Wales
Anglesey
Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf

Benllech

Benllech 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 Benllech 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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Places of Interest

Highlights include Castell Mawr Rock and St Mary’s Church, Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf.

Peak
Photo: Paul Harrop, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castell Mawr is a large limestone rock on the western shore of in , north . It was probably once the site of an Iron Age fort, but today the rock is a protected refuge for nesting seabirds.

Church
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St Mary's Church, Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf is a small medieval church in , north Wales. The earliest parts of the building, including the nave and the north doorway, date from the 14th century.

Beach
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is a beach on the isle of , Wales. The beach is between the villages of Benllech and . It faces eastwards and so offers shelter from the prevailing southwesterly winds.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moelfre and Marianglas.

Photo: Janet Huige, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village on the east coast of 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.

Village
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Marian-glas or is a small village in , north-west . It lies between the larger villages of and Benllech and just off the A5025.

Village
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or Ty'n-y-gongl is a village just west of the town of Benllech and east of , on the island of , north .

Benllech

Latitude
53.3212° or 53° 19′ 16″ north
Longitude
-4.2206° or 4° 13′ 14″ west
Population
2,240
Elevation
141 feet (43 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BHC
Open location code
9C5Q8QCH+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 254041477
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3209552
Wiki­data ID
Q402177
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Benllech” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Benllech”
  • Basque: “Benllech”
  • Breton: “Benllech”
  • Bulgarian: “Бенлех”
  • Cebuano: “Benllech”
  • Chinese: “本莱赫”
  • Chinese: “本萊赫”
  • Dutch: “Benllech”
  • French: “Benllech”
  • German: “Benllech”
  • Irish: “Benllech”
  • Italian: “Benllech”
  • Persian: “بنلچ”
  • Russian: “Бенллех”
  • Spanish: “Benllech”
  • Swedish: “Benllech”
  • Welsh: “Benllech”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Benllech”. Photo: ㇹヮィㇳ, CC BY 2.0.