Cottages in Anglesey
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Anglesey is an island and principal area off the northwest coast of Wales, with a predominantly Welsh speaking population. It is connected to the mainland by two bridges spanning the Menai Strait: the original Menai Suspension Bridge (carrying the A5), designed by Thomas Telford in 1826; and the newer reconstructed Britannia Bridge (originally designed by Robert Stephenson); which carries the A55 and the North Wales Coast Railway line.
The name Anglesey was later used in the English language as a county name which included Holy Island and other nearby small islands. Once the Welsh language was granted equal status in government with the Welsh Language Act, the representitive constituency names for the island were changed to the Welsh name of the island, Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency) in the UK parliament, and Ynys Môn (Assembly constituency) in the National Assembly of Wales.
Anglesey is a relatively
low-lying island with low hills such as Parys Mountain, Cadair Mynachdy (chair
of the monastery; or Monachdy); there is a Nanner, "convent", not far
away), Mynydd Bodafon and Holyhead Mountain. The island is separated from the
Welsh mainland by Menai Strait, which at its narrowest point is about 250 meters
wide.
Anglesey has several small towns scattered around the island,
making it quite evenly populated. Beaumaris (Welsh: Biwmares), in the east of
the island, features Beaumaris Castle, built by Edward I as part of his campaign
in North Wales. Beaumaris acts as a yachting centre for the region with many boats
moored in the bay or off Gallows Point. The town of Newborough (Welsh: Niwbwrch),
in the south, created when the townfolk of Llanfaes were relocated to make way
for the building of Beaumaris Castle, includes the site of Llys Rhosyr, another
of the courts of the mediaeval Welsh princes, which features one of the oldest
courtrooms in the United Kingdom. Llangefni is located in the centre of the island
and is also the island's administrative centre. The town of Menai Bridge (Welsh:
Porthaethwy) (in the south-east) expanded when the first bridge to the mainland
was being built, in order to accommodate workers and construction. Up until that
time Porthaethwy had been one of the principal ferry crossing points from the
mainland. A short distance from this town lies Bryn Celli Ddu, a Stone Age burial
mound. Also nearby is the village with the longest official place name in the
United Kingdom, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Near
it is Plas Newydd, ancestral home of the Marquesses of Anglesey. The town of Amlwch
is situated in the northeast of the island and was once largely industrialised,
having grown during the 18th century supporting the copper mining industry at
Parys Mountain.
Other towns and settlements include Cemaes, Benllech, Pentraeth, Gaerwen, Dwyran, Bodedern and Rhosneigr. The Anglesey Sea Zoo is a local tourist attraction, providing a look at and descriptions of local marine wildlife from lobsters to conger eels. All the fish and crustaceans on display are caught around the island and are placed in reconstructions of their natural habitat. They also make salt (evaporated from the local sea water) and commercially breed lobsters, for food, and oysters, for pearls, both from local stocks.
The island's entire rural coastline features many sandy beaches, especially along its eastern coast between the towns of Beaumaris and Amlwch and along the western coast from Ynys Llanddwyn through Rhosneigr to the little bays around Carmel Head. The northern coastline is characterised by dramatic cliffs interspersed with small bays. The Anglesey Coastal Path is a 125 miles path which follows nearly the entire coastline. Tourism is now the most significant economic activity on the island. Agriculture provides the secondary source of income for the island's economy, with the local dairies being amongst the most productive in the region. There is also a nuclear power station, at Wylfa Head on the north coast.
There is a wide range of smaller industries, mostly located in industrial and business parks especially at Llangefni and Gaerwen. These industries include an abattoir and fine chemicals manufacture as well as factories for timber production, aluminium smelting, fish farming and food processing.
Wind power is developing on Anglese. The strong sea currents around the island are also attracting the interest of electricity generation companies interested in exploiting tidal power.
The island is also on one of the major routes from Britain to Ireland, via ferries from Holyhead, off the west of Anglesey on Holy Island, to Dún Laoghaire and Dublin Port.
There are a few natural lakes mostly in the west, such as Llyn Llywenan, the largest natural lake on the island, and Cors Cerrig y Daran, but rivers are few and small. There are two large water supply reservoirs. These are Llyn Cefni in the centre of the island, which is fed by the headwaters of the Afon Cefni, and Llyn Alaw to the north of the island.
Anglesey hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1999, 1983, and 1957.
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