Breakwater Country Park, Holyhead | Parc Gwledig y Morglawdd, Caergybi
A must visit beauty spot with stunning views and passionate guides | Peidiwch â cholli’r llecyn prydferth yma sydd â golygfeydd gwych a thywyswyr brwd
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Wil Stewart, part of the Isle of Anglesey County Council’s Countryside and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Service, is a passionate advocate for the Breakwater Park. Wil is also one of Wales ‘100 Future Generations Changemakers’. His love for Caergybi / Holyhead, Ynys Mon / Anglesey and Cymru / Wales, so clear when you meet Wil at the Breakwater Park, make it clear why he won this accolade.
The Breakwater Park is located at the foot of the mountain, Mynydd Twr (Holyhead Mountain). The park has a Visitors’ Centre, an outdoor gallery, coffee shop and a playground with all the usual climbing frames and swings, as well as a sensory play area.All these amenities are at the bottom of cliffs carved out of Mynydd Twr, when the area was the quarry for stone used to build the foundations of the breakwater. There was also a brick foundry here for many years, making bricks for kilns and high heat work. The existing buildings, their footprints and ruins, have been used to build the unique visitor infrastructure.
If you take just a five-minute (approximately) walk along the Ynys Mon / Anglesey Coastal Path to a vantage point you will be rewarded with a magnificent view of the stunning coastline, Arfordir Creigiog / Rocky Coast, and the breakwater. If you feel like a longer walk, you can make your way over the mountain to the lighthouse, Ynys Lawd / South stack! There are, also, very scenic short walks within the park, some have wheelchair access. How about exploring around a lovely lake? Don’t forget your camera!
The park is open throughout the year.
Mae Wil Stewart, sy’n aelod o Wasanaeth Cefn Gwlad ac Ardaloedd Harddwch Naturiol Eithriadol (AHNE) Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn, yn eiriolwr brwd dros Barc y Morglawdd. Mae Wil hefyd yn un o ‘100 o Ysgogwyr Newid Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol’ yng Nghymru. Mae ei gariad at Gaergybi, Ynys Môn a Chymru, sydd mor glir pan fyddwch chi'n cyfarfod â Wil ym Mharc y Morglawdd, yn dangos yn glir pam enillodd y wobr yma.
Mae Parc y Morglawdd yn gorwedd wrth droed Mynydd Twr. Mae gan y parc Ganolfan Ymwelwyr, oriel awyr agored, siop goffi a maes chwarae gyda'r holl fframiau dringo a siglenni arferol, yn ogystal ag ardal chwarae synhwyraidd. Mae'r cyfleusterau hyn i gyd ar waelod clogwyni a gerfiwyd o Fynydd Twr pan oedd yn chwarel ar gyfer y cerrig a ddefnyddiwyd i osod sylfeini'r morglawdd. Roedd ffowndri frics yma hefyd am flynyddoedd lawer, yn gwneud brics ar gyfer odynau a gwaith gwres uchel. Mae’r adeiladau presennol, eu holion traed a’u hadfeilion, wedi’u defnyddio i adeiladu’r seilwaith ymwelwyr unigryw.
Ewch am daith gerdded fer am ryw bum munud ar hyd Llwybr Arfordir Ynys Môn i olygfan ac fe gewch chi’ch gwobrwyo â golygfa odidog o'r arfordir trawiadol, Arfordir Creigiog, a'r morglawdd. Os ydych chi'n teimlo fel taith gerdded hirach, gallwch barhau dros y mynydd i oleudy Ynys Lawd! Mae yna hefyd lwybrau cerdded byr prydferth iawn o fewn y parc, ac mae gan rai fynediad i gadeiriau olwynion. Beth am grwydro o amgylch llyn hyfryd? Cofiwch eich camera!
Mae’r parc yn agored drwy gydol y flwyddyn.