Area 47 - Anglesey & North Wales - Caernarfon and the Menai Strait

Area 47 are organising a trip to Carnarfon and a boat trip on the Menai Strait

Area 47 are organising a drive out to Caernarfon where we will enjoy a boat trip up the Menai Strait, passing under both Thomas Telford's Menai Suspension Bridge and Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge, followed by a pub lunch.

Photo credits: Britannia Bridge (above) - David Dixon - Wikipedia, Menai Bridge (above right) - Wikipedia - Bencherlite

The Menai Strait (Welsh: Afon Menai) is a strait which separates the island of Anglesey from Gwynedd, on the mainland of Wales. It is situated between Caernarfon Bay in the south-west and Conwy Bay in the north-east, which are both inlets of the Irish Sea. The strait is about 16 miles (25 km) long and varies in width from 400 metres (1,300 ft) between Fort Belan and Abermenai Point to 4.7 miles (7.5 km) between Puffin Island (Ynys Seiriol) and Penmaenmawr. It contains several islands, including Church Island (Ynys Tysilio), on which is located St Tysilio's Church.

The strait is bridged by the Menai Suspension Bridge (Pont Grog y Borth), which was completed in 1826 to a design by Thomas Telford and carries the A5 road, and the Britannia Bridge (Pont Britannia) a truss arch bridge which carries the North Wales Main Line and the A55 road; it is an adaptation of a tubular railway bridge completed in 1850 to a design by Robert Stephenson, which was severely damaged by a fire in 1970.

More details, including start location and timings will be available nearer the time.  Keep an eye on this webpage for details.

Please note that details are subject to change. For events not organised by Jaguar Drivers' Club, please verify information with the event organisers.