Photo of Skerries Lighthouse, a lighthouse near Cemaes, Anglesey, north Wales.

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Skerries Lighthouse

A red-and-white light on a cluster of rocky islets off Anglesey, the last privately owned lighthouse in Britain until Trinity House bought it in 1841.

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Skerries Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Anglesey. Holyhead Station is 12.7 km away to the south. The nearest other lighthouse is South Stack Lighthouse, 14.1 km to the south-west.

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

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Large, low island of farmland ringed by a coast path, with Beaumaris Castle, sandy bays, seabird cliffs and prehistoric tombs

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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

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

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Island near Trearddur Bay

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10.1 km S

Photo of Cemaes Bay, a beach in Anglesey, north Wales.

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Sheltered harbour beach in the northernmost village in Wales, with rock pools at low tide.

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

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Lighthouse near Holyhead

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

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Nature reserve near Holyhead

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