Menai Bridge

Menai Bridge
Menai Bridge in mist
Menai Bridge is located in Anglesey
Menai Bridge
Menai Bridge
Location within Anglesey
Population3,376 
OS grid referenceSH555725
Community
  • Menai Bridge
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMENAI BRIDGE
Postcode districtLL59
Dialling code01248
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Websitemenaibridge.org
List of places
UK
Wales
Anglesey

53°14′N 4°10′W / 53.23°N 4.16°W / 53.23; -4.16


Map of the community

Menai Bridge (Welsh: Porthaethwy; usually referred to colloquially as Y Borth) 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. It has a population of 3,376. [1][2]

There are many small islands near the town, including Church Island. The Menai Heritage Bridges Exhibition celebrates the Menai Suspension Bridge, built by Thomas Telford, and the Britannia Bridge, built by Robert Stephenson.

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics : Neighbourhood Statistics : Census 2011 : Isle of Anglesey
  2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Menai Bridge Built-up area (W37000348)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 August 2020.