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Anglesey

Anglesey

Anglesey, just off the coast of northwestern , is the largest island off southern Great Britain at 276 sq mi. Well worth a stop when travelling between the UK and Ireland, and in its own right, Ynys Môn has a dramatic coastline, historical sights, and is a stronghold for the Welsh language.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and Holyhead.

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or Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, often shortened to Llanfairpwll and sometimes to Llanfair PG, is a village and community on the Isle of Anglesey, .

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is a small port town on Holy Island, which is narrowly separated from the larger island of Anglesey, in northwest Wales. There are many things to see such as a prehistoric village on Mountain, South Stack Lighthouse and Breakwater Country Park.

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is a town in east Anglesey in . It is the county town of Anglesey and is in the middle of the island with the coast around 7 mi in each direction.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Beaumaris and Amlwch.

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is a town in east Anglesey in . 's shore borders the Menai Strait separating Anglesey from the British mainland. Its population is somewhere around 2000 people.

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is a small community in Anglesey, although it is rural it is not a quaint or especially pleasant location.

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is a village and community on the south west coast of the Isle of Anglesey in . The village is 9 miles from the island's county town, , and is on the west bank of the Afon Ffraw.

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is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in north-west . It overlooks the and lies by the , built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, just over the water from Bangor.

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Trearddur or is a village, seaside resort and community south of on the west coast of off the north-west coast of Anglesey in .

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is an island connected by a bridge to Holy Island which is part of the island of Anglesey. It is also the name given to the land adjacent to the island.

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is a small village on the heel of Anglesey, north of Beaumaris. It has a long sandy beach and is a budget beach resort, with lots of nearby camping and caravan sites.

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is a village on the Isle of Anglesey in . It is in the community of , which has a population of 3,382. The name of village had been removed by the time of the 2011 census with the community being listed under Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf with the electoral ward being listed under Llanddyfnan.

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is a village in the county of Anglesey in . It has less than 750 residents but is popular with visitors for its sandy beaches on the Anglesey coast, local bird life and idyllic countryside views.

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is a village of 550 people on Anglesey, . It is home to the only surviving working windmill on the island.

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is a village, community, and former electoral ward near on the west coast of Anglesey, North . The population during the 2001 census was 2,413, decreasing to 2,361 at the 2011 census.

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is a village on Holy Island, which is just west of Anglesey and connected to it by road bridges. A monument found here suggests that the Romans regarded it as the western boundary of their empire.

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is a village in the southern corner of the Isle of Anglesey in . It is a part of the Bro Aberffraw electoral ward; to the northwest is , and to the northeast is Llanfairpwll.

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is a small village on the east coast of Anglesey close to a collection of ancient sites, mostly Iron Age. It was a fishing village but the coast here is hazardous in nor'easterly weather, and there have been many shipwrecks.

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is a promontory, village and ecclesiastical parish on the eastern tip of the Isle of Anglesey in , about 3 miles east of the town of .

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, also known as Traeth Coch, is a village and a sandy bay in Anglesey, . The bay lies between the villages of and . It is also close to , thought to be the site of an Iron Age fort.

