"been a reversion to Valley of late. There is no actual valley as the area is very flat, although a dip in the land was created when the Stanley Embankment to Holy Island was constructed, and this may be the origin of the name. RAF Valley is a nearby Royal Air Force station concerned with the training of fast jet pilots. The runways are also used by Anglesey Airport who make commercial flights to Cardiff (and previously The Isle of Man). Valley railway station is on the North Wales Coast Line. Prior to the 2012 Anglesey electoral boundary changes Valley"
"Anglesey Anglesey (; ) is an island situated on the north coast of Wales with an area of . Anglesey is by far the largest island in Wales and the seventh largest in the British Isles. Anglesey is also the largest island in the Irish Sea by area, and the second most populous island (after the Isle of Man). The ferry port of Holyhead handles more than 2 million passengers each year. The Menai Suspension Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford in 1826, and the Britannia Bridge span the Menai Strait to connect Anglesey with the mainland. Anglesey, one of the"
"1947. The Royal Anglesey Yacht Club hosts the Menai Strait Regatta yearly. The Menai Strait hosts two annual open-water swimming contests: the Menai Strait Swim from Foel to Caernarfon (1 mile), and the Pier to Pier Open Water Swim, between Beaumaris and Garth Pier, Bangor. Attribution: Anglesey Anglesey (; ) is an island situated on the north coast of Wales with an area of . Anglesey is by far the largest island in Wales and the seventh largest in the British Isles. Anglesey is also the largest island in the Irish Sea by area, and the second most populous island"
"Geography of Wales Wales () is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and is part of the island of Great Britain and offshore islands. It is bordered by England to its east, the Irish Sea to its north and west, and the Bristol Channel to its south. It has a total area of and is about from north to south and at least wide. It has a number of offshore islands, by far the largest of which is Anglesey. The mainland coastline, including Anglesey, is about in length. As of 2014, Wales had a population of about"
"East Mouse East Mouse () is an islet found off the north coast of Anglesey, Wales. It is found just a few hundred metres away from the town of Amlwch. For this reason the island is known in Welsh as ""Ynys Amlwch"", Amlwch Island. The islet is tiny (a maximum 141 metres long by 61 metres wide) with a maximum area of only , and void of any significant flora and fauna. The islet is one of three similarly named islands off the north coast of Anglesey, the other two being West Mouse (Maen y Bugail) and Middle Mouse (Ynys"
"Llanfaes Llanfaes (formerly also known as Llanmaes) is a small village on the island of Anglesey, Wales, located on the shore of the eastern entrance to the Menai Strait, the tidal waterway separating Anglesey from the north Wales coast. Its natural harbour made it an important medieval port and it was briefly the capital of the kingdom of Gwynedd. Following Prince Madoc's Rebellion, Edward I removed the Welsh population from the town and rebuilt the port a mile to the south at Beaumaris. The current settlement of Llanfaes was originally known as Llan Ffagan Fach (""Church"" or ""Monastery of Fagan"
"Middle Mouse Middle Mouse ( - ""Patrick's island"") is an uninhabited island situated 1 kilometre off the north coast of Anglesey. It is notable as the northernmost point of Wales. The island measures a maximum of 207 metres by 110 metres, with a maximum area of 3.7 acres and has a maximum altitude of 16 metres above sea level. It is one of a chain of three islands off the north of Anglesey, the others being Ynys Amlwch and Maen y Bugail. Local legend has it that St Patrick was shipwrecked there, giving rise to its Welsh name. He then"
"West Mouse West Mouse (Welsh: Maen y Bugail) is an islet lying off the north-west coast of Anglesey, Wales. Its maximum dimensions are , with an area of . It is located in an area of notoriously strong tides. Because of this, at least three shipwrecks lie near it, making it a popular diving location. There is now a white beacon on the island which is used as a navigational aid if lined up with two other beacons, one on the Anglesey mainland and another on Coal Rock, an islet a mile and a half north. The area also host"
