Menai Bridge (Welsh: Porthaethwy) is a small town on the island of Anglesey in north Wales. It overlooks the Menai Strait and li
Menai Bridge (Welsh: Porthaethwy) is a small town on the island of Anglesey in north Wales. It overlooks the Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford. It is the third largest settlement on the island. (Population 3,850.) It has existed as Porthaethwy for many centuries and it still has a house in current use which dates from the 17th century. It is likely that a community has existed at the location of Menai Bridge since Roman times simply because this is the shortest crossing of the Menai Strait. There is a range of buildings including the old court house, a number of old pubs and the buildings associated with the wood-yard (in the process of being converted to houses). The large car park to the north of the high street is the 'fair field'. This is a common piece of land set aside for the holding of an annual fair, which, to the locals, is called "Ffair Borth.". When the fair comes to Menai Bridge on 24 October every year (unless it falls on a Sunday, in which case it is either held on 23 October or 25 October) it takes over the fair field and most of the other roads and streets in the town making passage through the town very difficult. This is an ancient tradition which attracts people from across the island who ignore the generally inclement weather to enjoy the traditional fair rides. A television company has converted a disused garage into a fake row of shops in the centre of Menai Bridge as a film set for a children's programme Rownd a rownd shown on the Welsh-language channel S4C. They also film the show in the schools in the town, Ysgol y borth and Ysgol David Hughes On 12 November 1918 Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst flew airship SSZ73 under the Menai Bridge following the armistice at the end of World War I. At the eastern edge of the town is Cwm Cadnant Dingle which is now by-passed by a modern bridge constructed in the 1970s. The Afon Cadnant drains into the Menai Strait at this point and this s
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