the head of a pretty, steep-sided valley, the spectacular 100 foot Aber Falls can only be approached on foot. The river rises high...

Coedydd Aber is a National Nature Reserve located between Snowdonia`s mountains and the North Wales coastal plain. Known for its varied woodlands consisting of oak,...

This popular children`s indoor adventure play centre is housed inside a beautiful, big church that had closed. Parents can accompany children and there is a...

This museum is housed in five separate galleries in two towers of Caernarfon Castle, a World Heritage Site. The collection tells the rich and...

Now a World Heritage Site, Caernarfon Castle is one of the castles founded by Edward 1 to subdue the Welsh. Sited at the mouth of...

The reputed burial place of Gelert, Prince Llewelyn’s faithful hound, is in the lovely village of Beddgelert. According to legend, Llewelyn went hunting leaving Gelert...

Llyn Dinas is a beautiful, austere lake lying in Nantgwynant below the slopes of Snowdon. A sequence for the film Inn of the Sixth Happiness...

St Mary's Church is on an early Christian site.An Augustinian Priory was established here and, after the dissolution of religious houses in the 16th century,...

Caernarfon`s small maritime museum houses an intriguing collection of artefacts, pictures and information relating the town`s maritime history. Exhibitions include fishing, the Menai Strait ferries,...

Whistling Sands is a beautiful, remote beach at the north-western end of the Lleyn peninsula. The Welsh name is Porthor. The English name is derived...

All roads to Beddgelert are scenic, but no visitor to the village should miss the dramatic Aberglaslyn Pass.. At the narrowest point, the road and...

One of the most popular walks around Beddgelert is the route through Cwm Bychan. This lovely valley has woodlands, a waterfall, rocky heather covered hillsides...

Cwm Llan is a high valley on the south side of Snowdon`s summit and the walk to it, through woodlands then beside waterfalls, makes a...

Cwm Maethlon is a peaceful, green valley in the hills north of Aberdyfi and since Victorian times it has been known as Happy Valley. Through...

Llyn Gwynant is a beautiful, roadside lake lying in a steep sided, glacial valley below the southern slopes of Snowdon. The descent to Llyn Gwynant,...

This is Gwynedd’s only general museum. The collection has an exciting archaeological collection including a rare Roman sword, flints from the Neolithic axe factory...

Bangor diocese was founded in the 6th Century when Deiniol and his followers established a monastic community at Bangor. Deiniol was consecrated Bishop and the...

Penrhyn Castle is a dramatic neo-Norman Castle located between Snowdonia and the Menai Strait. The castle contains fascinating ’Norman’ style furniture panelling and plasterwork, all...

Agricola founded Segontium after he conquered the Ordovices about AD77, and it was the main Roman base in north Wales until the garrison finally left...

On a headland close to the seaside village of Moelfre on Anglesey is a bench paying tribute to the dramatic rescue of the motor vessel...

This Neolithic burial chamber is remarkable for its huge capstone measuring about 18 feet by 16 feet. It appears to be lying on the ground,...

Dating from the early 12th Century, Capel Lligwy is a small, roofless chapel standing isolated in a field. It was built when Viking raids had...

Near the coastal path between Moelfre and Lligwy Bay stands the poignant memorial to the loss of the Royal Charter in 1859 when over 400...

Prison life was harsh in the 19th Century and at Beaumaris Gaol the visitor can see the gloomy cells and workrooms where prisoners spent their...

Criminals have stood in the dock of Beaumaris Courthouse since 1614 and today, this fascinating museum still sends a shiver down your spine when you...

In a tranquil setting hidden from view by a picturesque fish pond, lies St Seriol’s Well. This holy well was built by the monks of...