Trearddur Bay, Anglesey, Wales (Bae Trearddur, Ynys Mon, Cymru)
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
Trearddur Bay (pron. "Trearthur") is where the middle class of Holyhead (Caergybi) tend to live. Situated just south of Holyhead on Holy Island (Ynys Gybi), it is a natural harbour with a gently sloping, sandy beach. Although there are nicer beaches in the area - Valley, for example (if you can find it) - Trearddur has a variety of nice restaurants, good beach shops, and a lifeboat launched using a waterproofed Ford County tractor, which is considered the height of excitement by all small boys (based on a sample of two). There are also real rock pools of the type usually only found in Enid Blyton books - full of crabs, starfish and shrimp just waiting to be hauled out with a child's fishing net (n.b: for best results, some impressively large crab - and even the occasional lobster - can be enticed out with a fish head on a ledger line).
The weather is usually mild, as the sea is warmed by the Gulf stream and the worst storms exhaust themselves on the mountains of Snowdonia, so it's a great place for family holidays. Try it some time!
The weather is usually mild, as the sea is warmed by the Gulf stream and the worst storms exhaust themselves on the mountains of Snowdonia, so it's a great place for family holidays. Try it some time!
