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The Home Farm at Penrhos was bought by Captain Nigel Conant, the estate's land agent, who continued to farm some 500 acres (200 ha) until its sale in 1969—for the development of the Anglesey Aluminium smelting plant. Anglesey Aluminium granted public access in 1972 under the direction of Ken Williams, a local policeman and amateur naturalist.
Penrhos Country Park (also known as Penrhos Coastal Park) (grid reference) is a country park near Holyhead, on the island of Anglesey in Wales, United Kingdom. The park attracts approximately 100,000 visitors each year. [ 1 ]
Penrhos Feilw with Holyhead Mountain behind. The Penrhos Feilw Standing Stones are a pair of standing stones on Holy Island west of Anglesey in north-west Wales. They are thought to date from the Bronze Age but their origins and purpose are unclear. They are about 3 m (10 ft) high and are a similar distance apart.
Whilst most of the coastline is rocky, there are sandy beaches at Trearddur Bay and Penrhos Country Park. Due to its rocky nature the island has seen many shipwrecks through the years. The coastal zone between the island and the mainland of Anglesey is a large site of special scientific interest: Beddmanarch–Cymyran. [18]
Anglesey Aluminium Metal Ltd. was a joint venture between Rio Tinto and Kaiser Aluminum. Its aluminium smelter , located on the outskirts of Holyhead , was one of the largest employers in North Wales , with 540 staff members, and began to produce aluminium in 1971.
Penrhos is derived from the Welsh words pen ("head" or "top") and rhos ("moorland"). It may refer to: Places. Penrhos, Anglesey, a village in Wales Penrhos Country Park (AKA Penrhos Coastal Park), a country park near Penrhos, Anglesey; Penrhos, Gwynedd, Wales, a village and former civil parish
The current facility was built on Penrhos Beach Road on the south-east part of Salt Island, just under a mile from the old hospital, and opened as Ysbyty Penrhos Stanley in 1996. [3] A four-bed hospice unit was created in an unused ward within the hospital in 2019. [4]
Penrhosfeilw is a village in the community of Trearddur, Anglesey, Wales, which is 140.1 miles (225.4 km) from Cardiff and 227.5 miles (366.1 km) from London. [1]