21-717: Huws Gray is a British builders merchants chain based in the town of Llangefni , Anglesey , Wales . Following the acquisition of the Buildbase , PDM Scotland and Civils and Lintels brands, the Huws Gray Group has over 300 branches across England, Wales and Scotland as of 2023 and is the largest independent builders merchant in the UK. The business was founded in 1990 in Anglesey with 4 employees. Today, Huws Gray employs more than 5,500 employees across its branch network. In 2017
42-401: A turntable , sidings and goods yard have disappeared, the latter two under a car park. Between 8 July 2020 and 21 August 2021 trains did not call at the station, with the platforms at the station being too short to maintain social distancing between passengers and the guard. The station is known for its longer name, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, but this is
63-513: A Victorian contrivance for the benefit of tourists with no basis in historical usage. It comprises the full name of the village, plus local topographical details, plus the name of a neighbouring church etc. The actual longest railway station name in Wales (indeed the UK) is Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station . The station is unstaffed and has no ticket provision - these must be bought on
84-592: A college, Coleg Menai (Llangefni site). Llangefni is home to the headquarters of large builders merchant chain Huws Gray . The company currently has over 100 branches across the UK . The local association football club, Llangefni Town , was promoted to the Welsh Premier League at the end of the 2006–07 season, but relegated one season later. The local rugby club is Llangefni RFC , which plays in
105-662: A county council. The original Anglesey County Council was based at Llangefni Shire Hall from 1899 until 1974. The shire hall was re-designated the "Borough Council Offices" in 1974 and became the headquarters of Ynys Môn-Isle of Anglesey Borough Council. New council offices were built on Mill Street ( Welsh : Lon-y-Felin ) in Llangefni in the late 1990s for the new Isle of Anglesey County Council. Llanfairpwllgwyngyll railway station Llanfairpwll railway station , also signposted as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch ,
126-400: A cycle route along 16 miles (26 km) of the line (the majority of its length), which would also allow the route to be used for a heritage railway. The nearest station is now at Llanfairpwllgwyngyll , 5 miles (8 km) away as the crow flies . There are frequent buses to the larger settlements of Bangor and Holyhead as well as to the smaller towns of Amlwch and Beaumaris . By road
147-534: A retailer in the United Kingdom is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Llangefni 53°15′22″N 4°18′50″W / 53.256°N 4.314°W / 53.256; -4.314 Llangefni ( Welsh for 'church on the river Cefni'; Welsh pronunciation: [ɬaŋˈɡɛvni] ) is the county town of Anglesey in Wales . At the 2011 census , Llangefni's population
168-476: Is a relatively large industrial estate , which included a large chicken processing plant, the largest single industrial operation in the town, until March 2023 when it closed with the loss of 700 jobs. Several other smaller businesses remain. The town had a station on the Anglesey Central Railway line which opened in 1864. It closed in 1964, although goods trains continued to pass through
189-567: Is a station on the North Wales Coast Line from Crewe to Holyhead , serving the village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll , Anglesey , Wales . Opened in 1848 it was initially the terminus of the line from Holyhead before the opening of the Britannia Bridge to the mainland in 1850. It suffered a catastrophic fire on 13 November 1865 and had to be completely re-constructed. It was closed in 1966 but reopened in 1970 due to
210-549: The WRU leagues. The club recently gained promotion to Division 2 West , but the WRU then decided to demote the club back to Division 4 North Wales league. According to the 2011 Census, Llangefni is the community with the highest percentage of Welsh speakers on the Isle of Anglesey , and the 6th highest in Wales. 80.7% of residents aged three and over reported being able to speak Welsh in
231-418: The 2011 Census, as compared to 83.8% reporting being able to do so in the 2001 Census. 91.6% of those born in Wales could speak Welsh. There are two tiers of local government covering Llangefni, at community (town) and county level: Llangefni Town Council and Isle of Anglesey County Council . The town council is based at the former courthouse on Glanhwfa Road. Llangefni was an ancient parish . In 1890
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#1732780933728252-531: The company added its 60th branch In July 2021 the company agreed to purchase the merchanting business of Grafton Group in a deal worth £520m. The sale was completed in January 2022. In November 2021, backed by US private equity firm Blackstone , Huws Gray acquired Swansea city center-based builders and timber merchant Exall & Jones Ltd. The company previously sponsored the Cymru Alliance league,
273-460: The fire on the Britannia Bridge again as the terminus for trains from Holyhead , with a single wooden platform. It was again closed in 1972 and subsequently reopened again 1973 with both wooden platforms (the only one on the island), which was refurbished in 2017 and the signal box remain from the original configuration, but converted into a gate keeper's box, meaning no junctions or signals are controlled from there, except for gate locking. However,
294-483: The parish was made a local government district , administered by an elected local board. Such local government districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894 . Llangefni Urban District was abolished in 1974, with its area instead becoming a community. District-level functions passed to Ynys Môn-Isle of Anglesey Borough Council , which in 1996 was reconstituted as
315-693: The second tier of the Welsh football in the north and mid-Wales, and the league was known as the Huws Gray Alliance. On acquisition of Buildbase, they are now sponsors of the West of Scotland Football League . They were also the main sponsors of the 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament held between the Island Games teams on Anglesey. This article about a Welsh company is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
336-618: The town is just 2 kilometres from the major A55 and A5 roads, via the short A5114 . Water for the town comes from Llyn Cefni , a reservoir 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the northwest. Llangefni hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1957 and 1983, and in 1999 gave its name to the Eisteddfod held at the nearby village of Llanbedrgoch . It also hosted the Urdd Eisteddfod (youth Eisteddfod) in 2004. The town also has
357-415: The town until 1993. Since then, there have been proposals to convert the line into a multi-purpose path at a cost estimated at £10 million pounds. Although no longer usable, the railway tracks have not been removed. The route remains under the control of Network Rail, leased to Anglesey Central Railway (2006) Ltd, which hopes to raise some £150 million to reinstate a working railway. Hybrid plans also exist for
378-475: The train or prior to travel. Waiting shelters are provided on each platform and train running details offered via timetable posters and digital information screens (as can be seen from the accompanying station photograph). The station is not listed as accessible for mobility-impaired and wheelchair users on the National Rail Enquiries website. During April 2017, the upgrade of the footbridge
399-465: The west of the town is a large secondary school, Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni (Llangefni Comprehensive School), and in the north a Victorian parish church, St Cyngar's, set in a wooded riverside location called the Dingle . The town was formerly named Llangyngar, Welsh for "St Cyngar's church". Llangefni is a commercial and farming town in Anglesey and once hosted the largest cattle market on the island. There
420-597: Was 5,116, making it the second-largest town in the county and the largest on the island. The community includes the village of Rhosmeirch . The town is near the centre of Anglesey, and is on the River Cefni , after which it is named. Its attractions include the Oriel Ynys Môn museum, which details the history of Anglesey and houses collections of the painters Kyffin Williams and Charles Tunnicliffe . In
441-751: Was completed as part of Network Rail's Railway Upgrade Plan. The footbridge, which is over 100 years old, was temporarily removed earlier in the year, to undergo a £395,000 upgrade, including specialist refurbishment and repairs at the Centregreat Rail workshop in Cardiff. There is a basic two-hourly weekday service in each direction from the station in the winter 2022 timetable, with several additional morning and evening departures. Most eastbound trains run to Wrexham General , Shrewsbury and Birmingham International , although some run to either Crewe , Manchester Airport or Cardiff . The Sunday service
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