Skerries Lighthouse, Holyhead

Name: Skerries Lighthouse
Address: The Skerries, Holyhead, United Kingdom

#8 among attractions in Holyhead

Top attraction, Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture

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The Skerries Lighthouse was first lit on the highest point of the largest island in The Skerries, Isle of Anglesey after 1716. A patent for the lighthouse was subsequently obtained in 1824. The builder was William Trench, who lost his son off the rocks and died in debt in 1725. He is said to have originally been allowed a pension from the Post Office, rather than payment from shipping tolls. An act of 1730 allowed his son-in-law, Sutton Morgan, to increase the dues charged for shipping and confirmed the patent on the light to Morgan's heirs forever. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 53°25'16"N, 4°36'30"W

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Skerries Lighthouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Trwyn yr Wylfa, St Maethlu's Church, St Mary's Church, St Rhwydrus's Church.

5.4 miE
Park
Trwyn yr Wylfa, Anglesey
138 min walk • Trwyn yr Wylfa is a local nature reserve on Anglesey, Wales. The reserve occupies a small headland on the northern coast of the island and the Wales Coast Path follows the coastline through the reserve.
5.5 miSE
Church
St Maethlu's Church, Llanfaethlu
141 min walk • St Maethlu's Church is a medieval church in the village of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, Wales. It is one of a number of churches in the parish and benefice of Bro Padrig, the appointed clergyman being the Reverend T. J. Jones. The building dates from the 15th century and underwent renovations in the early twentieth century.
4.4 miSE
Church
St Mary's Church, Anglesey
112 min walk • St Mary's Church, Llanfair-yng-Nghornwy is a medieval parish church in the north-west of Anglesey, north Wales. The date of foundation of the church, which is in the village of Llanfair-yng-Nghornwy, is unknown, but the oldest parts date from the 11th or 12th century.
3.5 miE
Church
St Rhwydrus's Church, Anglesey
90 min walk • St Rhwydrus's Church is a medieval church in the village of Cemlyn on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. The building dates from the mid-12th century and underwent renovations in the 19th century. It was designated a Grade II*-listed building on 5 December 1970.
6.2 miSE
Church
St Fflewin's Church, Anglesey
158 min walk • St Fflewin's Church, Llanfflewin is a small rural church, situated by a farm in Anglesey, Wales.
2.2 miE
Island
West Mouse
57 min walk • West Mouse is an islet lying 1.1 kilometres off the north-west coast of Anglesey, Wales. Its maximum dimensions are 92 by 82 metres, with an area of 1.2 acres. It is located in an area of notoriously strong tides. Because of this, at least three shipwrecks lie near it, making it a popular diving location.
5.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Cae Gwyn SSSI, Anglesey
134 min walk • Cae Gwyn Site of Special Scientific Interest is a small heath and ponds at the northern end of the Isle of Anglesey.
4.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd y Garn, Anglesey
120 min walk • Mynydd y Garn is a hill in the northwest of the Isle of Anglesey in north Wales. Its 170m high summit is crowned by a trig point and a stone obelisk. Erected in 1897 it commemorates Sir William Thomas, ship-owner and one time High Sheriff of Anglesey.
4.9 miE
Park
Cestyll Garden, Anglesey
125 min walk • Cestyll Garden is a secluded garden with picturesque sea views near Cemaes on the north west coast of the island of Anglesey in North Wales, United Kingdom.
5 miSE
Georgian architecture
Carreglwyd, Anglesey
129 min walk • Carreglwyd is a Georgian country house, northwest of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, Wales, which became a Grade II* listed building in 1952. The earliest mention of the estate is in 1544, when William Griffiths, the Rector of Llanfaethlu, whose ancestors were the Griffiths family of Penrhyn, bought a house named "Ty'n y Pant".
4 miE
National park
Cemlyn Bay and lagoon, Anglesey
101 min walk • Cemlyn Bay is a bay on the northwest coast of Anglesey, North Wales, approximately 2.5 km west of Wylfa nuclear power station, within the community of Cylch-y-Garn. Separated from the bay by a shingle beach is a brackish lagoon, which is fed by a number of small streams.