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On a beach…welcome to manonabeach.com, where I’ll regularly add video of my beach visits, so you can enjoy a flavour of the beach, even when you’re not there.

Rhoscolyn – Borth Wen

View map of beach Parking available Toilets available Anglesey Coastal Path Dog friendly Beach cleaned regularly Good water quality for swimming

Season: summer

Also known as Silver Bay, this is a beautiful, horseshoe-shaped beach, accessed via a narrow track with high, grassy banks.  A recipient of the prestigious Green Coast Award and recommended by the Marine Conservation Society, Rhoscolyn has much to offer.  Free parking makes you feel welcome and the Anglesey Coastal Path runs down to the beach.  The water is clean for bathing and there are water sports galore, with windsurfing, diving, snorkeling and kayaking, as well as rockpooling and surfing by the beach.  Rhoscolyn beach is also the site for the third of artist Anthony Garratt’s “Four on Anglesey” series, comprising four 2.5 metre outdoor paintings by Anthony, set and completed “en plein air” then displayed at four distinctive coastal locations on Anglesey.  You can learn more about his work here.

With Chris and Dave at Borth Wen.

What the beach means to Anthony and Sam.

The beach at Rhoscolyn…

…and seen from a different angle.

Trearddur Bay

View map of beach Parking available Toilets available Anglesey Coastal Path Dog friendly Summer lifeguard cover provided Beach cleaned regularly Good water quality for swimming

Season: summer

Located a couple of miles from Holyhead, this is considered to be one of Anglesey’s best beaches.  In terms of variety, that’s understandable.  The expansive, sandy beach is ideal for families, but it can also accommodate water sports such as kitesurfing and windsurfing.  Trearddur Bay is family friendly and has excellent water quality for bathing.  The nearby coast path is accessible and invigorating, whilst behind the beach there is the site of an ancient burial ground, excavated in 2003.  In short, there’s plenty for everyone at Trearddur Bay.

 

What the beach means to John at Treaddhur Bay.

 

Returning from an RNLI training exercise.

Porth Tywyn Mawr Beach

View map of beach Parking available Toilets available Anglesey Coastal Path Dog friendly Beach cleaned regularly Good water quality for swimming

Season: summer

Also known as Sandy Beach, this exquisite location is  expansive enough for water sports, yet family friendly too, with soft sand for sandcastles and clean water for safe swimming.  There are picturesque dunes behind the beach, as well as a nearby campsite and a village for provisions.  As one of the most tranquil spots on Anglesey, the westerly outlook makes this a fine place to watch the sun drop into the ocean after a relaxing day at the beach.

An early morning beach walk for Mark.

The beginning of the day at Porth Tywyn Mawr.