Swimming spots near Holyhead
12 swimming spots within 30 km of Holyhead, 12 of them designated bathing waters monitored by Natural Resources Wales. Nearest first — the closest is Porth Dafarch, about 3 km away.
1 carrying a caution. 11 with no current pollution alert. 8 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Porth Dafarch3.0 km from HolyheadGood to go
- Trearddur Bay3.7 km from HolyheadGood to go
- Borth Wen8.0 km from HolyheadGood to go
- Church Bay8.7 km from HolyheadGood to go
- Silver Bay Rhoscolyn8.7 km from HolyheadGood to go
- Rhosneigr12.9 km from HolyheadGood to go
- Cemaes16.8 km from HolyheadCaution
- Aberffraw18.2 km from HolyheadGood to go
- Llanddwyn25.0 km from HolyheadGood to go
- Traeth Lligwy25.6 km from HolyheadGood to go
- Benllech27.9 km from HolyheadGood to go
- St Davids - Benllech28.3 km from HolyheadGood to go
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Holyhead?
- 12 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Holyhead, spread across 1 area. This page lists them by distance from the town rather than by county, because a boundary is not what decides where you drive.
- What is the nearest beach to Holyhead?
- Porth Dafarch in Isle of Anglesey, about 3 km away. It is the closest of the 12 listed here; the next few are within a short drive and each shows its current status, so the nearest is not always the one to pick.
- Is the water clean near Holyhead?
- 12 of these 12 spots are designated bathing waters with published monitoring, from Natural Resources Wales. Monitoring covers bacterial quality only — it says nothing about tides, currents, swell or cold-water shock, and nothing here is a clearance to swim.
- Which spots near Holyhead have the best water quality?
- 8 of them hold Excellent, the top classification under the EU Bathing Water Directive, based on bacterial samples across the previous four bathing seasons. That describes a four-year record rather than the water today — each spot page shows both.
- Can you swim near Holyhead right now?
- 1 of the 12 is currently flagged, and 11 have no current pollution alert. These change day to day, so check the individual spot before you travel.