Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse
The Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse stands on the Holyhead Breakwater outside the Welsh port of Holyhead, Anglesey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Salt Island and Holyhead Maritime Museum.
Salt Island
Islet
Salt Island is joined to Holy Island, Anglesey, in North Wales. It is a natural provider of shelter for the town's Old Harbour from the Irish Sea and is part of the Port of Holyhead. Salt Island is situated 1 mile south of Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse.
Holyhead Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: Cls14, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Holyhead Maritime Museum is a maritime museum located in Holyhead, North Wales. Housed in what is claimed to be the oldest Lifeboat station in Wales, it houses a number of collections. Holyhead Maritime Museum is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse.
Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Talsarnau Times, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holyhead Mail Pier or Admiralty Pier Lighthouse on Salt Island, Anglesey, is an inactive lighthouse which was designed by the civil engineer John Rennie in 1821. Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse is situated 1¼ miles south of Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porth-y-Felin and Llanfwrog.
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.
Llanfwrog
Village
Photo: Nigel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanfwrog is a village in Anglesey, in north-west Wales. It lies about 4 miles to the northeast of Holyhead. The village lies near the coast about a mile east of Beach Gribin. Llanfwrog is situated 2½ miles east of Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse.
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. Penrhosfeilw is situated 3 miles southwest of Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse.
Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse at Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.33092° or 53° 19′ 51″ northLongitude
-4.61928° or 4° 37′ 9″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9C5Q89JJ+97OpenStreetMap ID
way 367508070OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare d’Holyhead”
- French: “Phare d’Holyhead”
- Welsh: “Goleudy Breakwater Caergybi”
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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 Breakwater Lighthouse”. Photo: Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0.