Isle of Anglesey

Anglesey is an island located on the north coast of Wales with an area of 276 square Anglesey is through a long way the biggest island in Wales and the 7th largest within the British Isles. Anglesey is also the biggest island within the Irish Sea by way of region, and the second one most populous island after the Isle of Man. The ferry port of Holyhead handles greater than 2 million passengers each year. The Menai Suspension Bridge, designed through Thomas Telford in 1826, and the Britannia Bridge span the Menai Strait to connect Anglesey with the mainland.

Anglesey, one of the ancient counties of Wales turned into administered as a part of Gwynedd, but at the side of Holy Island and different smaller islands, it's far now governed by using the Isle of Anglesey County Council. The majority of Anglesey's inhabitants are Welsh speakers and Ynys Mon, the Welsh name for the island, is used for the UK Parliament and National Assembly constituencies. The population on the 2011 census become 69,751.

Plas Newydd is a rustic house set in gardens, parkland and surrounding forest on the north financial institution of the Menai Strait, in Llanddaniel Fab, near Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, Wales. The modern constructing has its origins in 1470, and developed over the centuries to emerge as one in all Anglesey's essential residences.