Holyhead

Situated on Holy Island at the tip of the Isle of Anglesey, Holyhead is known for its ferry link connecting England and Wales with Ireland.

Holy Island was used as a Roman naval base during 3AD, to police the Irish Sea and its pirates. In the 6th Century, Holyhead was where St Cybi settled, and the source of its Welsh name, Caergybi, translates to Cybi’s Fort.

However Holyhead was virtually nonexistent until the 19th Century when Thomas Telford built the Menai Bridge to Anglesey and then the causeway (now the A5) linking it to Holy Island bringing the travellers to this remote tip of Wales and on via boat to Dublin. Since then it has developed as one of the main ferry routes to Ireland from the Britain, but there is little here to divert you on route and the main feature of Holy Island, its stack cliffs, are best seen at sea.