Menai Bridge

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Menai Bridge (Officially in Welsh: Porthaethwy, but more usually Y Borth) is a town on the Isle of Anglesey over the Menai Straits from Bangor.

  • Menai Suspension Bridge. Designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826. Free.
  • Church Island, Menai Bridge (Park at car park on Mona Road & walk down path. An island in the Menai Strait reached by a causeway, this is a pleasant area for a walk with views ot the Menai Strait bridges. It also contains the 15th century Church of St. Tysilio, a graveyard and war memorial. Free.
  • Pili Palas, Penmynydd Rd, Menai Bridge, +44 1248 712474. Hundreds of butterflies set in a tropical environment home to butterflies as large as six inches across the wing. Visitors are invited to sit, relax, take photographs, or explore as butterflies fly around them.

Menai Suspension Bridge. Designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826. Free.

Church Island, Menai Bridge (Park at car park on Mona Road & walk down path. An island in the Menai Strait reached by a causeway, this is a pleasant area for a walk with views ot the Menai Strait bridges. It also contains the 15th century Church of St. Tysilio, a graveyard and war memorial. Free.

Pili Palas, Penmynydd Rd, Menai Bridge, +44 1248 712474. Hundreds of butterflies set in a tropical environment home to butterflies as large as six inches across the wing. Visitors are invited to sit, relax, take photographs, or explore as butterflies fly around them.

  • Dorothy Russell Quilt Artist, Allt Bryn Mel, +44 7941 102185. 10:00 till 16:00. Dorothy Russell is a Textile Artist offering private and group tuition in Patchwork and Quilting from beginner to advanced.
  • Menai Heritage, Thomas Telford Centre,Mona Road, Menai Bridge LL59 5EA, +44 1248 715046. See website for seasonal opening hours. Community project to celebrate two world famous bridges; the Menai Suspension Bridge, built by Thomas Telford, and the Britannia Bridge, built by Robert Stephenson. Museum has exhibits of artefacts and drawings, films, quizzes and qualified guides. £3.

Dorothy Russell Quilt Artist, Allt Bryn Mel, +44 7941 102185. 10:00 till 16:00. Dorothy Russell is a Textile Artist offering private and group tuition in Patchwork and Quilting from beginner to advanced.

Menai Heritage, Thomas Telford Centre,Mona Road, Menai Bridge LL59 5EA, +44 1248 715046. See website for seasonal opening hours. Community project to celebrate two world famous bridges; the Menai Suspension Bridge, built by Thomas Telford, and the Britannia Bridge, built by Robert Stephenson. Museum has exhibits of artefacts and drawings, films, quizzes and qualified guides. £3.

The Bridge Inn, Telford Road, +44 1248 716888.

Taste Of India, 27-29 High Street, +44 1248 715187.

Sosban, Trinity House, 1 High St., +44 1248 208131. no menu