Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse
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.Photo: Talsarnau Times, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse, Grade II listed building in Holyhead, Wales; at the E end of Admiralty Pier
- Also known as: “Holyhead Mail Pier Light”, “Lighthouse on Admiralty Pier”, and “Salt Island Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Salt Island and Admiralty Arch, Holyhead.
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 1,200 feet northwest of Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse.
Admiralty Arch, Holyhead
Monument
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Admiralty Arch, in Holyhead, Anglesey, was built in 1824 to mark the end of Thomas Telford's Holyhead road. The arch was designed by Thomas Harrison and its main purpose was to commemorate the visit of King George IV in August 1821. Admiralty Arch, Holyhead is situated 1,000 feet west of Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse.
Holyhead Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Holyhead railway station serves the Welsh town of Holyhead on Holy Island, Anglesey. The station is the western terminus of the North Wales Main Line 105+1⁄2 miles west of Crewe and is managed by Transport for Wales Rail. Holyhead Railway Station is situated 3,500 feet southwest of Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porth-y-Felin and Penrhosfeilw.
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.
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 2½ miles southwest of Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse.
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.
Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.31421° or 53° 18′ 51″ northLongitude
-4.61996° or 4° 37′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C5Q897J+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 1390269479OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q15224748
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare d’Holyhead Mail”
- French: “Phare d’Holyhead Mail”
- Welsh: “Goleudy Mail Pier Caergybi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Harbour Office, Salt Island and Saint David’s Morawelon.
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