Cymyran Strait () is a
strait
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that runs from
Beddmanarch Bay in the north to
Cymyran Bay in the south between the islands of
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 ...
(Ynys Môn) and
Holy Island (Ynys Cybi). At either end it opens up into the
Irish Sea
The Irish Sea is a body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is linked to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the North Ch ...
.
The strait was first crossed with a permanent land-link by the
Four Mile Bridge that dates back to the 1500's. It was later crossed by the
A5 London to Holyhead Road at
Stanley Embankment in 1823,
the
North Wales Coast Line
The North Wales Main Line ( or ; ), also known as the North Wales Coast Line (), is a major railway line in the north of Wales and Cheshire, England, running from Crewe on the West Coast Main Line to Holyhead on the Isle of Anglesey. The lin ...
using the same embankment in 1848, and finally the separate
A55 expressway in 2001. The area specifically between the Stanley Embankment and the Four Mile Bridge is often referred to as the ''Inland Sea'' (Y Lasinwen) and is almost a
lagoon
A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') an ...
.
The only settlement on the shores of the strait is
Four Mile Bridge itself, although the town of
Holyhead
Holyhead (; , "Cybi's fort") is a historic port town, and is the list of Anglesey towns by population, largest town and a Community (Wales), community in the county of Isle of Anglesey, Wales. Holyhead is on Holy Island, Anglesey, Holy Island ...
and the villages of
Valley
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and
Trearddur
Trearddur or Trearddur Bay () is a village, seaside resort and community south of Holyhead on the west coast of Holy Island off the north-west coast of Anglesey in Wales. The community includes the small settlement of Penrhosfeilw and the Refai ...
are close by.
References
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External links
*http://www.pesdapress.com/pdfs/7_Rhoscolyn.pdf
Straits of Anglesey