Amlwch
Built-up area in Isle of Anglesey, Wales
| Coordinates: | 53.407, -4.341 |
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| OS grid ref: | SH 44 92 |
| Population: | 3,211 |
Amlwch is a small coastal town on the north‑east of the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, set beside a sheltered harbour on the Irish Sea. The town is framed by the striking, copper‑stained slopes of nearby Parys Mountain, with coastal paths, a working port area and clear traces of its industrial past visible from the shoreline.
Historically Amlwch grew up around the late 18th‑century copper boom at Parys Mountain, when ore was loaded through the harbour and the town expanded rapidly; many of those mining remnants now form an appealing industrial‑heritage landscape. Today the local economy leans on small‑scale fishing, tourism and community services, and the town retains a compact centre and a strong local identity linked to its mining and maritime past.
Postcode districts covering Amlwch
Most populated places nearby
Neighbouring places
- Bull Bay Built-up area 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Penysarn Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Llaneilian Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Twrcelyn Ward 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Rhos-y-bol Built-up area 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Rhosybol Parish 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Llanbadrig Parish 4.3 miles7 km
- Mechell Parish 4.5 miles7.3 km
- Cemaes Built-up area 4.6 miles7.4 km
- Llanfechell Built-up area 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Llanerchymedd Built-up area 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Tregele Built-up area 5.7 miles9.2 km
Example postcodes in Amlwch
LL68 9ER, LL68 9EN, LL68 9TG, LL68 9AZ, LL68 9AT, LL68 9BG, LL68 9BL, LL68 9DA, LL68 9PE … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 61.7 miles99.3 km
- Manchester Airport 85.2 miles137.2 km
- Valley Railway Station 12.6 miles20.3 km
- Rhosneigr Railway Station 13.7 miles22.1 km
Hotels near Amlwch Ad
- Lastra Farm Hotel 4 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Dinorben Arms Hotel 0.3 miles0.4 km
- The Trecastell Hotel 3 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Gwesty Gadlys Hotel 4 4.2 miles6.7 km
- The Anchorage 3 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Tre-Ysgawen Hall 4 6.5 miles10.5 km
Schools in Amlwch
- Ysgol Gynradd Amlwch Primary
- Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones Secondary
Local points of interest
- Amlwch Harbour Harbour 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Llys Dulas Estate 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Traeth Lligwy Beach 4.6 miles7.4 km
- Cemlyn Estate 7 miles11.3 km
- Holyhead Marina Marina 13.8 miles22.2 km
- Plas Newydd Country house 15 miles24.2 km
- Farrar Road stadium Stadium 15.3 miles24.7 km
- Treborth Estate 16 miles25.8 km
- Penrhyn Castle Estate 16.5 miles26.6 km
- Llanidan House Estate 17.2 miles27.7 km
- Caernarfon Town FC Stadium 19.1 miles30.7 km