Menai Bridge

Added On:20-01-2009

This was the first iron suspension bridge of its kind in the world, and was probably Telford`s most acclaimed achievement.
He started work on the Menai Suspension Bridge in 1819, and it was completed and opened on 30th Jan 1826. He was also responsible for the extensive improvements on the Holyhead to London road, including the erection of the Anglesey Toll Houses.
 

Britannia Bridge

Added On:20-01-2009

Britannia Bridge is a bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales, originally a tubular bridge of wrought iron rectangular box-section spans, and now a two-tier steel truss arch bridge.
Plans were drawn up for the bridge by Robert Stephenson, son of the locomotive pioneer George Stephenson. He faced the challenge of building a bridge rigid and strong enough to carry a heavy train of many carriages.
 

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Added On:20-01-2009

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Anglesey, Wales. This Welsh town on the island of Anglesey is only known due to the fact that it has a very long name, and is the longest railway station name in Britain, and probably the longest domain name in the world.
The name translates as 'St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave'.
 

Beaumaris Harbour

Added On:20-01-2009

A picturesque town whose mixture of Medieval, Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian architecture is enhanced by breathtaking views of the Menai Strait and the mountains of Snowdonia.
 

Beaumaris Castle

Added On:20-01-2009

Begun in 1295, this unfinished castle is the last and largest of King Edward I's Welsh fortifications. Designed by the king's mason-architect, Master James of St George, it is a perfect example of a concentrically planned castle. Formidable defences survive, surrounded by a partly restored moat.