| Holyhead | |
| Welsh: Caergybi | |
  Holyhead shown within the United Kingdom | |
| Population | 25896 (includes T'Bay, Valley, Rhoscolyn and Caergeiliog) |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | |
| Principal area | Anglesey |
| Ceremonial county | Gwynedd |
| Constituent country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HOLYHEAD |
| Postcode district | LL65 |
| Dialling code | 01407 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| European Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Ynys Môn |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Anglesey | |
Holyhead (pronunciation ; IPA /ˈhɒlihɛd/; Welsh: Caergybi, "the fort of Saint Cybi") is the largest town in the county of Anglesey in the north west of Wales. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude For Local government purposes Wales is divided into 22 Unitary authorities, which are responsible for the provision of all local government services including education History There are numerous Megalithic monuments and Menhirs present on Anglesey testifying to the presence of mankind in prehistory The Preserved counties of Wales are the current areas used in Wales for ceremonial purposes such as Lieutenancy. History Gwynedd was an independent kingdom from the end of the Roman period until the 13th Century when it was conquered and subjugated by England Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The, also known as the Llandudno postcode area, is a group of UK Postal districts covering North Wales (but excluding areas near the English The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. North Wales Police (Heddlu Gogledd Cymru is the Territorial police force responsible for policing North Wales. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru is the fire and rescue service covering the predominantly rural principal areas The Welsh Ambulance Service (also called the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust or Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Gwasanaethau Ambiwlans Cymru) was established on April 1 1998 Wales is a Constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 4 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of Party-list proportional representation This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Ynys Môn (pronounced /ˌənɨ̞s 'moːn/ until 1983 formerly called Anglesey in English) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in Wales Lists of This is a list of cities, Towns and Villages in the principal area of Anglesey, Wales. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic Saint Cybi (in Welsh) or Saint Cuby (in Cornish) was a 6th century Cornish Bishop, Saint and briefly king, This is a guide to the size of settlements in Anglesey based on the data from the article on each town History There are numerous Megalithic monuments and Menhirs present on Anglesey testifying to the presence of mankind in prehistory
Although it is the largest town in the county, with a population of 11,237 (2001 census), it is neither the county town nor actually on the island of Anglesey. A county town is the 'capital' of a County in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant Instead, it is located on Holy Island which is connected to Anglesey by Four Mile Bridge, so called because it is four miles (6 km) from Holyhead on the old post road from London, and a causeway (known locally as "the cob") built by local philanthropist Lord Stanley in the 19th century. Holy Island ( Welsh: Ynys Gybi, 'the island of (Saint Cybi ' is an Island ( on the western side of Four Mile Bridge ( Welsh Pont Rhydbont) is the name given to a Bridge and the village surrounding it in Anglesey, Wales. Earl of Derby is a title in the Peerage of England. The title was first adopted by Robert de Ferrers 1st Earl of Derby under a creation of 1139 The causeway now carries the A5/A55 road and the railway line to Chester, Crewe and London. The A55, also known as the North Wales Expressway, is a major road in Britain. Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 Crewe is a town in Cheshire, England, the largest town in the borough of Crewe and Nantwich, in which it is the only Unparished area. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
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Prehistoric and Roman history
The town centre is built around St. Caer Gybi was a small fortlet in the Roman province of Britannia. Cybi's Church, which is built inside one of Europe's only three-walled Roman forts (the fourth wall being the sea, which used to come up to the fort). Saint Cybi (in Welsh) or Saint Cuby (in Cornish) was a 6th century Cornish Bishop, Saint and briefly king, Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410 The Romans also built a watchtower on the top of Holyhead Mountain inside Mynydd y Twr, a prehistoric fortress. A lighthouse is a Tower, building or framework designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or in older times from a fire and used as an Holyhead Mountain ( Welsh: Mynydd Tŵr, meaning tower mountain is the highest hill on Holy Island Anglesey, and the highest in the county of Settlements in the area date from prehistoric times, with circular huts, burial chambers and standing stones featuring in the highest concentration in Britain. A chamber tomb is a Tomb for Burial used in many different Cultures In the case of individual burials the chamber is thought to signify a higher status Standing stones, orthostats, liths or more commonly Megaliths ' because of their large and cumbersome size are solitary stones set vertically in the The current lighthouse is on South Stack on the other side of Holyhead Mountain and is open to the public. South Stack ( Welsh: Ynys Lawd) is an island situated just off Holy Island on the North West coast of Anglesey. The area is also popular with birdwatchers.
