Beaumaris is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, of which it is the former county town of Anglesey. It is located at the eastern entrance to the Menai Strait, the tidal waterway separating Anglesey from the coast of North Wales. At the 2021 census, its population was 1,121. The community includes Llanfaes.
Beaumaris Castle
Beaumaris in 1610
Beaumaris from the sea in the 1840s
The castle in 1852
Anglesey is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms the bulk of the county known as the Isle of Anglesey, which also includes Holy Island and some islets and skerries. The county borders Gwynedd across the Menai Strait to the southeast, and is otherwise surrounded by the Irish Sea. Holyhead is the largest town, and the administrative centre is Llangefni. The county is part of the preserved county of Gwynedd.
Image: View from the Anglesey Coastal Path (geograph 6222502)
Image: Beaumaris Castle (8074242766)
Image: Celtic gateway bridge. Flickr ohefin
Dolmen on Anglesey (Samuel Alken, 1794).