Anglesey
Luxury Holiday Cottages & Homes in Anglesey
34 properties found
Our holiday cottages in Anglesey
Anglesey holiday cottages from Birch Stays: 34 holiday homes across the Isle of Anglesey, sleeping from 2 to 22 people. Ten homes sleep 12 or more, which is unusual for Anglesey. Most are within a ten-minute walk of a beach at Rhosneigr, Bull Bay, Red Wharf Bay or Beaumaris. Every home is pet friendly, twenty-one have hot tubs, and you book directly with us.
Where to stay in Anglesey
Anglesey covers 276 square miles. The beaches on each coast feel like different islands. Choose the coast before you choose the house.
Our holiday lets in Anglesey cover four coastlines. They range from the sandy beaches at Rhosneigr to the Menai Strait at Beaumaris.
The table below is roughly how we'd explain it if you rang us, minus the interruptions. If you want Anglesey cottages by the sea, not just near it, choose Tai Porth Llechog Townhouse or Wylfa. You can also pick the Gwel y Mor apartments at Bull Bay. They look out directly onto the coast.
| Area | What it's like | Best for | Nearest beach or town | Birch homes here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhosneigr and the south-west | Surf village with a beach either side, dunes, two good restaurants and a chip shop that gets a queue; Bodorgan Inn is ten minutes inland | Big groups who want beach, bars and board hire on foot | Traeth Llydan and Broad Beach, both in the village | Rhosneigr Hall (22), Bodorgan Inn (22), Fern Lodge (16), Wylfa (16), Du Cabana (14), Ambleside (12), The Upperhouse (10), The Hide (4), Y Cwtch (2) |
| North coast: Bull Bay and Amlwch | Rugged, quiet, cliff path on the doorstep, sea swimming off the rocks | Groups who bring everything with them, families with young children, dogs in summer | Bull Bay, Cemaes Bay | The Pines (19), The Cottage (10), The Coach House (9), Tai Porth Llechog Lodge and Townhouse (7 each), Gwel y Mor apartments (4 to 8) |
| Beaumaris and the Menai Strait | Georgian town, the castle, the pier, Strait views and the best run of restaurants on the island | Food, history, older groups, a base for Snowdonia | Beaumaris; Menai Bridge | Craig y Don (20), Y Delyn (8), Copa at Fferm Fach (2) Seren at Fferm Fach (2) |
| East coast: Red Wharf Bay and Pentraeth | A two-mile sandy bay at low tide, the Ship Inn, rock pools | Families, walkers, out-of-season dog weeks | Red Wharf Bay, Benllech | Tan y Fron (16), The Bungalow (7) |
| West coast: Church Bay, Rhoscolyn and Trearddur Bay | Coves, the coastal path, Holy Island, the quietest sunsets; the biggest houses on the island | Wedding parties and three families together; walkers; couples with one family in tow | Borthwen, Trearddur Bay, Church Bay | The Retreat (32, or as Cil y Gwynt 18 and Llain y Brenin 14), Mor Awel (8) |
Getting to Anglesey
Two bridges lead to the island. The A55 crosses the Britannia Bridge, the quick way in, with the better views down the Strait.
Next to it is the Menai Suspension Bridge, one of the world's first major suspension bridges and worth taking once for the history. Thomas Telford designed it, and builders completed it in 1826. Either way, once you're over the bridge most of the island is within a 30-minute drive.
Chester is about an hour and a quarter away, Liverpool about an hour and a half. Manchester is roughly two hours, depending on how the A55 is feeling.
Bangor is the nearest mainline station, ten minutes from Menai Bridge, and the Holyhead line stops at Rhosneigr and Bodorgan, where the station is directly opposite Bodorgan Inn. That makes it the easy choice for the guests who'd rather take the train than squeeze into the car share. Holyhead also has the ferry from Dublin. You will want a car once you're here; there are buses, but not ones designed for sixteen people and a cool box.
When to go
Summer on Anglesey runs May to September, and it's peak beach season. People tend to book the bigger houses a year ahead for the May half term and the August holidays.
October to April is cheaper by a third or more, the coastal path is empty, and the hot tub homes come into their own. A hot tub in a gale is a far better story than a hot tub in July. A few restaurants in Rhosneigr close midweek in winter, so check before you build an evening around one.
The Anglesey holiday homes sleeping 16 or more sell out early for Christmas and New Year. Easter and the May bank holidays are the busiest weekends outside August.
Large holiday homes in Anglesey
Ten of our large holiday homes in Anglesey sleep 12 people or more, and the largest, The Retreat at Rhoscolyn, sleeps 32. Most Anglesey holiday cottages stop at eight, so a 50th birthday or a three-family week usually means two houses and an argument about who got the better one. Here, everyone stays under one roof.
The Retreat is two sister homes on the lane to Borthwen beach, Cil y Gwynt (18) and Llain y Brenin (14), booked together or apart, with a tennis court between them. Rhosneigr Hall has eleven bedrooms in the middle of Rhosneigr village. Bodorgan Inn is a former pub with ten bedrooms, a games room and, usefully, the bar still in it. Craig y Don has nine bedrooms on the Menai Strait, plus a sauna, a gym, two hot tubs and a cinema room. Oh, and a private jetty, obviously.
The Pines at Bull Bay sleeps 19 and has two hot tubs, which settles most arguments. Fern Lodge, Wylfa and Tan y Fron each sleep 16 across seven bedrooms. Du Cabana (14) and Ambleside (12) are the Rhosneigr options for a slightly smaller crowd.
Every listing shows the bedroom count and how many are doubles, twins or bunk beds. This helps settle the sleeping plan before anyone books, not when you’re in the house. The homes differ in size, not in standard: a hall for 22 is held to the same Birch standard as a cottage for two, and keeping that consistent is what we care about most. Divided between everyone, a full week in one of these works out at less per head than a chain hotel. The breakfast is probably better too.
