Porth y Gwin

Porth y Gwin is a bay in , .

Places of Interest

Highlights include South Stack and Holyhead Mountain.

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an island connected by a bridge to Holy Island which is part of the island of . It is also the name given to the land adjacent to the island.

Peak
Photo: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the highest point on , and in the county of , north . It lies about two miles west of the town of , and slopes steeply down to the on two sides.

Railway station
Photo: Randwick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
serves the Welsh town of on . The station is the western terminus of the North Wales Main Line 105+1⁄2 miles west of and is managed by Transport for Wales Rail.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holyhead and Trearddur Bay.

Photo: Joadl, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
is a small port town on Holy Island, which is narrowly separated from the larger island of , in northwest Wales. There are many things to see such as a prehistoric village on Mountain, South Stack Lighthouse and Breakwater Country Park.

Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trearddur or is a village, seaside resort and community south of on the west coast of off the north-west coast of in .

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on Holy Island, which is just west of and connected to it by road bridges. A monument found here suggests that the Romans regarded it as the western boundary of their empire.

Porth y Gwin

Latitude
53.286° or 53° 17′ 10″ north
Longitude
-4.6867° or 4° 41′ 12″ west
Open location code
9C5Q78P7+98
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3714261080
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
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Satellite Map

Discover Porth y Gwin from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Blackthorn Farm Caravan Park and Pen-las Rock.

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