The A5025 is an 'A' road that runs from

Llanfairpwllgwyngyll Llanfairpwllgwyngyll or Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll (), often shortened to Llanfairpwll and sometimes to Llanfair PG, is a village and community on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. It is located on the Menai Strait, next to the Britannia Bridge. At the ...

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Anglesey Anglesey ( ; ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms the bulk of the Principal areas of Wales, county known as the Isle of Anglesey, which also includes Holy Island, Anglesey, Holy Island () and some islets and Skerry, sker ...

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. A major road around the north coast of the isle, it runs up the east, north and finally north-west side of the island via several places including

Benllech Benllech () is a village on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. It is in the community of Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf, which has a population of 3,382. The name of Benllech village had been removed by the time of the 2011 census with the community b ...

and

Amlwch Amlwch () is a port town and community (Wales), community in Wales. It is situated on the north coast of the Anglesey, Isle of Anglesey, on the A5025 road, A5025 which connects it to Holyhead and to Menai Bridge. As well as Amlwch town and Am ...

. In all the road is long.

Description

The A5025 begins at the

A55 road The A55, also known as the North Wales Expressway (), is a major road in Wales and England, connecting Cheshire and North Wales. The vast majority of its length from Chester to Holyhead is a dual carriageway primary route, with the exception o ...

, near Sant Tysilio Nursing Home on the northeastern outskirts of

. It initially heads northeast but soon teeters northwest as its passes Pentraeth Motors. It continues northwest, passing through the town of

Pentraeth Pentraeth () is a village and Community (Wales), community on the island of Anglesey (''Ynys Môn''), North Wales, at . The Royal Mail postcode begins LL75. The community population taken at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 1,178 ...

itself, where it crosses the B5109 road, and then heads north through the coastal town of

. The stretch of road in Benllech is known as Bangor Road. It heads northwest again, crossing the B5110 road, before briefly turning southwest at the junction with the A5108 road to the northeast of Llanallgo. After passing through Llanallgo it heads north-northwest through

Brynrefail Brynrefail () is a small village in north-east Anglesey, Wales. Location Brynrefail is located in the civil parish of Moelfre on the A5025 between Amlwch and Benllech. Amenities Brynrefail Chapel was built in the 19th century, with th ...

, Llaneuddog, and Penysarn. Northwest of here it meets the B5111 road in the centre of the town of

, near the north coast of Anglesey. At Bull Bay, north of the centre of Amlwych, it turns southwest briefly before heading west at Burwen, where it again joins the B5111. It then heads west for a few miles to thecoastal town of Cemaes, passing through its southern outskirts before heading southwest to Tregele, Llanrhyddlad, and

Llanfaethlu Llanfaethlu is a village and community in the north west of Anglesey, in north-west Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 Census was 553. The village takes its name from the Church of Saint Maethlu. The community includes Llanfwro ...

. Near Llanfaethlu is briefly turns southeast and then south to

Llanfachraeth Llanfachraeth is a village and community (Wales), community in Anglesey, Wales. It is located near the west coast of the island, at the head of the Afon Alaw, Alaw estuary, east of Holyhead, south west of Amlwch and north west of Llangefni. ...

and Llanynghenedl, before finally heading southwest to the town of

, near the Cymyran Strait, where it joins the A5.

History

The '' Daily Post'' has referred to the A5025 as "one of the deadliest roads in North Wales". The stretch between Cemaes on the coast and Llanynghenedl in particular has a notorious reputation on the isle for accidents, claiming three lives in just nine months in the late 2000s. Just before Christmas 2002 a 12-year-old school girl was killed in a car accident near Dulas. The speed limit of the road varies between , but locals have criticised the limit in several of the areas. In July 2015 it was announced that several alterations would be made to the road and improvements carried out in anticipation of the (now cancelled) building of a new £8 billion nuclear plant at Wylfa, near Cemaes.

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