Menai Bridge
Menai Bridge is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in north-west Wales. It overlooks the Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, just over the water from Bangor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Menai Bridge and Britannia Bridge.
Menai Bridge
Bridge
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The Menai Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. Designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826, it was one of the world's first major suspension bridges, and second such bridge designed to carry vehicular traffic, after the Union Chain Bridge across the River Tweed.
Britannia Bridge
Bridge
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Britannia Bridge is a bridge in Wales that crosses the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and city of Bangor. It was originally designed and built by the noted railway engineer Robert Stephenson as a tubular bridge of wrought iron rectangular box-section spans for carrying rail traffic.
Church Island
Islet
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Church Island, also known as Llandysilio Island, is a small island in the Menai Strait on the shores of Anglesey to which it is attached by a short causeway that is reachable only on foot.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and Bangor.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyll or Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, often shortened to Llanfairpwll and sometimes to Llanfair PG, is a village and community on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales.
Bangor
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Bangor is a small coastal city in Gwynedd in North Wales. It is a picturesque city offering views over the Menai Straits, and serves as a convenient base for visiting the nearby Snowdonia National Park.
Menai Bridge
- Type: Locality
- Location: Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.233° or 53° 13′ 59″ northLongitude
-4.1751° or 4° 10′ 30″ westElevation
246 feet (75 metres)Open location code
9C5Q6RMF+5XGeoNames ID
7294081
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