Llanfair
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll or Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, often shortened to Llanfairpwll and sometimes to Llanfair PG, is a village and community on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll or Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, often shortened to Llanfairpwll and sometimes to Llanfair PG, is a village and community on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. It is located on the Menai Strait, next to the Britannia Bridge. At the 2011 Census the population was 3,107, of whom 71% could speak Welsh. As of the 2021 census, the population had decreased to 2,900. It is the sixth largest settlement in the county by population.
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Worth seeing in and around Llanfair
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Menai Suspension Bridge
The Menai Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. Designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826, it was one of the world's first major suspension bridges, and second such bridge designed to carry vehicular traffic, after the Union Chain Bridge across the River Tweed.
2.5 km · bridge between Anglesey and mainland Wales · Wikipedia - 02Britannia Bridge
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.
1.3 km · bridge over the Menai Strait · Wikipedia - 03Q2519821
Bryn Celli Ddu is a prehistoric site on the Welsh island of Anglesey located near Llanddaniel Fab. Its name means 'the mound in the dark grove'.
2.9 km · prehistoric site on the Welsh island of Anglesey; Neolithic henge monument · Wikipedia - 04Plas Newydd
Plas Newydd is a country house set in gardens, parkland and surrounding woodland on the north bank of the Menai Strait, in Llanddaniel Fab, near Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, Wales. The current building has its origins in 1470, and evolved over the centuries to become one of Anglesey's principal residences.
2.5 km · house in Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia - 05Treborth Botanic Garden
Treborth Botanic Garden, is a botanic garden in Wales, close to the city of Bangor, Gwynedd. It is owned by Bangor University, and is used in teaching for University students, local schools and community groups.
2 km · botanical garden in Wales · Wikipedia - 06St Gredifael's Church
St Gredifael's Church is a former Church in Wales parish church in Penmynydd, Anglesey, Wales. The church was originally constructed in the 6th century by St Gredifael for whom it was named with the current stone building being constructed in the 12th century.
3.5 km · church in Penmynydd, Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia - 07Nantporth
Nantporth is an association football stadium in Bangor, Wales. It is currently used as the home ground of Cymru North side Bangor 1876.
3.4 km · Football stadium in Wales · Wikipedia - 08St Tysilio's Church, Menai Bridge
St Tysilio's Church is a medieval church in the village of Menai Bridge, Anglesey, Wales. The current building dates from the early 15th century and underwent renovations in the 19th century.
2 km · church in Menai Bridge, Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia - 09Marquess of Anglesey's Column
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.
400 m · monument in Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia - 10St Deiniol's Church
St Deiniol's Church, Llanddaniel Fab, is a small 19th-century parish church in the centre of Llanddaniel Fab, a village in Anglesey, north Wales. The first church in this location is said to have been established by St Deiniol Fab in 616.
3.8 km · church in Llanddaniel Fab, Anglesey, Wales · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Bryn Celli Ddu
- 02Marquess of Anglesey's Column
It is best viewed from afar, for example from the Menai Suspension bridge.
- 03Plas Newydd Country House and Gardens
A4080 (south-west of the town), plasnewydd@nationaltrust.org.uk.
- 04Rail Station
The main attraction in town is easy to find: it's the town's name spelled out on a long sign at the train station.
- 05St Mary's Church
The town's eponymous church.
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Things to do
- 01Anglesey Walking Holidays
3 Penrallt, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5LP, info@angleseywalkingholidays.com.
From Wikivoyage: Llanfair, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
The Marquis Restaurant, Holyhead Rd,. The Penrhos Arms, Holyhead Rd.
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Getting to Llanfair
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 91 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 100 km · Manchester (MAN), 128 km
- Stations
- Llanfairpwll railway station, 600 m · Menai Bridge railway station, 2.6 km
- Liverpool → Llanfair99 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · £12–16
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Llanfair144 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · £17–22
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Llanfair201 km · quickest by road, 4h 7m · £22–30
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Llanfair
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Llanfair. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inis a request stop on the main line between Holyhead, where ferries from Ireland berth, and Bangor, just across the Menai Strait on the Welsh mainland.
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Next door to Llanfair
- Menai Bridgetown and community in Anglesey, north-west Wales2.1 km
- Llanddaniel Fabvillage and community in Anglesey, Wales3.8 km
- Penmynyddvillage in Anglesey, Wales3.3 km
- Llandegfanvillage in Anglesey, Wales, UK3.7 km
- Pwllfanoglhamlet in Anglesey, Wales, UK900 m
- Plas Llanfairvillage in Anglesey, Wales, UK500 m