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The Shipping Forecast has been broadcast on BBC longwave radio services so the signal can be received clearly at sea all around the British Isles, regardless of time of day or radio conditions. The forecast was broadcast on the BBC National Programme until September 1939, and then after the Second World War on the BBC Light Programme (later BBC ...
The Met Office, until November 2000 officially the Meteorological Office, [2] is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and is led by CEO [3] Penelope Endersby, who took on the role as Chief Executive in December 2018 and is the first woman to do so. [4]
Between August 1989 and 1995, the unit named the Marine Forecast Branch also was involved in providing objective analysis and forecast products for marine and oceanographic variables. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The Marine Prediction Center, later renamed the Ocean Prediction Center , assumed the U.S. obligation to issue warnings and forecasts for portions of ...
The UK's second busiest passenger port is returning to its full number of services more than a month after being completely shut by damage from Storm Darragh. Two berths at Holyhead, which links ...
The English name for Anglesey may be derived from the Old Norse; either Ǫngullsey "Hook Island" [8] or Ǫnglisey "Ǫngli's Island". [8] [9] No record of such an Ǫngli survives, [10] but the place name was used by Viking raiders as early as the 10th century and later adopted by the Normans during their invasions of Gwynedd. [11]
The Port of Holyhead (Welsh: Porthladd Caergybi) is a commercial and ferry port in Anglesey, United Kingdom, handling more than 2 million passengers each year. [1] It covers an area of 240 hectares, and is operated by Stena Line Ports Ltd. [2] The port is the principal link for crossings from north Wales and central and northern England to Ireland.
Around 30 miles (50 kilometres) of the 125-mile (200 km) Anglesey Coastal Path is on Holy Island. National Cycle Route 5 and National Cycle Route 8 traverse the island. [21] The nearest airport is Anglesey Airport a few miles away on the Anglesey mainland and provides daily flights to Cardiff.
St Gwenfaen's Well (also known as Welsh: Ffynnon Gwenfaen, Welsh: Ffynnon Wenfaen and Welsh: Ffynnon Gwenfai) is an early medieval holy well in the south west of Holy Island, Anglesey, named after St Gwenfaen, whose cloister was nearby.