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	Menai Strait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Menai Strait (in Welsh Afon Menai, the "River Menai") is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about 14 miles (23 km) long, which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales.
		The strait is bridged in two places - the main A5 road is carried over the strait by Thomas Telford's elegant iron suspension bridge, the first of its kind, opened in January 1826, and adjacent to this is Robert Stephenson's 1850 Britannia Tubular Bridge.
		The existence of this unique ecology was a major factor in the establishment of the internationally renowned School of Ocean Sciences at Menai Bridge, part of the University of Wales, Bangor as well as its status as a proposed Marine Nature Reserve.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Menai_Strait (656 words)

	Menai Strait (BMLSS Information)
		The Menai Strait is a narrow, 25 km long, strip of sea-water separating the Island of Anglesey from mainland Gwynedd.
		Larger animals, such as Seals and Porpoises, use the Menai Strait as a short cut from Caernarfon Bay to Liverpool Bay, and Otters are occasionally seen on the shore or in the water.
		Due to its diversity the Menai Strait is regularly used by schools, colleges and universities for the 'in field' teaching and training of subjects such as marine biology, geology and geomorphology.
	www.glaucus.org.uk /Menai.htm (1520 words)

	Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay - Special Area of Conservation - SAC
		Menai Strait and Conwy Bay between mainland Wales and Anglesey includes the Four Fathom Banks complex, which is a relatively rare type of subtidal sandbank in Wales, in that it is comparatively large, and is fairly sheltered from wave action but situated in an area of open coast.
		The intertidal mudflats and sandflats of the Menai Strait and Conwy Bay on the north Wales coast include Traeth Lafan, the shores of the Menai Strait, and the Foryd estuary.
		As a result, the rocky reefs of the Strait are dominated by a diverse and unusual mixture of animals that feed mainly by filtering their food from the seawater.
	www.jncc.gov.uk /ProtectedSites/SACselection/sac.asp?EUCode=UK0030202 (712 words)

	AllRefer.com - Menai Strait (Oceans And Continents) - Encyclopedia
		Menai Strait[men´I] Pronunciation Key, channel of the Irish Sea, 14 mi (23 km) long and from 200 yd (183 m) to 2 mi (3.2 km) wide, between the island of Anglesey and mainland Gwynedd, NW Wales.
		Thomas Telford's suspension bridge (1826; rebuilt 1938–41) carries the road from Bangor on the mainland to Anglesey, over the strait, and Robert Stephenson's tubular bridge (1850) carries a railroad.
		Caernarvon is on the strait; Llanfair-Pwllgwyngyll is nearby.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MenaiStr.html (185 words)

	UK Diving Places To Dive
		Just to the east of the Menai Bridge, in Gwynedd, north Wales, there are are two yellow, diamond-shaped signs, one on either side of the Menai Strait, which the bridge spans.
		Menai has been put forward for good reason: the Strait is literally stuffed with marine life, and there are few places to beat it for colour and variety.
		The Strait is a nutrient-rich environment, hence the high sea-bed biomass – which, in plain English, means there’s a lot of marine life here because of the masses of edible muck in the water.
	www.ukdiving.co.uk /places/coastal/articles/menai3.htm (723 words)

	Menai Strait Bridges
		Ferries traversed the Menai Strait at various places, but the currents are tricky and numerous boats capsized or ran aground, often with loss of life.
		The completion of the Menai Bridge was a boon in easing the journey to the island, particularly for travel to Ireland.
		Like the Menai Bridge, the stonework of the Britannia Bridge was constructed of limestone from Penmon, although sandstone from various places was used internally.
	www.anglesey-history.co.uk /places/bridges (1844 words)

	Menai Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Menai Bridge (Welsh: Porthaethwy) is a town on the island of Anglesey in Wales.
		It overlooks the Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford.
		When the fair comes to Menai Bridge on 24 October every year (unless it falls on a Sunday, in which case it is either held on 23 October or 25 October) it takes over the fair field and most of the other roads and streets in the town making passage through the town very difficult.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Menai_Bridge (524 words)

	Natural History of Anglesey
		Anglesey is separated from the mainland by the fifteen mile long Menai Strait.
		The strait was carved out of an existing valley by glaciation during the recent Ice Ages.
		The strait is subject to fierce tidal currents, which can reach up to 8 knots (or 15 km/h) in the narrow region between the two bridges known as the Swellies.
	www.anglesey-history.co.uk /angnatur.html (1751 words)

