Holyhead Mountain

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

0.2 km W · spans 16 counties

RSPB reserve of sea cliffs near Holyhead with breeding guillemots, razorbills, puffins and choughs, and steps down to the 1809 lighthouse island.

1.7 km SW

Reached by a steep flight of steps and a bridge across a chasm to a rocky islet off Holy Island, Anglesey, below cliffs crowded with seabirds.

1.8 km SW

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

3.4 km SE

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

6.3 km E

Gleaming white quartzite sea arch on the Rhoscolyn headland, with views to Trearddur Bay and Holyhead Mountain.

7.9 km SE