Coastal Path: Moelfre to Lligwy
A 2-mile (3 km) stretch of the Wales Coast Path from Moelfre’s Seawatch Centre past the Royal Charter memorial to sandy Lligwy beach.
This short section of the Wales Coast Path starts at the Moelfre Seawatch Centre, which tells the story of the village’s lifeboat crews and Anglesey’s shipwrecks. You head north past a row of fishermen’s cottages above a pebble beach, looking across to the island of Ynys Moelfre.
Near Porth Helaeth there’s a memorial to the Royal Charter, wrecked off this coast in October 1859 with the loss of around 450 lives. The path ends at Traeth Lligwy, a sandy beach with dunes and rock pools. Keep an eye out for seabirds, dolphins and porpoises, and seals are sometimes seen around Ynys Moelfre.
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It’s about 2 miles each way. Walk back the same way along the coast, or make it a loop by following the road inland from the Lligwy beach car park: after about 850m you reach Capel Lligwy, with a short link to the Din Lligwy ancient village. There’s parking and toilets in Moelfre and at Lligwy beach. Cattle may be grazing near Din Lligwy, so keep dogs under close control.