Benllech

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Benllech
Welsh: Benllech
Benllech shown within the United Kingdom
Population	2,340 (2001 UK census)
Principal area	Anglesey
Ceremonial county	Gwynedd
Constituent country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TYN-Y-GONGL
Postcode district	LL74
Dialling code	01248
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
European Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Ynys Môn
List of places: UK • Wales • Anglesey

Coordinates: 53°19′N 4°14′W / 53.32, -4.23

Benllech is the town on Ynys Môn (Isle of Anglesey), North Wales (population 2,340) famous for its beach. The meaning of the word translated in English means 'the top slate'. Access is easy as the village is on the A5025, the main road around the island. It is amongst the most visited places on Anglesey. Although locals do not aprove of this

It is popular as a beach holiday destination on Anglesey. The beach is a good size without being bleakly huge, shelves at a decent but not alarming rate and has an abundance of clean yellow sand. The Anglesey Coastal Path passes through.

Benllech beach

There are several hotels, a campsite/caravan site (and many more in the environs) and plenty of bed and breakfasts. There are no major chainstores in the village, although there are plenty of other shops which are pretty varied. It has everything visitors and residents need and the community is relatively healthy with a primary school, plenty of community events, GP practice, library, post office etc. There was once a railway station close to the village which was the terminus of the Red Wharf Bay branch line.

Benllech is also known locally for being a popular place to retire to - its sprawling bungalow estates are populated to some extent by couples who retire here after many years of family holidays. This makes Benllech feel culturally less Welsh and more English than some of the nearby villages such as Brynteg, Llanbedrgoch and Marianglas, and Lancastrian and Mancunian accents are nearly as frequently heard as Welsh in the village shops. Despite the influx of English people into the area, 63% of Amlwch can speak Welsh fluently. A popular carboot sale occurs every Saturday in good conditions at the near-by tree tops/bwlch country club in between Benllech and Brynteg.