Ynys Castell
Ynys Castell is a small island in the Menai Strait which separates Anglesey and mainland Wales. It is an extruding piece of Precambrian schist lying to one side of the Afon Cadnant estuary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ynys y Bîg and Ynys Gaint.
Ynys y Bîg
Island
Photo: Velela, Public domain.
Ynys y Bîg is a small private island in the Menai Strait attached to the island of Anglesey, in North Wales, by a wooden bridge. The bridge runs from the grounds of a private house, itself also called Ynys y Bîg, preventing any public access.
Ynys Gaint
Island
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ynys Gaint is a small island in the Menai Strait connected to the town of Menai Bridge on Anglesey by a causeway and also a concrete bridge erected by Sir William Fison in the 1930s.
Menai Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Monsyn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Menai Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. Designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826, it was one of the world's first major suspension bridges, and second such bridge designed to carry vehicular traffic, after the Union Chain Bridge across the River Tweed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Menai Bridge and Llandegfan.
Menai Bridge
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Menai Bridge is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in north-west Wales. It overlooks the Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, just over the water from Bangor.
Llandegfan
Village
Photo: Nigel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llandegfan is a village on the east of island of Anglesey in Wales. It is part of the community of Cwm Cadnant, and was its own community until 1984. Llandegfan's population is around 1,580.
Bangor
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.
Bangor is a small coastal city in Gwynedd in North Wales. It is a picturesque city offering views over the Menai Straits, and serves as a convenient base for visiting the nearby Snowdonia National Park.
Ynys Castell
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Cwm Cadnant, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.23193° or 53° 13′ 55″ northLongitude
-4.15249° or 4° 9′ 9″ westElevation
85 feet (26 metres)Open location code
9C5Q6RJX+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
way 108817275OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
13286173Wikidata ID
Q3397773
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Ynys Castell” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Ynys Castell”
- French: “Ynys Castell”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ynys Castell”
- Welsh: “Ynys Castell”
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