Parys Mountain, Amlwch

Name: Parys Mountain
Address: Amlwch, United Kingdom

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Parys Mountain is located south of the town of Amlwch in north east Anglesey, Wales. It is the site of a large copper mine that was extensively exploited in the late 18th century. Parys Mountain is a mountain in name only, being a hill with an elevation of barely 150m. ()

Area: 22.34 acres (0.0349 mi²)Elevation: 482 ftProminence: 217 ftCoordinates: 53°22'56"N, 4°21'9"W

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Amlwch United Kingdom

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Parys Mountain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Storws Wen Golf Club, Amlwch Lighthouse, Mynydd Bodafon, Parys Mountain Windmill.

5.9 miSE
Outdoor activities, Golf
Storws Wen Golf Club, Anglesey
151 min walk • Storws Wen Golf Club is a golf course in Brynteg, Benllech, Wales, on the Isle of Anglesey. It was built in 1996 by Ken and Eleri Jones. They were also the first Captains for the golf club. Storws Wen is a nine-hole golf course situated on Anglesey in Brynteg.
2.4 miN
Vernacular architecture, Lighthouse
Amlwch Lighthouse, Anglesey
62 min walk • The Amlwch Lighthouse is a lighthouse tower situated on the outer pier of Amlwch, at the northeast tip of Anglesey, Wales. The existing lighthouse, a square tower erected in 1853, is the fourth on this site.
3.5 miSE
Natural attraction, Hiking trail, Park
Mynydd Bodafon, Moelfre
91 min walk • Mynydd Bodafon is a small collection of peaks including the Arwydd which is the highest point on the island of Anglesey. It lies about 2½ miles west of the coastal town of Moelfre and ⅔ of a mile south-west of the hamlet of Brynrefail.
0.6 miNE
Windmill
Parys Mountain Windmill, Anglesey
15 min walk • Parys Mountain Windmill is a Grade II listed building located on the highest point of Parys Mountain near Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales. The structure was built in 1878 to assist a local copper mine in the removal of water from mine shafts. It was the last tower mill built in Wales.
2 miN
Church
Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Winefride, Amlwch
52 min walk • Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Winefride is a Roman Catholic church in Amlwch, a town on the island of Anglesey, north Wales. It was built in the 1930s to a design by an Italian architect, Giuseppe Rinvolucri, using reinforced concrete.
3.1 miE
Church
Old Church of St Gwenllwyfo, Anglesey
78 min walk • The Old Church of St Gwenllwyfo, Llanwenllwyfo is a medieval ruined church near Dulas, in Anglesey, Wales, perhaps built in the 15th century to replace another church from which only the 12th-century font survived.
3.7 miNW
Memorial
Porth Wen Brickworks, Anglesey
94 min walk • Porth Wen Brickworks first built by Charles E Tidy, is now a disused Victorian brickworks which produced fire bricks, made from quartzite used to line steel-making furnaces.
2 miN
Church
St Eleth's Church, Anglesey
51 min walk • St Eleth's Church, Amlwch is a parish church built in the Neo-classical style in 1800 in Amlwch, a town on the island of Anglesey in north Wales. It stands on the site of earlier buildings, with the first church here said to have been established by St Elaeth in the 6th century.
2.8 miNE
Vernacular architecture, Lighthouse
Point Lynas Lighthouse, Anglesey
72 min walk • Point Lynas Lighthouse is located on a headland in Llaneilian Community, on the north-east corner of Anglesey in North Wales. A pilot station was established on the point in 1766, to guide ships entering and leaving Liverpool, with an associated lighthouse added in 1779.
2.5 miE
Church
St Gwenllwyfo's Church, Anglesey
65 min walk • St Gwenllwyfo's Church is a 19th-century parish church near the village of Dulas, in Anglesey, Wales. It was built between 1854 and 1856 to replace an earlier church in the parish, also dedicated to St Gwenllwyfo, which needed repair and had become too small for its congregation.
1.9 miN
Nightlife
Kings Head, Amlwch
48 min walk • The King's Head, Amlwch is a public house situated in Salem Street, one of the main streets in Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales. The pub name is one of many King's Heads found all over the United Kingdom. It is named after Henry VII of England, who was born in Wales in 1457. "The Kings"...