"Benllech Benllech is large village on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. It is in the community of Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf, which has a population of 3,382, making it the 5th largest settlement by population on the island. 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. The name Benllech is perhaps a mutated form of ""penllech"", literally ""head slab"" or ""head rock"", i.e. ""capstone"" or ""head of the rock"", or possibly meaning 'on slate', shortened from the Welsh"
"Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight (; also referred to informally as The Island or abbreviated to IoW) is a county and the largest and second-most populous island in England. It is in the English Channel, between 2 and 5 miles off the coast of Hampshire, separated by the Solent. The island has resorts that have been holiday destinations since Victorian times, and is known for its mild climate, coastal scenery, and verdant landscape of fields, downland and chines. The island has been home to the poets Swinburne and Tennyson and to Queen Victoria, who built her much-loved summer"
"Puffin Island (Anglesey) Puffin Island () (at or ) is an uninhabited island off the eastern tip of Anglesey, Wales. It was formerly known as Priestholm in English and Ynys Lannog in Welsh. A hermitage was established here around the 6th century and there are remains of a 12th-century monastery on the island. The island is also a Special Protection Area for wildlife. Puffin Island is the ninth largest island off the coast of Wales and marks the northeastern end of the Menai Strait. Puffin Island's highest point is Carboniferous limestone, at above sea level having steep cliffs on all"
"named Isle of Wight. Other notable examples include: The Isle of Wight was: Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight (; also referred to informally as The Island or abbreviated to IoW) is a county and the largest and second-most populous island in England. It is in the English Channel, between 2 and 5 miles off the coast of Hampshire, separated by the Solent. The island has resorts that have been holiday destinations since Victorian times, and is known for its mild climate, coastal scenery, and verdant landscape of fields, downland and chines. The island has been home to the"
"Badrig). The island is the site of the wreck of the ""SS Dakota"" which was built in 1874, striking the island and sinking on 9 May 1877. The 4,332 ton ship was broken into three pieces but all 218 souls on board were saved. East Mouse East Mouse () is an islet found off the north coast of Anglesey, Wales. It is found just a few hundred metres away from the town of Amlwch. For this reason the island is known in Welsh as ""Ynys Amlwch"", Amlwch Island. The islet is tiny (a maximum 141 metres long by 61 metres"
"a pilot was liable to incur a fine. The S.S. ""Liverpool"", following a collision with a ship named ""Laplata"", was shipwrecked near Middle Mouse in 1863. She had on board a shipment of tin ingots. In 2005, the island was put up for sale as part of a estate. Middle Mouse Middle Mouse ( - ""Patrick's island"") is an uninhabited island situated 1 kilometre off the north coast of Anglesey. It is notable as the northernmost point of Wales. The island measures a maximum of 207 metres by 110 metres, with a maximum area of 3.7 acres and has a"
"Ynys Dulas Ynys Dulas () is a small island located off the north-east coast of Anglesey (Welsh: ""Ynys Môn""), Wales. It marks the most eastern part of the parish of Llaneilian. The island is situated about a mile and a half offshore, within Dulas Bay. The size of the island depends on the tide, with a maximum length of 623 metres and width of 207 metres against a minimum of 184 metres by 35 metres. It has a maximum area of . The island is mainly rocky, but at low tide sand is exposed, most noticeably on the southern part"
"largely been replaced by Hallowe'en. Other festivities include Calan Mai (May Day), celebrating the beginning of summer; Calan Awst (Lammas Day); and Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau (Candlemas Day). Wales Wales ( ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2011 of 3,063,456 and has a total area of . Wales has over of coastline and is largely mountainous, with its higher peaks in"
"In total, it is estimated that the UK is made up of over one thousand small islands, the majority located off the north and west coasts of Scotland. About 130 of these are inhabited according to the 2001 Census. The largest islands by country are Lewis and Harris in Scotland (841 square mi), Wales' Anglesey (276 square mi), the Isle of Wight in England (147.09 square mi), and Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland (roughly 6 square mi); The climate of the UK is generally temperate, although significant local variation occurs, particularly as a result of altitude and distance from the"
