Rhoscolyn Head
Rhoscolyn Head is a cape in Wales, United Kingdom. Rhoscolyn Head is situated nearby to the village Four Mile Bridge, as well as near the locality Trearddur Bay.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Gwenfaen’s Well and The White Eagle Pub.
St Gwenfaen’s Well
Spring
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Gwenfaen's Well is an early medieval holy well in the south west of Holy Island, Anglesey, named after St Gwenfaen, whose cloister was nearby. The site includes substantial remains of a building and is both a scheduled monument and a Grade II listed building.
Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station is located in Trearddur, a village and seaside resort overlooking Trearddur Bay, just 2 miles south of Holyhead, but on the opposite south-west corner of Holy Island, off the north-west coast of Anglesey in Wales. Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station is situated 2 miles north of Rhoscolyn Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhoscolyn and Trearddur Bay.
Rhoscolyn
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhoscolyn is a village on Holy Island, which is just west of Anglesey and connected to it by road bridges. A monument found here suggests that the Romans regarded it as the western boundary of their empire.
Trearddur Bay
Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trearddur or Trearddur Bay is a village, seaside resort and community south of Holyhead on the west coast of Holy Island off the north-west coast of Anglesey in Wales.
Four Mile Bridge
Village
Photo: alan smethurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Four Mile Bridge is a village spanning both sides of the Cymyran Strait in Wales, connecting Holy Island with Anglesey, and is approximately three miles southeast of Holyhead. Four Mile Bridge is situated 2 miles northeast of Rhoscolyn Head.
Rhoscolyn Head
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Rhoscolyn Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rhoscolyn Head”
- Swedish: “Rhoscolyn Head”
- Welsh: “Pen Rhoscolyn”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Trearddur Bay and Llanfairyneubwll.
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Highlights include Hirfron and Maen Piscar.
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