Salt Island
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.- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Salt Island, Anglesey”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse and Admiralty Arch, Holyhead.
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 1,200 feet southeast of Salt Island.
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 970 feet south of Salt Island.
Holyhead Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Randwick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 3,800 feet southwest of Salt Island.
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 Salt Island.
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.
Salt Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.31678° or 53° 19′ 0″ northLongitude
-4.62359° or 4° 37′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C5Q898G+PHOpenStreetMap ID
way 93349036OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletWikidata ID
Q3399261
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Salt Island” goes by many names.
- French: “Salt Island”
- Livvi: “Ynys yr Halen”
- Northern Sami: “Ynys yr Halen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salt Island i Anglesey”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salt Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ynys Halen”
- Spanish: “Isla Salt”
- Welsh: “Ynys Halen”
- Welsh: “Ynys yr Halen”
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Highlights include Harbour Office, Salt Island and Armenia Chapel.
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