Pet-friendly Anglesey holiday cottages
For dog friendly cottages Anglesey is well served: every one of our Anglesey holiday cottages allows dogs. Some have a limit, and a few need advance notice.
Mor Awel takes up to two dogs, while Seren at Fferm Fach and Tai Porth Llechog Lodge take one each. The Upperhouse and Y Delyn ask you to agree it when you enquire. Tell us how many are coming when you book and we'll confirm the house rules, which are mostly about sofas.
Worth knowing: Isle of Anglesey County Council restricts dogs in marked areas on seven beaches. The restriction applies from 1 May to 30 September. The restricted beaches are Beaumaris, Benllech, Cemaes Bay, Llanddwyn at Newborough, Llanddona, Porth Dafarch, and Trearddur Bay. You must keep dogs on leads on the promenades at Benllech, Cemaes and Trearddur.
Rhosneigr, Bull Bay, Red Wharf Bay and Church Bay are not on that list, which is why most of our dog bookings go there in summer. Our dog-friendly beaches guide has more information.
Why we love Anglesey
Most islands make you choose: the beach or the mountains, the quiet or the pub. Anglesey is twenty minutes from all four, and the sea's warmer than you've been told.
Cottages with hot tubs, and the luxury end
Twenty-one of our homes in Anglesey are cottages with hot tubs, and a few are worth singling out.
Craig y Don’s hot tubs overlook the Menai Strait. Tan y Fron’s eight-seater looks out over Red Wharf Bay. The Pines has two hot tubs, which is one way to avoid a rota. The shepherd’s huts at Fferm Fach have wood-fired tubs that take an hour or two to heat and are considerably better for it.
Fern Lodge’s is a Lazy Spa, the inflatable kind, so it goes up for your stay rather than living in the garden all year. None of the Anglesey homes has a swimming pool. The sea does that job, and by August the water at Rhosneigr is warmer than anyone expects.
The two luxury cottages Anglesey guests ask us for most are Craig y Don and Rhosneigr Hall, if you’re after that rather than a family beach house. Both have a bar, a games room and a cinema room; Craig y Don adds a sauna and a gym. They are also the two that tend to go first for Christmas.
What it costs
A holiday property on Anglesey with Birch starts at £100 a night for a cottage for two.
It starts at about £550 a night for a house sleeping 12 or more. With twelve of you that's about £46 a head a night, and it drops the more of you there are.
Seasonal rates apply. You pay 30% to secure the dates, and the balance is usually due 60 days before you arrive; each listing gives the exact date.
What we know from staying here
Crabbing at Bull Bay
A bucket, a line and some bacon off the harbour wall at low tide. The kids will want to stay longer than you do.
Traeth Lligwy
Perfect for family beach days. Wide and sandy, with a car park, a café and a pizza shack at the top. It empties after four.
Parys Mountain
Ten minutes from Bull Bay, head to Parys Mountain for a short walk that makes children think they've landed on Mars. Ochre, purple and rust-coloured spoil from the 18th-century copper mines, once the largest in the world. See the best places to visit in Anglesey.
Porth Wen Brickworks and the Coastal Path
The walk from Bull Bay to Porth Wen and the old brickworks is the one to do from the north coast homes. An hour each way on the Anglesey Coastal Path, with the old brickworks in the cove at the end. They're private property, so the view from the path is the visit.
For a proper dinner
Sosban and The Old Butchers in Menai Bridge. It is Michelin-starred, so book months ahead. Or try Dylan's for the view and the family. There's also the Oyster Catcher in Rhosneigr, Catch 22 Brasserie at Valley, and the Ship Inn at Red Wharf Bay for a pint on the sand. Mr Holt's Donuts at Melin Llynnon windmill, Llanddeusant, for the drive home from the west of the island. See the best places to eat in North Wales.
If it rains
Beaumaris Castle, Anglesey Sea Zoo, or the sauna on the beach at Sauna Wales. If you're feeling culinary, a tour and tasting at Halen Môn, the sea salt works at Brynsiencyn, whose salt ends up in some of the best kitchens in the country and whose shop is worth the detour on its own. Further away, head over the bridge to Zip World and Go Below. Anglesey Pursuits does coasteering and climbing for the braver half of the group.
For a large group
We can arrange a private chef, a mobile bar, and spa treatments. We can also arrange murder-mystery nights or sports days through our event concierge. Hidden Anglesey runs a minibus if nobody wants to drive.
Fair warning
Anglesey is windy. Most of these homes face the sea, which is rather the point, but between October and March it means the walk to the hot tub is a two-minute dash.
Big supermarkets are thin on the ground in Anglesey. Do the main shop at Bangor before the bridge, or at the Waitrose in Menai Bridge just after it. Llangefni, in the middle of the island, has an Asda, an Aldi and a Lidl, and Holyhead has the rest; the Co-ops in Benllech and Amlwch cover the top-ups. Saves you hunting for one once you've arrived.
Seven of our Anglesey homes have an EV charger (Ambleside, Du Cabana, Craig y Don, Tan y Fron, Wylfa, The Hide and The Upperhouse). If yours isn't one of them, there's a 12-bay Tesla Supercharger at M-Sparc in Gaerwen, open to any CCS car. Just five minutes off the A55 as you come onto the island.
Why book direct with Birch Stays
Book direct and you’ll deal with us, not a call centre. Our team will answer the phone and can tell you, honestly, which home has the better hot tub. When you’re ready to book, pay 30% to hold your dates. The balance is usually due 60 days before you arrive, but it varies by home, so check the listing for your dates. If anything about the home changes before then, you’ll hear it from us first.
