GeoMon - Anglesey Geopark

Welcome to the website of the
Anglesey Geodiversity Project -
celebrating the island's
unique geological heritage.

LATEST: The EGN Coordination Committee have voted to accept GeoMôn as a new member of the European Geoparks Network - see NEWS page!

This website is an expanding guide to the geology of Anglesey (Ynys Môn), for visitors, students, teachers and researchers. The Isle of Anglesey is the largest of the Welsh islands, situated in the north west corner of Wales. The island covers an area of some 720 square kilometres and it has 201 kilometres of coastline. The wealth of the island's natural environment is demonstrated by its having 22,000 hectares classified as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 60 Sites of Special Scientific Interest, 4 National Nature Reserves, 3 Local Nature Reserves, 3 Special Protection Areas and 5 candidate Special Areas of Conservation.

Please follow the links above to begin your virtual tour of the island and its fascinating, complex and sometimes controversial rocks, and thankyou for visiting!

The Anglesey Geodiversity project has been generously supported by the following organisations: CCW, the Welsh Assembly Government, Menter Môn, Medrwn Môn and the Isle of Anglesey AONB.

Design, graphics & layout - John Mason
Text - Margaret Wood, Stewart Campbell, Brian Windley
Editing - John Mason . Photographs - as accredited.