Amlwch
Sign in to saveAmlwch () is a port town and community in Wales. It is situated on the north coast of the Isle of Anglesey, on the A5025 which connects it to Holyhead and to Menai Bridge. As well as Amlwch town and Amlwch Port, other settlements within the community include Burwen, Bull Bay (Porthllechog) and Pentrefelin. The town has a beach in Llaneilian, and it has significant coastal cliffs. Tourism is an important element of the local economy. At one time it was a booming mining town that became the centre of a vast global trade in copper ore. The harbour inlet became a busy port and significant shipbuil
Key facts
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- Amlwch Port From The Headland - geograph.org.uk - 1436555.jpg
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- Amlwch Port
- UK place.official_name
- Amlwch
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 18.19
- UK place.country
- Wales
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- SH4492
- UK place.population
- 3,789
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- (2011)
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- Amlwch
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- Anglesey
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- Gwynedd
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- Ynys Môn
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- Ynys Môn
- UK place.post_town
- AMLWCH
- UK place.postcode_district
- LL68
- UK place.postcode_area
- LL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01407
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- 240pxMap of the community
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Town centre
- Industry
- Railway
- Tourism
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Sport and leisure
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Amlwch () is a port town and community in Wales. It is situated on the north coast of the Isle of Anglesey, on the A5025 which connects it to Holyhead and to Menai Bridge. As well as Amlwch town and Amlwch Port, other settlements within the community include Burwen, Bull Bay (Porthllechog) and Pentrefelin. The town has a beach in Llaneilian, and it has significant coastal cliffs. Tourism is an important element of the local economy. At one time it was a booming mining town that became the centre of a vast global trade in copper ore. The harbour inlet became a busy port and significant shipbuilding and ship repair centre, as well as an embarkation point with boats sailing to the Isle of Man and to Liverpool. The community covers an area of about 15 square kilometres.
==Town centre== The name Amlwch – a reference to the site of the town's harbour, Porth Amlwch – derives from Welsh am ("about, on or around") and llwch (an old word meaning "inlet, creek" - similar to the Gaelic word "loch" for a body of water).