Anglesey Central Railway Amlwch. The railways arrived on Anglesey with the construction of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, of which the section from Llanfairpwll to Holyhead opened in 1848, two years before the Britannia Bridge was finished. The Chester and Holyhead railway surveyed a branch to Llangefni in 1852, but chose not to proceed. George Stephenson notably reported that the line was not worth building. The idea of a local railway was still of interest to the people of Anglesey. A public meeting was held in Llangefni on 5 July 1858, to popularise the idea of building a railway leaving the main line
Admiralty Arch, Holyhead Admiralty Arch, Holyhead Admiralty Arch, located in Holyhead, Anglesey, was built in 1824 to mark the end of Thomas Telford's A5 road. The arch was designed by Thomas Harrison and its main purpose was to commemorate the visit of King George IV of the United Kingdom in 1821, when he set sail from Holyhead on the royal yacht, on a state visit to Ireland. At the London end of the A5, stands the similar and larger Marble Arch. Funded through public subscription the structure took two years to complete and was made of stone quarried at Red Wharf Bay on