Brynrefail () is a small village in north-east

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, Wales.

Location

It is located in the

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of Moelfre on the A5025 between

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and

Benllech Benllech (; ) is a large village on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. It is in the community of Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf, which has a population of 3,382, making it the fourth largest settlement on the island of Anglesey. The name of Benllech vill ...

Amenities

As the settlement is very small it has very few amenities. Those it does have include a late 19th-century

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, a craft shop/general store, a

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and a

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which was opened in 1995. The island's only

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, OTT Airsoft Club, site is located close to the village and ''Tyddyn Mon'', a 'Learning Disability Wales' centre, is found in the village. The village is on bus route 62 which runs every half an hour between Bangor and

. It is the best stop for the beaches of Dulas Bay and Lligwy Bay (which are about 1.5 miles away) as well as the nearby

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and

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sites. Four men from the village lost their lives in

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. Their names are displayed on the village war memorial next to the chapel.

External links

photos of Brynrefail and surrounding area on geograph
Villages in Anglesey Hamlets in Wales Moelfre, Anglesey {{Anglesey-geo-stub