St Mary's was erected within the town walls to serve as a church for the garrison of Caernarfon Castle. It was built in 1307 by...

Caernarfon is one of the oldest and most historical communities in the north of Wales, and has through the centuries been the site of a...

This museum is housed in five separate galleries in two towers of Caernarfon Castle, a World Heritage Site. The collection tells the rich and...

Now a World Heritage Site, Caernarfon Castle is one of the castles founded by Edward 1 to subdue the Welsh. Sited at the mouth of...

Caernarfon`s small maritime museum houses an intriguing collection of artefacts, pictures and information relating the town`s maritime history. Exhibitions include fishing, the Menai Strait ferries,...

Llyn Dinas is a beautiful, austere lake lying in Nantgwynant below the slopes of Snowdon. A sequence for the film Inn of the Sixth Happiness...

All roads to Beddgelert are scenic, but no visitor to the village should miss the dramatic Aberglaslyn Pass.. At the narrowest point, the road and...

Explore Caernarfon’s aviation museum and you will not be disappointed. On display are some magnificent examples of classic aircraft from a Seahawk to a Javelin...

Agricola founded Segontium after he conquered the Ordovices about AD77, and it was the main Roman base in north Wales until the garrison finally left...

Trwyn Du is a headland overlooking Aberffraw Bay and a sandy beach. Excavations have revealed that Middle Stone Age people lived here nine thousand years...

Parc Glynllifon is a small country park that was once Lord Newborough`s private garden. The mansion is now an agricultural college, but the public can...

The Church of St Cwyfan stands on a tiny, walled island which can be reached by a causeway at low tide. A church was founded...

Home of the Marquess of Anglesey, Plas Nweydd is situated on the bank of the Menai Strait with magnificent views of Snowdonia. This elegant...

West of Menai Bridge is Robert Stephenson`s railway bridge built in the mid 19th Century when railways arrived in north Wales. The Britannia Bridge was...

In the fourteenth Century violent storms buried much of the coastline under sand dunes. The area now forms part of the National Nature Reserve and...