Holyhead

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

Highlights: Holyhead Railway Station and Salt Island.

Railway station
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serves the Welsh town of Holyhead on .

Islet
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is joined to , in .

Arts center
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The is an arts centre located in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trearddur Bay and Porth-y-Felin.

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Trearddur or is a village, seaside…

Suburb
is an area of Holyhead, Isle…

Village
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is a village in the community…

Holyhead

Latitude
53.3107° or 53° 18′ 38″ north
Longitude
-4.6331° or 4° 37′ 59″ west
Population
11,400
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
IATA airport code
HLY
UN/LOCODE
GB HLY
Open location code
9C5Q8968+7Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27581224
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2646686
Wiki­data ID
Q257446
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Holyhead” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Holyhead”
  • Asturian: “Caergybi”
  • Basque: “Holyhead”
  • Bengali: “হলিহেড”
  • Breton: “Caergybi”
  • Bulgarian: “Хоулихед”
  • Catalan: “Caergybi”
  • Cebuano: “Holyhead”
  • Central Kurdish: “ھۆڵیھێد”
  • Chinese: “霍利希德”
  • Chinese: “霍利黑德”
  • Cornish: “Caergybi”
  • Czech: “Holyhead”
  • Danish: “Holyhead”
  • Dutch: “Holyhead”
  • Esperanto: “Holyhead”
  • Estonian: “Holyhead”
  • Finnish: “Caergybi”
  • Finnish: “Holyhead”
  • French: “Holyhead”
  • Galician: “Caergybi”
  • Georgian: “ჰოლიჰედი”
  • German: “Holyhead”
  • Gujarati: “હોલીહેડ”
  • Hebrew: “הוליהד”
  • Icelandic: “Holyhead”
  • Indonesian: “Holyhead”
  • Irish: “Caergybi”
  • Italian: “Holyhead”
  • Japanese: “ホリーヘッド”
  • Kannada: “ಹೋಲಿಹೆಡ್”
  • Korean: “홀리헤드”
  • Latin: “Cubii Castrum”
  • Latvian: “Holiheda”
  • Lithuanian: “Holihedas”
  • Livvi: “Caergybi”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Holyhead”
  • Northern Frisian: “Holyhead”
  • Northern Sami: “Caergybi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Holyhead”
  • Norwegian: “Holyhead”
  • Ossetian: “Холихед”
  • Persian: “هالی‌هد”
  • Persian: “هولیهد”
  • Polish: “Holyhead”
  • Portuguese: “Holyhead”
  • Russian: “Холихед”
  • Scots: “Caergybi”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caergybi”
  • Slovak: “Holyhead”
  • Slovenian: “Holyhead”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هولیهد”
  • Spanish: “Holyhead”
  • Swedish: “Holyhead”
  • Tamil: “ஹோலிஹிட்”
  • Telugu: “హోలీ హెడ్”
  • Ukrainian: “Голігед”
  • Urdu: “ہولی ہیڈ”
  • Urdu: “ہولیہیاد”
  • Võro: “Caergybi”
  • Welsh: “Caergybi”
  • Western Frisian: “Holyhead”
  • “Holyhead”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Holyhead Port and Llaingoch.

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