Llanddona
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Llanddona is a village famous for its beach
in Ynys Môn (Isle of Anglesey), North Wales
.
Located between Benllech
and Beaumaris, it is popular as a holiday destination on Anglesey, particularly for families. The beach is a good size without being bleakly huge, shelves at a decent but not alarming rate and has an abundance of clean yellow sand.
Llanddona has no shops, however it has a riding school and a pub
.
The Llanddona transmitting station is located approximately one mile to the north east of the village. The station is the main broadcasting site for television
and radio
in north Wales.
St Dona's Church, Llanddona
, dates from 610, although the present building was erected in 1873.
Beach
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...
in Ynys Môn (Isle of Anglesey), North Wales
North Wales
North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...
.
Located between Benllech
Benllech
__FORCETOC__Benllech is a small town on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. It is in the community of Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf, which has a population of 3,408...
and Beaumaris, it is popular as a holiday destination on Anglesey, particularly for families. The beach is a good size without being bleakly huge, shelves at a decent but not alarming rate and has an abundance of clean yellow sand.
Llanddona has no shops, however it has a riding school and a pub
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
.
The Llanddona transmitting station is located approximately one mile to the north east of the village. The station is the main broadcasting site for television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
in north Wales.
St Dona's Church, Llanddona
St Dona's Church, Llanddona
St Dona's Church, Llanddona is a small 19th-century parish church in the village of Llanddona, in Anglesey, northWales. The first church on this site was built in 610. The present building on the site dates from 1873, and was designed by the rector at the time...
, dates from 610, although the present building was erected in 1873.
External links
- Llanddona church and village legends
- Llanddona Beach
- Goronwy Tudor and the Witches of Llanddona
- Llanddona images
- Llaniestyn images
- The Llanddona standing stone
- Fedw Fawr - Cliff top heathland and limestone cliffs by Llanddona
- Llaniestyn Common Local Nature Reserve by Llanddona
- Llanddona village school
- A walk around Llanddona
- photos of Llanddonna and surrounding area on geograph