South Stack Lighthouse on its rock stack below the cliffs of Holy Island, Anglesey, the Irish Sea stretching beyond.

Discovery Atlas for Wales

Find the Wales that fits the day.

Explore real coastlines, mountains, towns and old places through county chapters, practical field guides and a living map — now open across Anglesey, Gwynedd and Conwy.

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How it works

From a feeling to a real place.

Choose a county, explore the map, open a guide, and save the places that fit your day.

Product tour transcript

  1. Find the Wales that fits the day.
  2. Open the Atlas map.
  3. Choose a county. Follow a place.
  4. Know what the visit involves.
  5. Understand why it matters.
  6. See what the place feels like.
  7. Open My Places.
  8. Keep the places that fit your day.
  9. Turn a feeling into a real place.
  • 1 Open the Atlas map See every charted place across Wales at once.
  • 2 Choose a place Pick a county, then a marker that catches you.
  • 3 Read the field guide Access, parking, walks and the practical notes.
  • 4 Save it to My Places Keep the day's places together for later.

Choose your way in

Choose your way
into the Atlas.

By county Start with Anglesey, Gwynedd or Conwy. By feeling Find a place that fits the mood. By map See how places and landscapes connect.

Explore the Atlas below

County chapters

Start with a county.Follow what catches you.

Each chapter introduces the landscape, the rhythm of the place, and a few strong ways in.

05 · Find by feeling

Choose the feeling,not the postcode.

Some days call for cliffs and wind. Others, for calm and a quiet view.

Pick the feeling, we'll find the place.

The living map

See how the chapters connect.

Every guide belongs to a place. Every place belongs to the wider map.

From across the Atlas

A ribbon of places across the current Atlas.

Journeys across coast and mountain, landmark and hidden corner — places from the three open chapters, Anglesey to Conwy.

The Menai Suspension Bridge spanning the strait at dusk, lit against the mountains of the mainland beyond.

Anglesey · Strait & crossing

Menai Suspension Bridge

A graceful Telford bridge carrying the drama of the Menai Strait between island and mainland.

Strait CrossingEngineeringGolden Light
Read the guide See on the map
The rust, ochre and purple mineral slopes of Parys Mountain seen from the viewing platform above Amlwch on Anglesey.

Anglesey · Copper & colour

Parys Mountain

A strange copper-mined landscape of rust, ochre and purple earth on the hill above Amlwch.

Copper MineRust & OchreAmlwch
Read the guide See on the map
Harlech Castle on its crag above the dunes, with the mountains of Eryri rising behind it under a wide Gwynedd sky.

Gwynedd · Crag & fortress

Harlech Castle

Edward I's fortress on a sheer rock above the dunes, crossed by a footbridge that recreates its original sea approach.

Medieval WalesCrag & DuneWorld Heritage
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The curved beach and whitewashed cottages of Porthdinllaen on the Llŷn Peninsula, the fishing headland reaching into a calm bay.

Gwynedd · Headland & harbour

Porthdinllaen

A car-free fishing headland reached only on foot, with a working lifeboat station and the Tŷ Coch Inn on the beach.

Car-FreeBeach InnLlŷn Coast
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Above the Rose Terrace at Bodnant Garden, looking out over the formal garden to the hills of the Conwy valley beyond.

Conwy · Garden & valley

Bodnant Garden

An 80-acre Grade I garden above the Conwy valley — Italianate terraces, the wooded Dell and a 55-metre Laburnum Arch each late May.

Grade I GardenLaburnum ArchThe Dell
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The limestone mass of the Great Orme rising above Llandudno and the sea, its grassy headland dropping to the town below.

Conwy · Headland & mine

Great Orme

A 207-metre limestone headland above Llandudno, with a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age copper mine beneath it.

Limestone HeadlandBronze Age MineLlandudno
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The white water of Swallow Falls tumbling over dark rock through a wooded gorge on the Afon Llugwy near Betws-y-Coed.

Conwy · Falls & river

Swallow Falls

A cascade on the Afon Llugwy off the A5 near Betws-y-Coed — open all year, day and night, no walk required.

WaterfallBetws-y-CoedNo Walk
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Practical difference

More than a pin.A guide that helps shape the day.

Our guides turn good intentions into good days out — honest, practical detail that helps you plan with confidence and make the most of where you're going.

Tŵr Mawr lighthouse and the memorial cross on Llanddwyn Island at golden hour, a gravel path winding between them toward the sea and the Llŷn mountains beyond. Llanddwyn Island, Anglesey A place of stories, tides and wide horizons.

Llanddwyn Island

Anglesey
Tide dependencyYes — check tide times before crossing
Time to allow3–4 hours for the full trail
ParkingOften full 11am–3pm in peak season
AccessibilityNot step-free — sand and uneven ground
Walk difficultyModerate · 4.4 mi / 7 km loop
DogsSeasonal restrictions (Apr–Sep)
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Current coverage

Three county chapters are open.The Atlas keeps growing.

Explore the Atlas through three live county chapters: Anglesey, Gwynedd and Conwy. More counties and more places are added only when they have been researched, written and verified. Denbighshire is the next chapter in progress.

Anglesey Gwynedd Conwy
Denbighshire Coming soon
Map of Wales with the Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd and Conwy highlighted in gold as the Atlas's current open chapters, and Denbighshire shown quieter in olive-gold as the next chapter in progress; the other Welsh principal areas shown subdued in dark green.

Current Atlas coverage · North Wales

Wales is larger when you know where to look.

Open the map, or begin with one of the current county chapters.

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