Further information on this walk

History and interest

• ‘Rhos’ is a common prefix in Welsh place names meaning moor, and ‘neigr’ probably derives from the name Yneigr, a 5th century leader. The village became a popular holiday destination in the Edwardian era and many of its buildings date from this time.
• Llyn Maelog is a natural lake covering 26 hectares and in places is up to 3m deep. It is a designated site of special scientific interest (SSSI), and is the only officially designated village green in Wales that is also a lake.
• The beautiful, golden sandy beach at Traeth Llydan with its dunes and wide, sheltered bay is popular with holidaymakers, kayakers, paddleboarders and swimmers.

Wildlife

Depending on the time of year, the lake is usually teeming with birdlife: mute swans, canada geese, greylag geese, grey heron, oystercatchers, shelduck, coot, moorhen, pochard, cormorant, reed warbler, reed bunting all frequent the lake, and black-headed gulls nest on the small island.

Beneath the surface there’s perch, bream, roach, rudd and pike.

Plantlife around the lake includes yellow loosestrife and the locally uncommon greater spearwort. Lesser water-plantain and flowering-rush are other rarer plants which occur around the lake’s margins.

Public transport

Rhosneigr Rail Station is located near the northern end of the lake. Public Footpaths could be taken from near the station to link to this walk.

Bus number 25 from Holyhead to Aberffraw stops in Rhosneigr, as does number 45 Llangefni to Rhosneigr. Both services run from Monday to Saturday.

Refreshments

Rhosneigr has several cafés, pubs and shops in the village centre.

The Oystercatcher building near the dunes is a large restaurant with bars.