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[[Image:180px-Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch_station_sign.jpg|thumb|Llanfair P.G. Station on Anglesey]]
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Anglesey is an island off the Northwest coast of [[Wales]] island which has a village with an outstandingly long name:
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[[Anglesey]] is an large island just off the Northwest coast of [[Wales]], separated from the mainland by the Menai Straits, which are crossed by the Menai Bridge, designed by [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]. To the West of Anglesey is the smaller [[Holy Island]], on which is Holyhead, an important [[Irish Sea]] transport hub.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
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The first branch of the Women's Institute in the United Kingdom was founded in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
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Comparitively flat by Welsh standards, the island is the site of [[Beaumaris Castle]] and the village
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of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, which has an outstandingly long name. The first branch of the [[Women's Institute]] in the United Kingdom was founded in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Other major municipalities on the island are Llangefni and Amlwch.
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Anglesey is known as the breadbasket of Wales, being the main area of [[arable farming]] within the principality.
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[[Category:Wales]]
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[[Category:Islands]]
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