Church Bay

Church Bay is a bay in Wales, United Kingdom. Church Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet Borthwen, as well as near Rhydwyn.

Type: Bay
Description: bay in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Porth Swtan / Church Bay”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Maethlu’s Church and Mynydd y Garn.

St Maethlu’s Church

Church

Photo: Nigel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Maethlu's Church is a medieval church in the village of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, Wales. It is one of a number of churches in the parish and benefice of Bro Padrig, the appointed clergyman being the Reverend T.

Mynydd y Garn

Peak

Photo: Rodney Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mynydd y Garn is a hill in the northwest of the Isle of Anglesey in north Wales. Its 170 m high summit is crowned by a trig point and a stone obelisk. Erected in 1897 it commemorates Sir William Thomas, ship-owner and one time High Sheriff of Anglesey.

Carreglwyd

House

Photo: David Seale, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carreglwyd is a Georgian country house, on the northwest of the Isle of Anglesey, about 1 km NW of Llanfaethlu in Wales, at grid reference SH309878. "Carreglwyd" is Welsh for "grey rock", with lwyd being the soft mutation of llwyd.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Church Bay and Rhydwyn.

Church Bay

Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church Bay is a small hamlet on the west coast of the Isle of Anglesey near the village of Rhyd-wyn.

Rhydwyn

Hamlet

Photo: Dave Smethurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rhydwyn is a village in the community of Cylch-y-Garn, in the north west of Anglesey, Wales. Rhydwyn is named after a little stream that once crossed the centre of the village. "Rhyd" meaning Ford and "Wyn" white. It now runs through a culvert under the road.