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 miles30.7 km
- Bangor 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Abergele 24.4 miles39.3 km
- Llandudno 15.6 miles25.1 km
- Holyhead 19.7 miles31.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Menai Bridge Built-up area 0.2 miles0.3 km
- Bangor Built-up area 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Llandegfan Built-up area 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Glyder Ward 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Canol Bangor Ward 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll Built-up area 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Dewi Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Aethwy Ward 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Y Faenol Ward 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Cwm Cadnant Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Dwyrain Bangor Ward 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Pentir Parish 2.3 miles3.7 km
Example postcodes in Menai Bridge
LL59 5BG, LL59 5ER, LL59 5HS, LL59 5BD, LL59 5SU, LL59 5HE, LL59 5HY, LL59 5BT, LL59 5BB … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 55 miles88.5 km
- Manchester Airport 78.7 miles126.7 km
- Bangor 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Llanfairpwll Railway Station 1.7 miles2.8 km
Hotels near Menai Bridge Ad
- Garden Hotel 3 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Victoria Hotel Menai Bridge 4 0.6 miles0.9 km
- The Slate 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Nomi Rooms and Restaurant 2 miles3.2 km
- Bishopsgate House Hotel 3 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Bold Arms 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Garddfon Inn 3.6 miles5.8 km
- The Liverpool Arms Hotel 3.9 miles6.2 km
- The Bulkeley Hotel 3 4 miles6.4 km
- Nant Yr Odyn Country Hotel & Restaurant Ltd 3 6.5 miles10.5 km
Schools in Menai Bridge
- Ysgol David Hughes Secondary
- Ysgol Gynradd y Borth Primary
Local points of interest
- Farrar Road stadium Stadium 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Treborth Estate 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Plas Newydd Country house 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Penrhyn Castle Estate 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Llanidan House Estate 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Carneddau Mountains 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Caernarfon Town FC Stadium 7.7 miles12.5 km
- National Slate Museum Museum 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Traeth Lligwy Beach 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Llys Dulas Estate 11.5 miles18.6 km
- Amlwch Harbour Harbour 14.5 miles23.4 km
- Aberconwy Abbey (Conwy, Wales) 1199-1283 Historic site 14.5 miles23.4 km