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

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South Stack Cliffs

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South Stack is an RSPB reserve on the sea cliffs west of Holyhead, where thousands of guillemots, razorbills and choughs nest through spring and early summer. Over 390 steps drop down to the footbridge and the lighthouse island, completed in 1809, on its stack of rock. The reserve is open and free; Holyhead station is about 4.5km east.

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

South Stack Lighthouse

Lighthouse near Holyhead

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.

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

Holy Island, Anglesey

Island near Trearddur Bay

Island off western Anglesey with Holyhead and its port, the seabird cliffs at South Stack, Holyhead Mountain and Trearddur Bay

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

Porth Dafarch

Cove near Trearddur Bay

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

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Island near Llangefni

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

Bwa Gwyn

Rock formation near Rhoscolyn

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

8.3 km SE