	Isle of Anglesey : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		The landscape is dotted with single-story whitewashed cottages, and the rolling green fields stretch down to the sea -- all against a backdrop of the mountains of Snowdonia across the Menai Strait, which divides this island from the rest of Wales.
		Visitors cross the strait by one of the two bridges built by celebrated engineers of the 19th century; the Menai Suspension Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826, and the Britannia Bridge, originally a railroad bridge, which was the work of Robert Stephenson.
		Practically a suburb of Menai Bridge is a village to the west that has been heard of all over the world.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/isleofanglesey/2514010001.html (924 words)

	Caernarfon : Piloting - a Family Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1975, when the article was written, most of the pilotage in the Menai Strait was due to the coastal tankers.
		That, says Trinity House Pilot John Jones, is how he gets through the Swellies in the Menai Strait when at the wheel of a tanker drawing 15ft and a yacht drawing 3 to 4ft meets him head on and stands on her course.
		Any weekend one or more of them will be down at the quayside of the old harbour of Caernarfon where their local knowledge and advice is continuously sought by the new yachtsmen who have filled every available space in the harbour in the last few years.
	www.mumfordbooks.co.uk /caer09_en.asp (1369 words)

	Menai Strait - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		MENAI STRAIT [Menai Strait], channel of the Irish Sea, 14 mi (23 km) long and from 200 yd (183 m) to 2 mi (3.2 km) wide, between the island of Anglesey and mainland Gwynedd, NW Wales.
		Thomas Telford's suspension bridge (1826; rebuilt 1938-41) carries the road from Bangor on the mainland to Anglesey, over the strait, and Robert Stephenson's tubular bridge (1850) carries a railroad.
		: Spice of life drawn from the depths of the sea; Four years after the business was set up, sea salt from the Menai Strait is sold across the world.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-menais1tr.html (297 words)

	Anglesey photo gallery
		1 January 2002 Pall of smoke overhanging the Menai Strait generated from a fire on the lower slopes of the mountains during the afternoon.
		The NW entrance to the Strait is between Trwyn Du and Puffin Island.
		30 October 2002 Menai Bridge town and church towers reflected in the calm waters of the Menai Strait.
	www.llansadwrn-wx.co.uk /gallery02.html (3136 words)

	Menai Suspension Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Menai Suspension Bridge from a viewpoint on the A4080 near the Britannia Bridge.
		The Menai Suspension Bridge or Pont Grog y Borth in Welsh is a suspension bridge between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales.
		Prosiect Menai The new site of Prosiect Menai, who aim to create a museum and education centre based on the story of the bridges over the Menai Strait.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Menai_Suspension_Bridge (581 words)

	Porthaethwy - The Story of Menai Bridge Town
		The site on which the town of Menai Bridge now stands is believed to have been inhabited for thousands of years.
		This is not surprising as it is the narrowest stretch of the Menai Strait.
		The Menai Strait is seen as an important site for fishing and fish weirs and a tidal mill are known to have been constructed.
	www.prosiectmenai.co.uk /townhistory.html (627 words)

	BBC - North West Wales Outdoors - Places to go - Reserves - Menai Strait
		The sands, gravels and shingle at Dinas Dinlle and elsewhere along the Menai Strait, as well as along much of the northern Llŷn coastline, were created as the glaciers melted around 11,500 years ago.
		At first the Menai Strait was a valley, with rivers draining to the north-east and south-west.
		I thought the menai strait would be straight not bendy.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wales/northwest/outdoors/placestogo/reserves/menai.shtml (579 words)

	UK Diving Places To Dive
		The Strait, the narrow band of water separating Ynys Mon (circonflexe on 'o'), the Isle of Anglesey, from mainland North Wales, is not the usual sea-ish blue-green associated with the waters of inshore British diving, but a really rich, vivid, grass green.
		Not surprisingly, the Strait is currently a proposed Marine Nature Reserve, with more than a thousand plant and animal species having been recorded in it and with a very variable sea-bed along its length.
		Hehas dived in the Strait many times and believes that 'the area is of stunning habitat richness'.
	www.ukdiving.co.uk /places/coastal/articles/menai.htm (729 words)

	The Menai Bridges: Touring Wales on Britannia
		The Menai Strait separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales; thirteen miles long, it varies in width from a mile to 200 yards.
		The other Menai Bridge, the Britannia road and rail bridge, was a tubular railway bridge built by famous engineer Robert Stephenson (of the locomotive Rocket fame) between 1846 and 1850.
		After it was burnt down in 1970 by two boys exploring for bats carrying torches, the bridge was rebuilt to carry an extra deck to carry the A5 road into Anglesey.
	www.britannia.com /tours/wales/menai.html (165 words)

