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Visiting the reserve
Cemlyn is sign-posted from Tregele on the A5025 between Valley
and Amlwch. Although the roads to the site are narrow, there
are two car parks adjacent to the reserve (OS 1:50, 000 Sheet
114 and Explorer 262. Grid ref. SH329936 & SH336932).
The reserve is open throughout the year: admission is free.
Group visits are possible by appointment
For more information, see Education
and Outreach
To access a map of
the reserve's exact location and nearby cycle routes,
click on the NCN link>> provided by Sustrans |
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Suggested walks around Cemlyn |
These are a few popular routes around the
reserve, focussing mainly on wildlife and landscape features. |
Esgair Gemlyn
The shingle ridge at Cemlyn
is accessible from the Beach car park at the eastern end
of the reserve.
Although the distance along the ridge to the tern viewing
area opposite the islands is only about 0.5 km, it's worth
bearing in mind that during the summer months, visitors
are asked to use only the seaward side of the ridge, and
the shingle can make for arduous walking.
It’s a much shorter walk from the Bryn Aber car park
on the western side of the lagoon, but beware – the
causeway linking the car park and the ridge can flood
an hour or more either side of high tide, so it’s
worth checking the times to avoid getting stranded.
During the summer, daily tide-times may be chalked up
close to the causeway by the wardens.
Outside of the tern breeding season, the lagoon-side of
the ridge is open to the public, and its interesting habitat
can be explored at closer range. |
Trwyn Cemlyn
This little peninsula (Trwyn is
Welsh for nose) makes a favourite short walk for local
people. Accessible via the Bryn Aber car park, it comprises
coastal grassland with small patches of gorse and heather,
and a rocky shoreline allowing views out to The Skerries
in the west, Wylfa to the east, and if there’s good
visibility, sometimes the Isle of Man to the north.
It’s a good spot for spring wildflowers, and also
for seeing seabirds, seals, and sometimes porpoises.
It also links up with the National Trust coastal footpath
to the west. |
Lagoon inlet
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The narrow bridge at the western end of the lagoon, just
before Bryn Aber, makes a good vantage point for the lagoon
islands if the ridge is inaccessible. It also allows views
over the freshwater inlet and the adjacent area of gorse
and scrub known as Morfa. The road alongside the inlet
that leads to the farm of Tyn Llan has no parking, but
a walk down gives views of the reedy inlet margins and
surrounding damp pasture, which sometimes harbour interesting
birdlife. |
Coastal footpath towards Hen
Borth |
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Cemlyn
forms the eastern end of a stretch of wonderful coastal
footpath, taking in rugged landscape characteristic of
the north Anglesey coast.
From the stile at the ‘brow’ of Trwyn Cemlyn,
the path leads off the reserve up past Craig yr Iwrch,
an outlying rock favoured by seals, cormorants and roosting
curlews, and along the cliffs, passing Tyn Llan farm on
the left, to the bay of Hen Borth.
Keen walkers may wish to carry on following the coastline
as far as Carmel Head or Ynys y Fydlyn, while others may
wish to visit the small church of St Rhwydrus, returning
through the gate by the farm and back past the lagoon
inlet. |
Coast towards Wylfa Head
Trwyn Pencarreg - the area of
rocky outcrops, grassland and coastal heath to the east
of the Beach car park at Cemlyn, is interesting for its
plant communities, wildflowers and insects, and for its
impressive views back across Cemlyn Bay. A circular walk
is possible via the old mill at Felin Gafnan. |
The National Trust has produced a
booklet detailing several circular walks around, or starting
from Cemlyn. It includes illustrated routes for all of the
areas described above, and of walks that take you further
afield.
To obtain a copy, or
for further information regarding other National Trust walks
on Anglesey, contact:
The National Trust Wales, Trinity Square, Llandudno, LL30
2DE |
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View from the Coast Path
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Sandwich Tern & Birdwatchers |
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Cemlyn Bay from coastal path
Ben Stammers |
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Thrift on Trwyn Cemlyn
Ben Stammers |
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Cemlyn Bay from Trwyn Pen Carreg
Ben Stammers |
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