"Cemaes Cemaes is a village on the north coast of Anglesey in Wales, sited on Cemaes Bay, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which is partly owned by the National Trust. It is the most northerly village in Wales (excluding the nearby hamlet of Llanbadrig). The name Cemaes derives from the Welsh word ""cemais"", meaning ""bend or loop in a river, inlet of sea, bay"". In 2011 the population of Cemaes in Llanbadrig community was 1,357. Cemaes is a fishing port and tourist resort, and is known for its beach. It has a sheltered natural harbour that looks north to"
"Llangefni Llangefni () is the county town of Anglesey in Wales and contains the principal offices of the Isle of Anglesey County Council. The United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded Llangefni's population as 5,116 people, making it the second largest settlement on the island. The town is near the centre of Anglesey, and is on the River Cefni, after which it is named. Its attractions include the Oriel Ynys Môn museum, which details the history of Anglesey and houses the legacy collection of Charles Tunnicliffe. In the west of the town is a large secondary school, Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni (Llangefni Comprehensive"
"Grassholm Grassholm ( or ) is a small uninhabited island situated off the southwestern Pembrokeshire coast in Wales, lying west of Skomer, in the community of Marloes and St Brides. It is the westernmost point in Wales other than the isolated rocks on which the Smalls Lighthouse stands, and is known for its huge colony of northern gannets. Grassholm has been owned since 1947 by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and is one of its oldest reserves. It reaches . Grassholm National Nature Reserve is the third most important site for gannets in the world, after two"
"which run through the village or under 20 minutes by car. The City of Bangor is less than half an hour's drive away. The Royal Mail postal code for the area is LL74. Benllech Benllech is large village on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. It is in the community of Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf, which has a population of 3,382, making it the 5th largest settlement by population on the island. 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"
"car park. Nearby, is the small town of Benllech and the village of Marian-Glas. Traeth Bychan Traeth Bychan (""Traeth"" = 'beach', ""Bychan"" = 'small') is a beach on the isle of Anglesey, Wales. The beach faces eastwards and so offers shelter from the prevailing southwesterly winds. A popular beach with walkers along the Anglesey Coastal Path as well as members of the Red Wharf Bay Sailing and Watersports Club. This quiet beach is famous as the spot where the submarine HMS Thetis was beached after a tragic accident which occurred off the coast, when the vessel was carrying out trials"
"the sea'. As a name it is by no means unique in Wales: Cemaes is a riverside village located on Cemaes Bay on the north coast of Anglesey, and was part of a similarly named Cantref Cemais. Neither Cemmaes (Welsh: ""Cemaes"") in northern Powys, or Kemeys Commander (Welsh: ""Cemais Comawndwr"") in Monmouthshire is by the sea, but both have developed beside rivers. In ""The Place-names of Wales"" (1912), the author Thomas Morgan puts forward another less-likely suggestion, namely: Archaeologia Cambrensis (1904) had the following to say on the matter: The Welsh name of ""Pen Cemaes"" (""pen"" = head) has been"
"island reaches 144 feet (44 metres) and is the higher of the two. Saint Tudwal's Island East () is a grass covered, kidney-shaped island, about in length and in width. It was owned by author Carla Lane until her death in May 2016. The highest point on the island is above sea level. It is located just over off the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd. The nearest settlement (apart from the lighthouse on Saint Tudwal's Island West) is Machroes. Small ships sail from the nearby town of Abersoch to take passengers to view the wildlife. The island is believed to be"
"connecting to a peninsula on which the lighthouse stands. Since 1974 it has been included in the community of Aberdaron. It is the fourth largest offshore island in Wales. The island has been an important religious site since Saint Cadfan built a monastery in 516. In medieval times it was a major centre of pilgrimage and, by 1212, belonged to the Augustinian Canons Regular. The monastery was dissolved and its buildings demolished by Henry VIII in 1537, but the island remains an attraction for pilgrims to this day. Bardsey Island is now as famous for its wildlife and rugged scenery."
