This beach is located at the south west tip of the Isle of Anglesey. Access is gained
via a large conifer plantation owned by Forest Enterprise. Offshore sandbanks fringe
the bathing area, which forms a relatively sheltered shallow lagoon. The bay is located
within the Newborough Warren and Llanddwyn Island National Nature Reserve. It is also
within the Anglesey Coast Salt marsh Special Area of Conservation, the Anglesey Area
of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Newborough Warren - Ynys Llanddwyn Site of Special
Scientific Interest. The bathing water sample point is located 420 metres south west
of the main beach entrance.
It is Natural Resources Wales' role to drive improvement of water quality at bathing
waters that are at risk of failing European standards. It is natural for water to
run off the land to the sea. Water quality at a bathing water is dependent upon the
type and area of land (the catchment) draining to the water and the activities undertaken
in that catchment. The following sections serve to highlight potential sources of
pollution, conditions under which they may arise and measures being put in place to
improve water quality.