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| − | [[Image:180px-Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch_station_sign.jpg| thumb |right]] | + | [[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: | + | [[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. | + | Comparitively flat by Welsh standards, the island is the site of [[Beaumaris Castle]] and the village |
| | + | 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:Islands]] |