Holyhead Mountain
Holyhead Mountain is the highest point on Holy Island, Anglesey, and in the county of Anglesey, north Wales. It lies about two miles west of the town of Holyhead, and slopes steeply down to the Irish Sea on two sides.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Stack and South Stack Lighthouse.
South Stack
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
South Stack is an island connected by a bridge to Holy Island which is part of the island of Anglesey. It is also the name given to the land adjacent to the island.
South Stack Lighthouse
Lighthouse
The South Stack Lighthouse is built on the summit of a small island off the north-west coast of Holy Island, Anglesey, Wales. It was built in 1809 to warn ships of the dangerous rocks below.
Elin’s Tower
Building
Photo: SteveCymro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Elin's Tower is a Victorian stone tower on Holy Island, located around 2+1⁄2 miles west of Holyhead. The castellated folly, which was originally used as a summer house, was built between 1820 and 1850 for the notable Stanley family from Penrhos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penrhosfeilw and Porth-y-Felin.
Penrhosfeilw
Village
Photo: Beep boop beep, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Penrhosfeilw is a village in the community of Trearddur, Anglesey, Wales, which is 140.1 miles from Cardiff and 227.5 miles from London.
Porth-y-Felin
Suburb
Porth-y-Felin is an area of Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, which is 141 miles from Cardiff and 227.4 miles from London.
Holyhead
Photo: Joadl, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
Holyhead is a small port town on Holy Island, which is narrowly separated from the larger island of Anglesey, in northwest Wales. There are many things to see such as a prehistoric village on Holyhead Mountain, South Stack Lighthouse and Holyhead Breakwater Country Park.
Holyhead Mountain
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 722 feet
- Description: hill (220m) on Anglesey
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.31338° or 53° 18′ 48″ northLongitude
-4.67558° or 4° 40′ 32″ westElevation
722 feet (220 metres)Open location code
9C5Q887F+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 3294985506OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Holyhead Mountain” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هليهيد ماونتين”
- Arabic: “هليهيد مونتين”
- Basque: “Holyhead mendia”
- Breton: “Mynydd Twr”
- Cebuano: “Holyhead Mountain”
- Dutch: “Holyhead Mountain”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هليهيد مونتين”
- German: “Holyhead Mountain”
- Livvi: “Mynydd Twr”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Holyhead Mountain”
- Polish: “Holyhead Mountain”
- Swedish: “Holyhead Mountain”
- Welsh: “Mynydd Twr”
- Welsh: “Mynydd Tŵr”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mountain and Gors-y-twr.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Caer y Twr Hillfort and Llyn Bloeddia.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Holyhead Mountain”. Photo: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0.