Saint Tudwal’s Islands
Saint Tudwal's Islands are a small archipelago lying south of Abersoch on the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales, at the western end of Tremadog Bay. They were referred to as the Studwells in the early 19th century.Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: pair of islands off the coast of Wales
- Also known as: “Saint Tudwall Islands” and “Saint Tudwals Islands”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Tudwal’s Lighthouse and Porth Ceiriad.
St Tudwal’s Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Rude Health, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Tudwal's Lighthouse on Saint Tudwal's Island West is active, but unstaffed. The site of the lighthouse, which marks the north end of Cardigan Bay, was purchased by Trinity House in 1876 at the sum of £111 and the next year the stone building was complete.
Porth Ceiriad
Beach
Porth Ceiriad is a south-east facing beach and bay in the parish of Llanengan, near to Abersoch, in the county of Gwynedd, North Wales. It has several interesting geological features. Porth Ceiriad is situated 1½ miles west of Saint Tudwal’s Islands.
Abersoch Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: sion roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abersoch Lifeboat Station sits overlooking the harbour at Abersoch, a village approximately 27 miles south of Caernarfon, on the south-east coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, in Gwynedd, Wales. Abersoch Lifeboat Station is situated 2½ miles northwest of Saint Tudwal’s Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abersoch and Llanengan.
Abersoch
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abersoch is a village in Llŷn particularly favoured for sailing. The village and the roads to the headlands west of it tend to get very crowded. Packed with holiday homes, making housing unaffordable to most locals, it becomes a bit of a ghost town outside of the main tourist season.
Llanengan
Village
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanengan is a small village and community 1.2 mi around Abersoch in Gwynedd in north-west Wales. It had a population of 2,024 at the 2001 census, which had been reduced to 1,989 at the 2011 Census. Llanengan is situated 3 miles west of Saint Tudwal’s Islands.
Llangian
Village
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangian is a small village and former civil parish on the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It is located 1 mile north west of Abersoch, in the community of Llanengan. Llangian is situated 3½ miles northwest of Saint Tudwal’s Islands.
Saint Tudwal’s Islands
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Saint Tudwal’s Islands” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Inizi Sant Tudwal”
- Breton: “Inizi Tudwal”
- Cebuano: “Saint Tudwals Islands”
- Chinese: “聖杜德沃爾島”
- French: “îles Saint-Tudwal”
- French: “Îles Saint-Tudwal”
- German: “Saint Tudwal’s Islands”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saint Tudwal’s Islands”
- Polish: “Saint Tudwal’s Islands”
- Swedish: “Saint Tudwals Islands”
- Welsh: “Ynysoedd Tudwal”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Machroes and Bwlchtocyn.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saint Tudwals Island West and St Tudwal’s Island East.
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