Transport
Holyhead has a busy ferry port handling more than 2 million passengers each year. See also Merchant ship A ferry is a form of transport usually a Boat or Ship, used to carry (or ferry) passengers and ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo Stena Line, Europe's biggest ferry company, operates from the port as do Irish Ferries. Stena Line is one of the world's largest ferry operators with Ferry services serving Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Great Britain Irish Continental Group plc,, trading as Irish Ferries, is a quoted Irish Ferry operator Ferries sail to Dublin and Dún Laoghaire in Ireland and this forms the principal link for surface transport from central and northern England and Wales to Ireland. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Dún Laoghaire (in Irish d̪ˠuːn̪ˠ ˈɫeːrʲə sometimes spelled Dún Laoire; Anglicised as Dunleary, dʌn ˈlɪəri is a suburban Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world There is archaeological evidence that people have been sailing between Holyhead and Ireland for 4,000 years. Holyhead's maritime importance was at its height in the 19th century when the two and a half mile (4 km) breakwater, widely acknowledged to be one of Britain's finest, was built, creating a safe harbour for vessels caught in stormy waters on their way to Liverpool and the industrial ports of Lancashire. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Breakwaters are structures constructed on coasts as part of coastal defence or to protect an anchorage from the effects of Weather and Longshore drift. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Holyhead's sea heritage is remembered in a maritime museum.
The post road built by Thomas Telford from London strengthened Holyhead's position as the port from which the Royal Mail was dispatched to and from Dublin. Holyhead Mountain ( Welsh: Mynydd Tŵr, meaning tower mountain is the highest hill on Holy Island Anglesey, and the highest in the county of Thomas Telford (9 August 1757 - 2 September 1834 was born in Westerkirk, Scotland. Royal Mail is the national postal service of the United Kingdom. The A5 terminates at Admiralty Arch (1821), which was designed by Thomas Harrison to commemorate a visit by King George IV en route to Ireland and marks the zenith of Irish Mail coach operations. Admiralty Arch is a large office building in London which incorporates an archway providing road and Pedestrian access between The Mall, which extends to Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Thomas Harrison ( August 7 (baptised 1744 &ndash 29 March 1829) was an English Architect and Engineer. In 2001, work was completed on the extension of the A55 North Wales Expressway from the Britannia Bridge to Holyhead, giving the town a dual carriageway connection to North Wales and the main British motorway network. The A55, also known as the North Wales Expressway, is a major road in Britain. Britannia Bridge ( Welsh: Pont Britannia) is a bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland A dual carriageway or divided highway is a road or Highway in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a central barrier or strip of land known as a Motorway is a term for both a type of Road and a classification or designation The A55 forms part of Euroroute E22 and was funded in the main by money from the European Union. The international E-road network is a numbering system for Roads in Europe developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE. E 22 is one of the longest European routes about 5320 km long The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The Anglesey section was financed through a Private Finance Initiative scheme. The Private Finance Initiative specifies a method developed initially by the United Kingdom Government, to provide financial support for " Public-Private
With the opening of the railway from London to Liverpool, Holyhead lost the London to Dublin Mail contract in 1839 to the Port of Liverpool. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Port of Liverpool is the name for the enclosed dock system that runs from Herculaneum Dock to Seaforth Dock, in the city of Liverpool, Only after the completion of the Chester and Holyhead Railway in 1850 and the building of Holyhead railway station did the Irish Mail return to Holyhead. The Chester and Holyhead Railway was incorporated out of a proposal to link Holyhead, the traditional port for the Irish Mail with London by way of the For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Holyhead railway station serves the town of Holyhead ( Welsh name: Caergybi) on Holy Island Anglesey. Holyhead is currently the terminus of the North Wales Coast Line and is served by Virgin Trains and Arriva Trains Wales services. Virgin Trains is a Train operating company in the United Kingdom, which currently provides services from London Euston to the North West Arriva Trains Wales (Trenau Arriva Cymru is a train operating company that operates urban and inter urban passenger services in Wales and the Welsh Marches
Industry
Today, Holyhead's main industry is aluminium-based, with Rio Tinto Group's Anglesey Aluminium subsidiary operating a massive aluminium smelter on the outskirts of the town. WikipediaNaming Rio Tinto is a multinational Mining and resources group founded originally in 1873 Anglesey Aluminium Metal Ltd is a joint venture between Rio Tinto Group, Kaiser Aluminium and Chemical Corporation. There is also a plant that refines bauxite near the site. Bauxite is the most important Aluminium Ore. It consists largely of the minerals Gibbsite Al(OH3 Boehmite γ-AlO(OH and A large jetty in the harbour receives ships from Jamaica and Australia, and their cargoes of bauxite and aluminium ores are transported on a cable belt rope driven conveyor belt that runs underneath the town to the plant. Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
Famous people
- David Crystal, linguist and chair of the charity behind Holyhead's arts centre, the Ucheldre Centre, lives in Holyhead. Linguistics is the scientific study of Language, encompassing a number of sub-fields An art center or arts centre is distinct from an Art gallery or Art museum. The Ucheldre Centre is an Arts centre located in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales.
