Islands · North Wales
Ynys Gored Goch
In or near Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.
Ynys Gored Goch — island with two fish weirs in the Menai Strait, Wales.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 4 h–12 h
- Nearest railway station
- Llanfairpwll · 1.9 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Ynys Gored Goch, the nearest railway station is Llanfairpwll, located 1.9 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is LL61 6AF, and entry to the island is free.
About
Ynys Gored Goch is a island in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "island with two fish weirs in the Menai Strait, Wales". Coordinates: 53.2186°, -4.1809°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Ynys Gored Goch (Welsh for 'red weir island'), sometimes Ynys Gorad Goch, is a small island in the Menai Strait between Gwynedd and Anglesey in North Wales. It is situated in the stretch of the strait called the Swellies between Thomas Telford's Menai Suspension Bridge and Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge. The island is occupied by the main house and the converted smoke house where locally caught fish were processed. The island is private property and access is only by boat.
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Background
History
The earliest known document relating to the island dates from 1590 when it is listed as belonging to the Diocese of Bangor which leased it for £3 and a barrel of herrings a year as the island was used as a fishing trap and presently has the remains of two fishing weirs. The weirs are thought to have been constructed at the same time as the smoking chamber was built, around 1842, in the path of eddy currents that would take the fish into the weirs and leave them trapped as the tide retreated. After 1888 when the house was sold into private hands the whitebait (herring), business was developed, and growing tourism in the 20th century meant people would often travel to the island to taste the…
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- Coordinates
- 53.2186, -4.1809
- District
- Isle of Anglesey
- Parish
- Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll
- Postcode
- LL61 6AF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ynys Môn
- Nearest railway station
- Llanfairpwll — 1.9 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q3397534 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ynys Gored Goch (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Ynys Gored Goch in the Menai Strait between Gwynedd and Anglesey in Wales (Cymru) 23.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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- Where is Ynys Gored Goch?
- Ynys Gored Goch is in North Wales, United Kingdom (postcode LL61 6AF), in the parish of Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll.
- What is Ynys Gored Goch?
- Ynys Gored Goch — island with two fish weirs in the Menai Strait, Wales.
- How do I get to Ynys Gored Goch?
- The nearest railway station is Llanfairpwll, about 1.9 km away. Drivers can use postcode LL61 6AF.
- Is Ynys Gored Goch free to visit?
- Yes, Ynys Gored Goch is free to enter.
- How do I get to Ynys Gored Goch?
- The nearest railway station is Llanfairpwll, about 1.9 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode LL61 6AF.