Amlwch

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Amlwch

TitleAmlwch

CountyGwynedd

CoordinatesLat : 53.4 Lon : -4.3333333

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Description Incorrect Description? Tell Us!Amlwch is the most Northerly town in Wales. It is in the North East of the Isle of Anglesey, just off the North Wales coast and on the A5025.

According to legend in the Middle Ages the town developed on a site that had a harbour but was not visible from the sea which helped to reduce the chance of Viking attacks.

It grew in the eighteenth century around what was then the world's biggest copper mine at the nearby Parys Mountain. By the late eighteenth century, Amlwch had a population of around 10,000 and was the second largest town in Wales after Merthyr Tydfil. It was at this time that its harbour was also extended to allow for the ships needed to transport the ore.

When copper mining began to decline in the mid 1850s shipbuilding became the main industry with many people also becoming involved in the ship repair and other sea going industries. Even after the decline of the copper mine some chemical industries remained, and in 1953 a chemical plant to extract bromine from sea water ( for use in petrol engines ) was built but this closed in 2004. The imminent closure of nearby Wylfa nuclear power station will have a further detrimental effect on the local economy.

At the peak of the copper mining, it is believed that Amlwch had a record of public house to person ratio, with there being one pub for every 4 people. Today the ratio is nowhere near that mark but you can find pubs such as The King's Head, The Queen's Head, The Mariner, Dinorben Arms Hotel, The Bull and Market Tavern in the town, and The Adelphi Vaults and Liverpool Arms down in the port area. It also used to have a station which was the northern terminus for the Anglesey Central Railway which was open between 1864 and 1993.

Attractions in Amlwch include its restored port, the Anglesey Coastal Path which passes through it, its watch house containing a small Heritage centre, and the reinforced concrete church Our Lady of the Sea. The town's leisure centre is one of the few on Anglesey and has a swimming pool, sports centre and squash courts.

The town also has a football team, Amlwch Town F.C. that play in the Gwynedd League.

It is also home to the local secondary school, Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Amlwch"

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