Llanfair-yn-Neubwll

Llanfair-yn-Neubwll
  • Welsh: Llanfair-yn-Neubwll

RAF Valley
Llanfair-yn-Neubwll
Llanfair-yn-Neubwll shown within Anglesey
Population 1,874 (2011)
OS grid reference SH302765
Community
  • Llanfair-yn-Neubwll
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HOLYHEAD
Postcode district LL65
Dialling code 01407
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly

Llanfair-yn-Neubwll is a community and village on the Isle of Anglesey in the north west of Wales. The community includes the villages of Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn and Caergeiliog, and had a population of 1,688,[1] increasing to 1,874 at the 2011 census.[2] The community is heavily connected to the nearby Royal Air Force airfield, RAF Valley, established on Tywyn Trewan during the Second World War, and still in use. Due to the airfield, Llanfair-yn-Neubwll is one of the most anglicised of the communities on Anglesey.[3]

Llanfair-yn-Neubwll lies on the western coast of Anglesey, looking out towards Holy Island. Notable geographic features of the area include the offshore rocks of Ynys Feirig and the eight lakes known as Ardal y Llynnoedd ("Lake District"). Many of the lakes are included in the Valley Wetlands RSPB reserve.

Governance

An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward includes the community of Bodedern with a total population taken at the 2011 election of 2925.[4]

References

  1. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Isle of Anglesey Retrieved 10 January 2010
  2. "Community population 2011". Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) p488 ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
  4. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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