Capel Llugwy

Capel Llugwy - Cadw Historic Site in Anglesey | Trust Quest

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Capel Llugwy, Capel Lligwy, is a ruined 12th-century chapel standing in a lonely spot in a field overlooking Lligwy Bay north of Llanallgo. It was probably built on the site of an older timber Celtic church when Viking raids on Anglesey came to an end, and it is likely the only remnant of a sizeable community that was eventually abandoned. Largely rebuilt in the 14th century, its walls still stand to full height under a gabled bellcote, though the roof is gone, and a 16th-century burial chapel was added at the east end for the Pierce Lloyd family of Lligwy. The chapel is one of three free Cadw monuments reached from the same lane: a footpath from the lay-by leads through a small wood to Din Llugwy, the late Roman village, and the Llugwy chambered tomb with its 25-ton capstone stands by the roadside a short way south. Reviewers love the 360-degree views over the bay from the chapel and warn that the walk crosses a grazed field.

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Today, Saturday 24 October

Capel Llugwy10:00 – 16:00last admission 15:30

Free entry

Opening times may change at short notice.

Open 10am to 4pm all year, last admission 30 minutes before closing; closed 24, 25 and 26 December and 1 January. No admission charge. Cadw asks visitors to come within these hours for safety and may close monuments at short notice in extreme weather.

Terrain level 3, moderate: an exposed field site that may be slippery or muddy, reached through a kissing gate and across pasture where cattle or sheep may be grazing; guardrails protect the drops and the burial vault is reached by steps. Assistance dogs only. No toilets or facilities; the nearest are at Lligwy beach and in Moelfre. Drones are not permitted.

Photo: The roofless stone chapel of Capel Llugwy with its gated south doorway, bellcote gable and later burial chapel, on grass under a clear blue sky. Beep boop beep, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capel_Lligwy_with_door_and_extension.jpg. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0. Resized and cropped for display; derivatives retain the source licence.

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Walking routes1 route

Moelfre to Llugwy, Anglesey (Wales Coast Path family walk leaflet)

3 km

Dog access not confirmed

2 miles (3 km) from Moelfre village centre along the coast to Traeth Llugwy; for the return follow the road inland from the Lligwy beach car park and across the first crossroads, about 850 m up the road to Capel Llugwy and a short link to Din Llugwy, with the burial chamber marked on the extended walk; parking and facilities in Moelfre, car park, beach shop and toilets at Llugwy. Free.

Capel Llugwy

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October 2026

Today, Saturday 24 October

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