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Holyhead
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 St Cybi's Church, Church in Wales | |
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| Population | 11,431 2011 Census[1] |
| OS grid reference | SH2482 |
| Commonty |
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| Principal area | |
| Ceremonial coonty | |
| Kintra | Wales |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Post toun | HOLYHEAD |
| Postcode destrict | LL65 |
| Diallin code | 01407 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Pairlament | Wales |
| UK Pairlament | |
| Welsh Assemmly | |
Holyhead (// ; Welsh: Caergybi Welsh pronunciation: [kɑːɨrˈɡəbi], "Cybi's fort") is a toun in Wales an a major Irish Sea port serving Ireland. It is an aw a community an the lairgest toun in the Isle o Anglesey coonty, wi a population o 13,659 at the 2011 census. Holyhead is on Holy Island, which is separated frae Anglesey bi a very nairae channel an wis oreeginally connected tae Anglesey via the Four Mile Brig an nou bi the Stanley Embankment.
In the mid-19t century, Lord Stanley, a local philanthropist, funded the building o a lairger causeway,[citation needit] kent locally as "The Cobb", it nou cairies the A5 an the railwey line. The A55 dual carriageway runs parallel tae the Cobb on a modren causeway.
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- ↑ "Parish Headcounts: Isle of Anglesey". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived frae the original on 18 Februar 2015. Retrieved 15 Mairch 2018.