Holyhead
Sign in to saveHolyhead (; , "Cybi's fort") is a historic port town, and is the largest town and a community in the county of the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. Holyhead is on Holy Island, bounded by the Irish Sea to the north, and is separated from Anglesey island by the narrow Cymyran Strait.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Holyhead - 2024-06-15 04.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Town skyline
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.welsh_name
- Caergybi
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Ynys Môn
- UK place.official_name
- Holyhead
- UK place.community_wales
- Holyhead
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Anglesey
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Gwynedd
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ynys Môn
- UK place.post_town
- HOLYHEAD
- UK place.postcode_district
- LL65
- UK place.postcode_area
- LL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01407
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SH2482
- UK place.population
- 12,084
- UK place.population_ref
- 2011 Census
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Prehistoric and Roman history
- Heritage Conservation Areas
- Transport history
- Port
- Road
- Railway
- Transport
- Industry
- Climate
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Notable people
- Sport
- Culture and sport
- References
- External links
Holyhead (; , "Cybi's fort") is a historic port town, and is the largest town and a community in the county of the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. Holyhead is on Holy Island, bounded by the Irish Sea to the north, and is separated from Anglesey island by the narrow Cymyran Strait.
It was originally connected to Anglesey via the Four Mile Bridge. In the mid-19th century, Lord Stanley, a local philanthropist, funded the building of a larger causeway, known locally as "the Cobb"; it now carries the A5 and the railway line. The A55 dual carriageway runs parallel to the Cobb on a modern causeway.