References: Maps and Guides

This blog will refer to the maps and guides we are using.

We usually take the Ordnance Survey maps, for a more detailed picture of where we are, and in case we really get lost:

Explorer 262 Anglesey West/Gorllewin Ynys Mon
Explorer 263 Anglesey East/ Dwyrain Ynys Mon

But for many walks it is simpler to follow a guide. We are using

Coastal Walks Around Anglesey, Volume 1, by Carl Rogers, Mara Books, ISBN 0 9522409 6 3
(ours is the May 2004 edition) [We'll call this Rogers Volume 1]

Coastal Walks Around Anglesey, Volume 2, by Carl Rogers, Mara Books, ISBN 0 9522409 5 5
(March 2006 edition) [Rogers Volume 2]

Best Tea Shop Walks on Lleyn & Anglesey, Dorothy Hamilton, Sigma Leisure, ISBN 1 850587248 [Hamilton Tea Shop Walks]

Circular Walks on Anglesey, Dorothy Hamilton, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, ISBN 0 86381 478 6 [Hamilton Circular Walks]


The Anglesey Coast Footpath's Official Guide (ISBN 1 902512 13 8) is another book by Carl Rogers, this time covering the whole coastal path (anti-clockwise) and bilingually. This is probably better for reading up at home rather than taking along each time.

The laminated maps of the Coastal Footpath are invaluable. You can download these (or something similar) as pdf files from the coastal footpath website, but the hard copy laminated version (A4 size folded to A5) is just what you need in your pocket, and to hand when the wind is blowing and fingers cold. You could probably get by with these alone for most of the path - but they are only sketches and not as accurate as the OS map.

We have also picked a few other leaflets, including a series 'Circular Walks on the Isle of Anglesey, named after the Celtic Saints', published by Menter Mon.

The blog won't give away the detail of routes in the books: readers are expected to buy their own! But we will try to comment on their content as we go.