Routes to GeoMôn
This section of our website is in the form of several routes enabling you to approach GeoMôn from the other UNESCO sites in Wales. There are 58 sites in the UK and 7 sites in Wales. Visit all and appreciate how they fit together to demonstrate the natural basis and landscape of Wales and how it has been of use in the development of the country. UNESCO recognises the value in three ways, as Global Geoparks, as World Heritage Sites and as Biospheres. We have two geoparks, four world heritage sites and one biosphere in Wales.
There are some connecting themes , geology being the most obvious, and some differences. Some focus on landscape, some on built environment and some on biodiversity. The physical connections – the travel routes – are also of interest and in some cases extend the theme of the site.
GeoMôn Global Geopark www.geomon.org.uk occupies the whole of Ynys Môn (Anglesey), an area of outstanding geology and geodiversity and also geoheritage. That means the structure and age of the area is of great interest, the range of rock types is extremely diverse, and the influence or exploitation of the geology has played a significant part in the development of the island community. Rocks date from over 1 billion years ago, their structure challenges the minds of eminent geologists, and its home to the oldest fossils in England or Wales. It is one of the sites in Wales recognised by UNESCO.
Approaching along the historic A5 from the Welsh border at Chirk via the Pontcysyllte aqueduct and Slate Landscape World Heritage sites
Approaching along the North Wales Expressway (A55) from Chester, passing the Conwy Castle World Heritage site
Approaching from the South (under construction) from Fforest Fawr Geopark via Biosyffer Dyfi Biosphere