Anglesey

Latitude of center
53.2833° or 53° 17′ north
Longitude of center
-4.3333° or 4° 20′ west
Population
70,000
Elevation
180 feet (55 metres)
IATA airport code
VLY
Geo­Names ID
2657310
Wiki­data ID
Q168159
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Anglesey” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Anglesey”
  • Arabic: “أنغلزي”
  • Armenian: “Անգլսի”
  • Asturian: “Anglesey”
  • Asturian: “Ynys Môn”
  • Basque: “Anglesey”
  • Basque: “Ynys Mon”
  • Basque: “Ynys Môn”
  • Belarusian: “Англсі”
  • Breton: “Anglesey”
  • Breton: “Enez Mon”
  • Breton: “Enez Von”
  • Breton: “Isle of Anglesey”
  • Breton: “Môn”
  • Breton: “Sir Fôn”
  • Breton: “Ynys Môn”
  • Bulgarian: “Ангълси”
  • Catalan: “Anglesey”
  • Catalan: “Mona”
  • Catalan: “Ynys Môn”
  • Cebuano: “Anglesey”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەنگلیسی”
  • Chinese: “Anglesey”
  • Chinese: “安格尔西岛”
  • Chinese: “安格爾西島”
  • Cornish: “Ynys Mon”
  • Czech: “Anglesey”
  • Danish: “Anglesey”
  • Danish: “Ynys Môn”
  • Dutch: “Anglesea”
  • Dutch: “Anglesey”
  • Dutch: “Isle of Anglesey”
  • Dutch: “Ynys Mon”
  • Dutch: “Ynys Môn”
  • Esperanto: “Anglesey”
  • Esperanto: “Mam Cymru”
  • Esperanto: “Môn”
  • Esperanto: “Ynys Môn”
  • Estonian: “Anglesey saar”
  • Estonian: “Anglesey”
  • Estonian: “Isle of Anglesey”
  • Estonian: “Ynys Môn”
  • Faroese: “Anglesey”
  • Faroese: “Ynys Môn”
  • Finnish: “Anglesey”
  • Finnish: “Ynys Môn”
  • French: “Anglesey”
  • French: “Ynys Môn”
  • Galician: “Anglesey - Ynys Môn”
  • Galician: “Anglesey”
  • Galician: “Ynys Môn”
  • Georgian: “ანგლსი”
  • German: “Anglesey”
  • German: “GB-AGY”
  • German: “Inis Mona”
  • German: “Isle of Anglesey”
  • German: “Môn”
  • German: “Ynys Mon”
  • German: “Ynys Môn”
  • Gothic: “𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌲𐍃”
  • Greek: “Άνγκλεσι”
  • Hebrew: “אנגלסי”
  • Hindi: “एंग्लेसी”
  • Hungarian: “Anglesey”
  • Icelandic: “Anglesey”
  • Icelandic: “Öngulsey”
  • Indonesian: “Anglesey”
  • Irish: “Inis Món”
  • Irish: “Isle of Anglesey”
  • Irish: “Môn”
  • Irish: “Ynys Môn”
  • Italian: “Anglesey”
  • Italian: “Isle of Anglesey”
  • Italian: “Ynys Môn”
  • Japanese: “アングルシー”
  • Japanese: “アングルジー”
  • Japanese: “アングルシー島”
  • Korean: “앵글시 섬”
  • Korean: “앵글시 주”
  • Korean: “앵글시”
  • Korean: “앵글시섬”
  • Kurdish: “Anglesey”
  • Ladin: “Anglesey”
  • Latin: “Anglesaga”
  • Latin: “Mona Caesaris”
  • Latin: “Mona Taciti”
  • Latin: “Mona”
  • Latvian: “Englsi”
  • Lithuanian: “Anglesio sala”
  • Lithuanian: “Anglesis”
  • Livvi: “Ynys Môn”
  • Low German: “Ynys Môn”
  • Luxembourgish: “Anglesey”
  • Malay: “Anglesey”
  • Manx: “Anglesey”
  • Manx: “Moan”
  • Manx: “Ynys Môn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Anglesey”
  • Northern Frisian: “Anglesey”
  • Northern Sami: “Ynys Môn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Anglesey”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Anglesea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Anglesey”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Isle of Anglesey”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ynys Môn”
  • Norwegian: “Anglesey”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ynys Môn”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Angleseg/gw”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Angleseg”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Angolsīeġ”
  • Persian: “آنگلسی”
  • Persian: “انگلسی”
  • Persian: “جزیره انگلسی”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ انگلسی”
  • Polish: “Anglesey”
  • Polish: “Ynys Môn”
  • Portuguese: “Anglesey”
  • Romanian: “Anglesey”
  • Romanian: “Insula Anglesey”
  • Russian: “Англезей, остров”
  • Russian: “Англси”
  • Russian: “Инис Мон”
  • Russian: “Остров Англси”
  • Russian: “Энглеси”
  • Scots: “Anglesey”
  • Scots: “Isle o Anglesey”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ynys Môn”
  • Serbian: “Англси”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Anglesey”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Englesi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Isle of Anglesey”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ynys Môn”
  • Slovak: “Anglesey”
  • Slovenian: “Anglesey”
  • Slovenian: “Isle of Anglesey”
  • Slovenian: “Ynys Môn”
  • Spanish: “Anglesey”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Anglesey”
  • Spanish: “Ynys Mon”
  • Spanish: “Ynys Môn”
  • Swedish: “Angelsey”
  • Swedish: “Anglesey”
  • Swedish: “Isle of Anglesey”
  • Swedish: “Môn”
  • Swedish: “Sir Fôn”
  • Swedish: “Ynys Môn”
  • Thai: “อะนึสโมน”
  • Thai: “แองเกิลซีย์”
  • Turkish: “Anglesey”
  • Ukrainian: “Англсі”
  • Ukrainian: “Анґлсі”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Anglesey”
  • Urdu: “انگلسی”
  • Vietnamese: “Anglesey”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Anglesey”
  • Võro: “Ynys Môn”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Anglesey”
  • Welsh: “Mon”
  • Welsh: “Môn”
  • Welsh: “Sir Fon”
  • Welsh: “Sir Fôn”
  • Welsh: “Sir Ynys Mon”
  • Welsh: “Sir Ynys Môn”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Mon”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Môn”
  • Western Panjabi: “انگلسی”
  • Wu Chinese: “安格尔西岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “安格爾西島”
  • “Ynys Môn”

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