Anglesey Sqn Search and Rescue Helicopters, both units providing employment for about 500 civilians. RAF Valley is now the headquarters of 22 Sqn Search and Rescue. There is a wide range of smaller industries, mostly located in industrial and business parks, especially at Llangefni and Gaerwen. These include an abattoir and fine chemical manufacturing, as well as factories for timber production, aluminium smelting, fish farming and food processing. The island is also on one of the major routes from Britain to Ireland, via ferries from Holyhead, off the west of Anglesey on Holy Island, serving Dún Laoghaire and Dublin Port. Much
Holyhead Maritime Museum Holyhead Maritime Museum The Holyhead Maritime Museum is a maritime museum located in Holyhead, North Wales. Housed in what is claimed to be the oldest Lifeboat station in Wales (built c. 1858), it houses a number of collections. The lifeboat station opened in 1858 and the first lifeboat was unnamed, launching 18 times, saving 128 persons. Replaced by the "Prince of Wales," she launched 38 times and rescued 128 persons. In 1875, Member of Parliament Joshua Fielden and his brothers donated the "Thomas Fielden," named after their father, which necessitated extending the house. In 1890, a second large boat was