Menai Bridge
Parish in Isle of Anglesey, Wales
| Coordinates: | 53.23, -4.17 |
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| OS grid ref: | SH 55 72 |
| Population: | 4,958 |
| Dialling code: | 01248 (Bangor) |
Menai Bridge sits on the southern edge of Anglesey, looking across the tidal Menai Strait towards Snowdonia. The town grew up around the early 19th‑century Menai Suspension Bridge - Thomas Telford’s famous span that for the first time gave a direct road link to the mainland - and is also close to the later Britannia Bridge, giving the area a strong sense of transport history and dramatic waterside scenery.
Today it is a lively small community with a working harbour and marina, a mix of Victorian architecture, independent shops and cafés, and plenty of boating and walking activity; tourism and local services sit alongside commuting links to Bangor. Welsh language and local traditions remain visible in everyday life, and the town is a handy base for exploring the coast, the strait’s tidal ecology, and the rest of Anglesey.
Postcode districts covering Menai Bridge
Most populated places nearby
- Colwyn Bay 19.1 miles
- Bangor 1.1 miles
- Abergele 24.4 miles
- Llandudno 15.6 miles
- Holyhead 19.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Menai Bridge Built-up area 0.2 miles
- Bangor Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Llandegfan Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Glyder Ward 1.1 miles
- Canol Bangor Ward 1.4 miles
- Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Dewi Ward 1.4 miles
- Aethwy Ward 1.7 miles
- Y Faenol Ward 1.9 miles
- Cwm Cadnant Parish 2 miles
- Dwyrain Bangor Ward 2.1 miles
- Pentir Parish 2.3 miles
Example postcodes in Menai Bridge
LL59 5LA, LL59 5QH, LL59 5AN, LL59 5HL, LL59 5WY, LL59 5DR, LL59 5HW, LL59 5BU, LL59 5DS … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 55 miles
- Manchester Airport 78.7 miles
- Bangor 1.5 miles
- Llanfairpwll Railway Station 1.7 miles
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Schools in Menai Bridge
- Ysgol David Hughes Secondary
- Ysgol Gynradd y Borth Primary
Local points of interest
- Farrar Road stadium Stadium 1.6 miles
- Treborth Estate 2.1 miles
- Plas Newydd Country house 2.7 miles
- Penrhyn Castle Estate 3.1 miles
- Llanidan House Estate 5.1 miles
- Carneddau Mountains 7.7 miles
- Caernarfon Town FC Stadium 7.7 miles
- National Slate Museum Museum 7.9 miles
- Traeth Lligwy Beach 9.8 miles
- Llys Dulas Estate 11.5 miles
- Amlwch Harbour Harbour 14.5 miles
- Aberconwy Abbey (Conwy, Wales) 1199-1283 Historic site 14.5 miles