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    The Port of Holyhead (Welsh: Porthladd Caergybi) is a commercial and ferry port in Anglesey, United Kingdom, handling more than 2 million passengers each...
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    causeway. The town houses the Port of Holyhead, a major Irish Sea port for connections towards Ireland. The population as of the 2021 census was 12,084,...
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    of the North Wales Main Line 105+1⁄2 miles (170 km) west of Crewe and is managed by Transport for Wales Rail. It connects with the Port of Holyhead ferry...
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    London-Holyhead trunk road, is a major road in England and Wales. It runs for about 243 miles (391 km) from London to the Irish Sea at the ferry port of Holyhead...
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    Llandulas Conwy harbour* Deganwy Port Penrhyn Menai Bridge Beaumaris Amlwch Harbour Anglesey*[dubious – discuss] Port of Holyhead* Caernarfon Aberdyfi Aberystwyth...
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  • harbour Port of Holyhead, Holyhead Mostyn Shotton Birkenhead Port of Manchester, Manchester Port Salford, Salford Port of Garston, Garston Port of Liverpool...
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    island's only railway station, in Holyhead. The Port of Holyhead has passenger and freight ferries which travel to Dublin Port, Ireland. Buses from the island...
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    Irish Ferries (category Ferry companies of the Republic of Ireland)
    including Dublin PortHolyhead; Rosslare Europort to Pembroke as well as Dublin Port-Cherbourg in France. The company is a division of the Irish Continental...
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    Island, Anglesey, and in the county of Anglesey, north Wales. It lies about two miles west of the town of Holyhead, and slopes steeply down to the Irish...
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    critical link of the Chester and Holyhead Railway's route, enabling trains to directly travel between London and the port of Holyhead, thus facilitating...
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    economy of the county is mostly based on agriculture, energy, and tourism, the latter especially on the coast. Holyhead is also a major ferry port for Dublin...
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    Chester to Bangor. In 2001, it was extended across Anglesey to the ferry port of Holyhead parallel to the A5. The road improvements have been part funded with...
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    regularly across the Irish Sea to Holyhead in Wales and in the summer months and at Christmas to Douglas, Isle of Man. Services also go to Cherbourg...
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    to alleviate the roads which handled the commercial traffic to the port of Holyhead, destined for Ireland. With the proposal in the early 1960s for a new...
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    Holyhead Breakwater is situated at the north-western end of Holyhead in Anglesey in Wales. The Victorian structure, which is 1.7 miles (2.7 km) long, is...
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    and Historical Monuments of Wales or the Triumphal Arch. The Grade II* listed arch is situated within the Port of Holyhead on Ynys Halen and cannot be...
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    HSC Dublin Swift (category Catamarans of the United States Navy)
    Harland & Wolff to replace the Jonathan Swift on Irish Ferries' Dublin to Holyhead route. It entered service in April 2018. With a design based on the WestPac...
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    MV Ulysses (2000) (category Ferries of the Republic of Ireland)
    in Rauma, Finland and services the Dublin–Holyhead route. The vessel stands 12 decks high, at a height of 167.5 feet (approx 51 metres) from keel to...
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    MV W.B. Yeats (category Ferries of the Republic of Ireland)
    sailing on 22 January 2019 when she struck the berth attempting to dock at Holyhead leaving a dent in the ship and bending the ramp in the impact delaying...
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    North West Wales (category Regions of Wales)
    part of the north Wales geographic region. Settlements include: Bangor, Caernarfon, Colwyn Bay, Holyhead, Llandudno, and Pwllheli. The port of Holyhead serves...
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    The Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse stands on the Holyhead Breakwater outside the Welsh port of Holyhead, Anglesey. The structure, which was completed...
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    Special Branch officers at the Welsh port of Holyhead, taken into an office and questioned about the lyrics of his songs. The following day, he released...
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    railways arrived in the middle of the nineteenth century and the road network was steadily improved. The Port of Holyhead is the departure point for Stena...
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    requires 25 tonnes of marine diesel oil. Isle of Inishmore began her career on Irish Ferries' Dublin-Holyhead route as the flagship of the company's fleet...
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    building of the Britannia Bridge and the busy North Wales Coast railway line, which connected the rest of Great Britain to the ferry port of Holyhead. The...
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    January 2019 and was delivered in China on 15 November. On arrival in Holyhead, faulty seals on over 20 windows were discovered. Repairs were carried...
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    Stena Line (category Ferry companies of the Republic of Ireland)
    Dublin Port – Birkenhead: Stena Horizon (15 Feb – 22 Mar 2024), Stena Nordica (22 Mar – 13 Apr 2024), Bore Song (14 Apr 2024 – ) Holyhead – Dublin Port: Stena...
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    MS Stena Estrid (category Ships of the Stena Line)
    passenger and vehicle 'Ro-Pax' ferry which sails for Stena Line on its Holyhead–Dublin route. She is the first ferry in the E-Flexer class, and was delivered...
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    Stanley Embankment (category Holyhead)
    London and the Port of Holyhead, a more direct route was needed. Construction started in 1822, was completed a year later and is a total of 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km)...
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    North Wales (redirect from North of Wales)
    localities of Wrexham, Deeside, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, Flint, Bangor, Llandudno, and Holyhead. The largest localities in North Wales are the city of Wrexham and...
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