GeoMon Global Geopark: the Marquess of Anglesey’s Column
GeoMon Global Geopark: the Marquess of Anglesey’s Column is in Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, Wales. GeoMon Global Geopark: the Marquess of Anglesey’s Column is situated nearby to Llanfairpwll Toll House, as well as near the sports venue The Indy Climbing Wall.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Marquess of Anglesey’s Column and Llanfairpwll railway station.
Marquess of Anglesey’s Column
Monument
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Marquess of Anglesey's Column, or Anglesey Column, is a Doric column near Llanfairpwllgwyngyll on the island of Anglesey, Wales. It commemorates the military achievements in the Napoleonic Wars of Henry William Paget, the first marquess of Anglesey, who is depicted in the statue at the top of the column. Marquess of Anglesey’s Column is situated 340 feet east of GeoMon Global Geopark: the Marquess of Anglesey’s Column.
Llanfairpwll railway station
Railway station
Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Llanfairpwll railway station, also signposted as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, is a station on the North Wales Coast Line from Crewe to Holyhead, serving the village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, Wales. Llanfairpwll railway station is situated 2,400 feet west of GeoMon Global Geopark: the Marquess of Anglesey’s Column.
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 the 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. Britannia Bridge is situated 3,300 feet southeast of GeoMon Global Geopark: the Marquess of Anglesey’s Column.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vaynol and Menai Bridge.
Vaynol
Hamlet
Photo: Gareth Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vaynol or Y Faenol is a country estate dating from the Tudor period near Y Felinheli in Gwynedd, North Wales. It has 1,000 acres of park, farmland, and gardens, with more than thirty listed buildings, surrounded by a wall which is 7 miles long.
Menai Bridge
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Penmynydd
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penmynydd, meaning "top of the mountain" in Welsh, is a village on Anglesey, Wales, and the main village in the community of Penmynydd and Star. It is known for being the birthplace of the Tudors of Penmynydd, which became the House of Tudor. Penmynydd is situated 2½ miles northwest of GeoMon Global Geopark: the Marquess of Anglesey’s Column.
GeoMon Global Geopark: the Marquess of Anglesey’s Column
- Type: Sign
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.22072° or 53° 13′ 15″ northLongitude
-4.19829° or 4° 11′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C5Q6RC2+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 13138117705OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=information
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Highlights include Llanfairpwll Toll House and The Indy Climbing Wall.
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