Britannia Bridge — Attraction in Wales

The Welsh government are hell bent on being green and yet this disgraceful bridge has no pedestrian access, despite being one of only two bridges. To detour on foot via the other bridge and back to the other side is three miles - an hour and a half walk, assuming you are even able and it isn't closed. If the Menai Bridge is closed for maintenance, pedestrians simply can't cross the strait full stop. The road here is 50mph, single carriageway and has a pavement, yet if you do try and cross it officials turn you back and tell you to order a taxi from one side to the other. Very green. And yet other 70mph sections of the A55 with narrow pavements you are fine to walk on, and they are far more dangerous. There's a Network Rail track runs by the railway that could be turned into a cycleway for little cost, but the Welsh government are too lazy. This is a complete and utter disgrace and it's about time lazy councilors and governments improved the pedestrian situation on...

The Britannia Bridge is a fascinating structure, and this viewpoint allows you to experience its scale thoroughly. It also provides nice views across the Menai Straits in both directions. The site exhibits a few historical artefacts, such as one of the tubular girders. When we went, there was almost no-one else around; this may be because cars are now banned from the area. The main viewpoint is on a stone wharf under the bridge - this is accessed by a sloping path, which was very slippery. There is another viewpoint on the north side of the Straits, accessed from the layby and down to the shore. Overall, a very impressive, but perhaps...

The Treborth botanic garden and pleasant coastal path winding beneath the majestic "Pont Briannia" towards Veynol is most definitely worth a visit. Search out the "peace statue" twinned with another 12 miles away near the LLanberis Slate Quarry museum, where you can relax a while to the soothing sounds nature (See...