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MENAI HERITAGE EXPERIENCE (click here)
Although the focus of the MENAI HERITAGE EXPERIENCE is the amazing
historical engineering feats of the construction of Thomas Telford's Suspension
Bridge and Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait as
exhibited in the famous BRIDGES EXHIBITION it
has now a lot more to offer. Fabulous films, artefacts and drawings.
Local history, and qualified guided tours of the historic waterfront and the
bridges.
K' NEX bridge building, drawing and colouring and quizzes for children.
Come and see for yourself.
Summer 2010
Menai Heritage Experience -
Open /
5 July – 30 September
Sunday – Thursday
10 – 4
Entrance £3.00 children under 16 free
Steam Engine working the hydraulic presses for raising the tubes on the Britannia Bridge
Are you interested in
- seeing pieces from the original bridges
- local history before and after the bridges were built?
- what lurks beneath the bridges in the Straits?
Come and visit us at The Thomas
Telford Centre, Mona Road, Menai Bridge, Anglesey,
LL59 5EA (opposite the Waitrose supermarket car park)
La Marguerite's farewell voyage on the North Wales service, 28th September 1925
The exhibition includes artefacts from both bridges, original bridge designs, the story of shipping in the Straits, the commercial development of Menai Bridge and memorabilia from local residents. There is also information concerning the wildlife and environmental significance of the Straits.
Heritage Walks and Bridges Exhibition visits for Groups -
See the walks and Groups pages for information on guided visits.
