About Anglesey
The Isle of Anglesey is an island off the northwest coast of Wales, with a predominantly Welsh-speaking population. It is connected to the mainland by two bridges spanning the Menai Strait: the original Menai Suspension Bridge (carrying the A5), designed by Thomas Telford in 1826; and the newer reconstructed Britannia Bridge (originally designed by Robert Stephenson); which carries the A55 and the North Wales Coast Railway line.
With an area of 275 square miles (712 km2), Anglesey is the largest Welsh island, and the fifth largest surrounding the island of Great Britain.
The climate is equable under the effects of the Gulf Stream bathing the island.
Born on Anglesey:
Dawn French
Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, (Baroness Kinnock)