Anglesey

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Spending a week at Easter staying at a cottage on Anglesey with DH, DS 5, DD 5 months and my dad.

Any recommendations for good cafes/restaurants, things to see and do that are pram friendly. Particularly any wildlife activities. Would love to see dolphins, seals, birds etc... go crabbing or rock pooling.

Best/most easily accessible beaches.

Also, kid specific activities or any soft play for if it rains.

Thanks.

Anglesey at Easter will be fabulous! You can take boat trips from Beaumaris that go out to Puffin Island, there are seals, puffins, guillemots and sometimes dolphins to be seen (I can't recall what's there at which time of year, so you might not see all of these at Easter but there'll definitely be wildlife of some description around).
If I think of anything else I'll be back, but that's what immediately comes to mind.

Trearddur Bay is a very popular seaside village with a sheltered sandy bay and plenty of good cafes and restaurants. It has a lovely promenade to walk (or kids to scoot) along. There’s also fabulous walking along the Anglesey Coastal Path.There is a play park across the road and a lifeboat station which my eldest enjoys watching the boats go out from. There are also a couple of nice places to eat The black seal and The sea shanty (which also has an ice cream parlour with delicious ice cream).
Cemaes Bay has two beaches. The larger and more popular is Traeth Mawr (literally, ‘Big Beach’) but it also has a good family friendly beach with a promenade that stretches for a decent length, perfect for scooters and prams.
We love visiting Anglesey sea zoo on a wet day. This is a fantastic aquarium featuring sea life that you find around the British Isles. There is also a lovely playground and crazy golf if the weather is dry.
I believe there is soft play in Holyhead (but we’ve never been). There are lots of leisure centres where you could go swimming on a wet day. We’ve been to Holyhead leisure centre a few times.
Plas Newydd is a real gem. There is a fantastic playground in the woods, croquet set on the lawn, pushchair friendly walks and the tree house is magical to our 4 year old. They also have great activities on for children in the school holidays such as storytelling sessions.
Our favourite places to go for a walk with young children in Anglesey are The Dingle (Llangefni), Holyhead Breakwater Country Park and Penrhos Country Park. All 3 are very buggy friendly (scooter or bike friendly too) and suitable for little legs too. Paths are mostly flat and well surfaced.

Thank you @Cynara and @Ricekrispie22. Really great tips. And we're staying in Trearddur bay so sounds like we've picked a good location.

There is a great RSPB centre at South Stack near Holyhead where you will see all the nesting sea birds on the cliffs. The puffins are gorgeous.
Newborough beach is great for walks through the pine forests and out to the beach.
Porth Darfach beach has some good rock pools.
Your Dad might be interested in watching the RAF jets taking off and landing at Valley.
Beaumaris has a lovely little high street and a castle that always has something going on. We like to eat at the bistro in Ye Olde Bulls head inn but I'm not sure how child friendly it is as havent visited with little children.
There is a big Arts centre in Bangor which is just across the Menai bridge called Pontio you could check what's on there as they gave lots of childrens activities.
On the way to Angelsey you can turn off the A55 and walk out to Aber Falls, it's only about a 1mile walk on made paths and it really is worth the detour. Gorgeous.

Oh and dont forget the zip wires at Bethesda and "bounce below" if it rains

Thanks Serin.

Greenwood forest park is great for kids, around 15 mins from the bridge towards Caernarfon. Gypsy wood is also good for your age kids, a little farm/fairy park again on the mainland towards Caenarfon. I’d give sea zoo a miss and go to Pili Palas or Foel Farm instead, the latter is great at Easter, lots of baby animals to feed, tractor rides and a big bouncy pillow. Beaumaris castle is nice, lots of grassy areas for kids to run around in and gorgeous views over the straits.

The Coach, which is the less formal pub bit of the Bull at Beaumaris, is pretty child friendly. Their menus are online for a look.

We’ve also eaten a few times at the White Eagle at Rhoscolyn, which is child friendly (with books and toys available) with great food and drink. From memory it shouldn’t be too far from where you’re staying.

We love going to lots of the castles. Beaumaris is good, and often have things put on in the holidays. But there are others which aren’t too far away. Caernavon and Conwy were good too, and our DC liked the medieval house in Conwy (DS was 5 when we visited). If you think you might do a few of these it may be worth looking at CADW membership and working out if it would save you any money. Their website will also detail any events being out on.