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Anglesey is an island off the north coast of Wales and has an area of just over 275 square miles. It is the largest Welsh island and the seventh largest in the United Kingdom. It had a population of just fewer than 70,000 at the 2011 Census.

The island is linked to Wales by two bridges – Menai Bridge and the Britannia Bridge providing both road and rail links. On the west side of the island is the ferry port of Holyhead which links to Dublin and handles more than two million passengers a year, as well as freight.

The A55 Expressway runs the breadth of the island linking to Bangor on the mainland in minutes, and further on to Chester (1 hour 15 minutes), Liverpool (1 hour 35 minutes), Manchester (1 hour 55 minutes), and onto the rest of the UK motorway network.

Anglesey also has a domestic airport in Valley, and the international airports of Manchester and Liverpool can be reached in 1 hour 35 minutes and 1 hour 30 minutes, respectively.

Anglesey has a varied and beautiful landscape and the entire rural coastline has been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The varied coastal line comprises of long sandy beaches such as Newborough, fishing villages such as Red Wharf Bay, and beaches popular with windsurfers and surfers such as Rhosneigr.

The island is great for sport providing sailing centres such as Plas Menai and Trearddur Bay, golf courses, a car and motorbike racing circuit, rib riding, as well as popular walking and cycling routes.

Anglesey was known as ‘Mam Cymru’, or ‘Mother of Wales’, during the middle ages due to its fertile flat fields and acted as the breadbasket for the north of Wales. Agriculture is still an important industry for the island and a by-product of this is the presence of highly-acclaimed restaurants such as Dylans in Menai Bridge and The Marram Grass restaurant run by finalists of The Great British Menu achieving two AA Rosettes and an entry in the Good Food Guide.

For these reasons, the island is a very popular holiday location, with various hotels, holiday rentals and AirBnB listings.

The Duke of Cambridge and Duchess of Cambridge lived on the island from 2010 to 2013 while Prince William undertook training on the Sea King search and rescue helicopter at RAF Valley. This operational tour made him the first member of the British royal family since Henry VII to live in Wales.

There is a range of economic activities on the island with tourism being the primary and agriculture being its secondary source of income. The island has had a history of mining and energy industries and these two areas may resurge if plans come to fruition – there are plans in the pipeline for a new nuclear reactor to be run by Horizon, a subsidiary of Hitachi, which may be operational in the 2020s.

Anglesey also has three land-based wind farms and more than twenty offshore wind turbines near the north coast of the island. There are future plans for the world’s first Tidal Flow turbines, off the north coast, and for a major biomass plant near Holyhead.

These low-carbon operations are a part of the Anglesey Energy Island project – established by Isle of Anglesey County Council – a collective effort between the public, private and third sectors working in partnership and putting Anglesey at the forefront of low carbon energy research and development, production and servicing.

The project’s vision is to create an exceptional opportunity for jobs, economic growth and prosperity throughout the island.

Halen Mon Anglesey Sea Salt is produced in Brynsiencyn on the Menai Strait and is enjoyed around the world, it is a specified ingredient in Green & Blacks chocolate and Piper’s Crisps, and has achieved protected status.

Bangor University, established in 1885, attended by over 11,000 students and achieving Gold by the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), is on the mainland facing Anglesey just minutes away and so provides a great resource for businesses via a highly-talented employment pool and several knowledge transfer partnerships.

The administrative centre of the island is Llangefni and this is home to Isle of Anglesey County Council. Their website http://www.anglesey.gov.uk/business/ provides information regarding licensing, business grants, European funding and various business support services.

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