- Francis Dodd, artist, was born in the town in 1874. Francis Edgar Dodd RA ( 29 November 1874 - 7 March 1949) was a notable British Portrait and Landscape The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
- Dawn French, comedienne, was born in the town in 1957. Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957 is a Welsh actress and Comedian. A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar)
- Glenys Kinnock, politician, was born in the town in 1944. Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock Baroness Kinnock FRSA (born Glenys Elizabeth Parry 7 July, 1944) is a Welsh politician who has been a Labour A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- Gary Pritchard, journalist, is a former pupil of Ysgol Gymraeg Morswyn school in Holyhead. Gary Pritchard (Born 1970 in Bangor, Wales) is a professional broadcaster and journalist A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends
- Tony Roberts, Welsh international football player, was born in the town in 1969. Anthony "Tony" Mark Roberts (born August 4, 1969 in Holyhead, North Wales) is a Welsh professional football player The Wales national football team represents Wales in international men's football. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- Raymond Sweetman, bass guitarist, was born in the town in 1948. Raymond Sweetman (Born Dermot Robert Sweetman 1 January 1948, in Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales) he played the Bass guitar A bass player (bassist is a Musician who plays a Double bass, Bass guitar, keyboard bass or wind Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- R.S. Thomas, poet, grew up in Holyhead. Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000 (published as R A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose"
- Ray Williams, weightlifting Commonwealth gold medallist was born in the town in 1959. Raymond Williams, also known as Ray Williams (born September 9, 1959 in Holyhead, North Wales) is a Welsh weightlifter The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Culture and sport
Holyhead hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1927. The National Eisteddfod of Wales ( Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru) is the most important of several Eisteddfodau that are held annually mostly in Wales. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Holyhead is the start and finish point of the Anglesey Coastal Path. Anglesey Coastal Path cost £14 million and runs virtually within the length of the entire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on Anglesey.
Holyhead's arts centre, the Ucheldre Centre, is located in the chapel of an old convent belonging to the order of the Bon Sauveur. The Ucheldre Centre is an Arts centre located in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales. Those living the monastic life are known by the generic terms Monks (men and Nuns (women It holds regular arts exhibitions, performances, workshops and film screenings.
According to the 2001 census, 47% of the residents in the town can speak Welsh. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic The highest percentage of speakers is the 15 year old age group, where 66% can speak the language.
The town's main football team is called Holyhead Hotspur and they play in the Cymru-Alliance League [1], with their reserves playing in the Gwynedd League. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Holyhead Hotspur FC is a football team based in Holyhead, playing in the Cymru Alliance League (part of the Welsh football league system The Gwynedd Football League (currently the Teejac Gwynedd Football League for sponsorship reasons is a football league at the fourth level of the Welsh football There is also Holyhead Gwelfor Athletic who play in the Anglesey League. The Anglesey Football League (currently the Stena Line Anglesey Football League, for sponsorship reasons is a football league and is equivalent to the
A Quidditch Team in the Harry Potter series is Called the Holyhead Harpies. Quidditch is a fictional sport developed by J K Rowling for the Harry Potter book series Harry Potter is a series of seven Fantasy novels written by British author J Quidditch is a fictional sport developed by J K Rowling for the Harry Potter book series It is all woman Quidditch Team.
External links
- Holyhead Town Council official site
- Encyclopedia HolyheadYeah from Caergybi.com, an often humorous collection of local knowledge
- Sealink-Holyhead.com, a guide to the history of the sea route between Holyhead and Ireland
- Holyhead page of the Wales2000 Network
- Valley Council official site
- Aerial photograph of Holyhead in 1999
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