	26/6/2006 -- Rare wildlife in danger after fuel leaks into sea
		The tide-swept reefs and rock surfaces of the strait are covered with creatures such as sea anemones and sponges.
		This ecology was a big factor in the formation of the internationally renowned School of Ocean Sciences at Menai Bridge, part of the University of Bangor, and gave it its status as a proposed marine nature reserve.
		The water of the Menai Strait is perfect for animals like sponges that get their food from the water column, because it is full of suspended particles.
	forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=57735 (705 words)

	TD News, December 2005
		The School of Ocean Sciences is based on the shores of the Menai Strait, between the Isle of Anglesey and the UK mainland.
		The Menai Strait lies in North Wales between mainland Britain and the Isle of Anglesey.
		This occurs due to the water being advected over the mussel beds on the ebb tide (convention in the Menai Strait is to call the stage of the tide where currents are flowing to the south-west, i.e.
	www.turnerdesigns.com /newsletter/newsletter_1205_full.html (2687 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Wales \| Hunt for Strait's oil leak source
		The five-mile (8km) slick was spotted on Sunday by sailors in the Menai Strait which separates Anglesey from the mainland.
		In some of the worst affected areas, people are cleaning up the remnants of the slick from the shore line but officials hope the rest will disperse on its own without need for a chemical clean-up.
		The Menai Strait is considered to be an environmentally sensitive area for wildlife with its tidal mud flats being an important feeding ground for birds with oyster catchers and curlew land making it a popular spot for bird watchers.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/wales/5116108.stm (525 words)

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		It is separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait, which is spanned by two picturesque bridges, the Menai Bridge and the Britannia Bridge.
		Anglesey was known as Mam Cymru ('Mother of Wales') during the middle ages because its fertile fields formed the breadbasket for the north of Wales.
		Between Menai and The Tubular Bridge fair-sized bass and conger are caught.
	www.angelfire.com /crazy3/fishers (629 words)

	Snowdonia - An illustrated guide to the Snowdonia National Park- The Menai Strait. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Menai Strait, or Afon Menai, is a 22km long narrow channel of the Irish Sea which separates Anglesey from mainland Wales.
		The narrow southern end of the strait is but 400 metres wide but widens near Caernarfon Castle.
		The famous Menai Suspension Bridge was designed by Thomas Telford in 1811 and completed and opened on 30 January, 1826.
	snowdoniaguide.com /menai_strait.html (132 words)

	Birds Along the Menai Strait (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The birds of the Menai Strait were a particular pleasure.
		The trees on the Menai Strait gave some cover from which to watch the birds on the shore.
		This photo is a pleasure because it was a sight we saw many times, but which was very difficult to capture on film.
	hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu /Nave-html/Wales/birdsang.html (181 words)

	Menai Surname Origin & Meaning. Get Started in Genealogy
		The Mena or Mona, worshiped by the Sequani, was the moon.
		The origin of the surname Menai may give hints about one line of your family history from many hundreds of years ago such as where your family lived, what they did, or how they looked.
		The AWT is an ever-growing database of lineage linked individuals and families to identify previous research on Menai families.
	www.searchforancestors.com /surnames/origin/m/menai.php (671 words)

	Bridgemeister - Menai Strait Suspension Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Menai Strait - Menai Bridge and Bangor vicinity, Wales, United Kingdom
		Of course I made the pilgrimage to Menai.
		Related inventory entry: 1826 Menai Strait - Menai Bridge and Bangor vicinity, Wales, United Kingdom.
	www.bridgemeister.com /pic.php?pid=152 (66 words)

	Property to buy in Menai Bridge
		An imposing and substantial detached private residence having been extensively restored and enlarged with amply proportioned accommodation for family requirements which may also serve the needs of a professional person wishing to utilise the property in connection with their work having regard to...
		Situated within the old town of Menai Bridge, Marquis House a most imposing character residence built in the late 1800's and formerly a Tavern was occupied by the construction workers during the building of the famous Menai Suspension Bridge.
		situated on the banks of the Menai Strait and in close proximity to the Cadnant Bridge the spacious three storey property enjoys a fine position with spectacular estuary views with a vista of boats and sea birds.
	www.rightmove.co.uk /property-for-sale-in--menai-bridge--anglesey.rsp (477 words)

	2005 Pound Coins
		We have to commend The Times newspaper for running an article on its front page on Thursday 19th June 2003 showing the four new proposed pound coin designs to be issued in rotation from to 2007.
		The Menai Strait Bridge will appear on the 2005 pound coin representing Wales.
		According to the Royal Mint, the new series of reverse designs is required because the existing four-year sequence of £1 coins has come to an end.
	www.24carat.co.uk /2005pound.html (599 words)

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