Photo of Trearddur Bay, a beach near Rhoscolyn, Anglesey, north Wales.

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Trearddur Bay

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Trearddur Bay is the main sandy beach on Holy Island, sheltered and safe enough for family swimming, with watersports through the season and a scatter of shops and places to eat behind it. The coast path runs south to the cove at Porth Dafarch. Holyhead station is about 3km north.

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Photo along the Wales Coast Path, an 870-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Queensferry, Wales.

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Long-distance path

Walk the outline of a whole nation — 870 miles of cliff, estuary and beach from Chepstow round to Queensferry.

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Photo of Anglesey, an island in Anglesey, north Wales.

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Photo of Porth Dafarch, a cove near Trearddur Bay, Anglesey, north Wales.

Porth Dafarch

Cove near Trearddur Bay

Small sandy cove on Holy Island between Holyhead and Trearddur Bay, on the coastal path.

2.3 km W

Photo of Bwa Gwyn, a rock formation near Rhoscolyn, Anglesey, north Wales.

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Rock formation near Rhoscolyn

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Photo of South Stack Lighthouse, a lighthouse near Holyhead, Anglesey, north Wales.

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Photo of South Stack Cliffs, a nature reserve near Holyhead, Anglesey, north Wales.

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6.1 km NW