The Dingle Local Nature Reserve (Nant y Pandy)
Wooded river valley on the edge of Llangefni town centre, with a 1 km boardwalk along the Afon Cefni, sculptures and spring bluebells. Free council nature reserve.
The Dingle (Nant y Pandy) is a 10-hectare (25-acre) Local Nature Reserve in a wooded valley beside Llangefni. A boardwalk follows the Afon Cefni under sessile oak, ash and wild cherry, with bluebells in spring, bridges, sculptures, benches and picnic tables.
What to see and do
Look out for kingfishers, dippers and tawny owls, frogs, newts and lizards, and plenty of butterflies and dragonflies. Trout and perch live in Llyn Pwmp, and eight of Britain’s 16 bat species have been recorded, best seen at dusk. The Lôn Las Cefni cycle route runs through the reserve and continues to Coed Smyrna.
Good to know
Free. The council has been replacing the old timber boardwalk with a 1,000 m recycled-plastic one in phases, with some sections closed while work went on; check with the council’s Countryside team for the current situation. Public toilets are in town on Lôn y Felin.