"Red Wharf Bay Traeth Coch (Welsh for ""red beach"") is a wide sandy bay and an area of outstanding natural beauty on the east coast of the island of Anglesey in Wales. The bay is also known in English as Red Wharf Bay and lies between the villages of Pentraeth and Benllech. It is also close to Castell Mawr Rock, thought to be the site of an Iron Age fort. Red Wharf Bay beach itself has an immense expanse of sand; at low tide almost of sand is uncovered. The sand and the sea life disappears beneath the waves twice"
"Abermenai Point Abermenai Point (Welsh: Pwynt Abermenai) is a headland in the southeast of the island of Anglesey in Wales. It is the southernmost point of the island and is the northern point of the western entrance of the Menai Strait. The headland is mainly composed of sand dunes at the end of Newborough Warren and therefore has no road leading up to or onto it. The nearest major public road, along which a public bus runs is the A4080 at Newborough. Due to its exposed location and the nature of the straits the Ordnance Survey map for the point"
"Pentre Berw Pentre Berw is a small village located on the island of Anglesey in north Wales. It lies about south of the county town of Llangefni. A major road, the A5 and the A55 runs through the village as does the disused Anglesey Central Railway. Indeed, the village's most famous hotel ""The Holland Arms"" even had a station named after it. The village is located at the top of a gentle slope on the eastern edge of the Cors Ddyga -named after the 6th century saint Tygai. A panoramic view of both the marshes Cors Ddyga on the Eastern"
"Cribinau Cribinau is a small tidal island off the south west coast of the isle of Anglesey in Wales between Porth China and Porth Cwyfan. The island is in Aberffraw Community, about west of Aberffraw village. The island can be reached on foot at low tide. It is notable for the 13th-century Church in Wales church of St Cwyfan, called in (""the little church in the sea"") or simply ""Cwyfan"". St Cwyfan's church was in existence by 1254 and was enlarged in the 14th and 15th centuries. The building later fell into disrepair, and in the 19th century parts of"
"Herefordshire and Gloucestershire lie to the east. Much of the border with England roughly follows the line of the ancient earthwork known as Offa's Dyke. The large island of Anglesey lies off the northwest coast, separated from mainland Wales by the Menai Strait, and there are a number of smaller islands. Most of Wales is mountainous. Snowdonia () in the northwest has the highest mountains, with Snowdon (""Yr Wyddfa"") at being the highest peak. To the south of the main range lie the Arenig Group, Cadair Idris and the Berwyn Mountains. In the northeast of Wales, between the Clwyd Valley"
"Irish Sea The Irish Sea (, , , , Ulster-Scots: ""Airish Sea"", ) separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain; linked to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel, and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the Straits of Moyle. Anglesey, Wales, is the largest island in the Irish Sea. The second in size is the Isle of Man and the sea may occasionally, but rarely, be referred to as the Manx Sea (, , ). The Irish Sea is of significant economic importance to regional trade, shipping"
"a city named Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. Llanfairpwllgwyngyll Llanfairpwllgwyngyll or Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll (pronounced ) is a large village and local government community on the island of Anglesey in Wales. It is situated on the Menai Strait next to the Britannia Bridge and across the strait from Bangor. Both shortened (Llanfairpwll or Llanfair PG) and lengthened (Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch) forms of the placename are used in various contexts. At the 2001 census, the population of the community was 3,040, 76% of whom spoke the Welsh language (Cymraeg) fluently; the highest percentage of speakers were in the 10–14 age group, where 97% spoke Welsh. By the time"
"Ynys Moelfre Ynys Moelfre (or Moelfre Island) is a small island off the coast of Anglesey, Wales. At low tide it has a maximum length of 261 metres and a maximum width of 121 metres with a maximum area of . The nearest settlement to the island is the village of Moelfre, and the two are separated by a shallow channel called ""Y Swnt"" (The Strait or The Sound), which is never more than 194 metres wide and can at low tide only be waist-deep all the way across. At extreme low Spring tides, it is possible to walk across"