Ynys y Bîg

Coordinates: 53°14′0.7″N 4°9′3.5″W / 53.233528°N 4.150972°W / 53.233528; -4.150972

Ynys y Bîg from the Beaumaris road

Ynys y Bîg is a small private island in the Menai Strait attached to the island of Anglesey (in North Wales) by a wooden bridge. The bridge runs from the grounds of a private house, itself also called Ynys y Bîg, preventing any public access. The bridge is now dilapidated.

The island lies about 1 mile north-east of the Menai Suspension Bridge and is part of the Glannau Porthaethwy SSSI. At mean low tide there is no water separating it from the mainland, whilst at high tide it is separate with an area of 0.7 acres. It is heavily wooded and in some years herons nest there in some numbers.

Islands of Anglesey

Church Island East Mouse Holy Island Middle Mouse North Stack Puffin Island Salt Island The Skerries South Stack West Mouse Ynys Benlas Ynys Castell Ynys Dulas Ynys Feurig Ynys Gaint Ynys Gored Goch Ynys Llanddwyn Ynys Moelfre

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