Menai Bridge Community Heritage Trust / Menai Bridge Community Heritage Trust
- Cultural Route
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- European Route of Industrial Heritage
- Country
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- United Kingdom
- Member Category
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- Cultural Institution / NGO
- Museum
- Heritage Site
- Member Status
- Individual
- Year of Accession to Membership
- N/D
- Contact Details
- Thomas Telford Centre
Mona Road
Menai Bridge LL59 5EA (United Kingdom)
Tel: +44 01248 715046
Website: www.menaibridges.co.uk
Email: info[at]menaiheritage.org.uk
- Contact Person
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- Main Town/Region
- Menai Bridge (Isle of Anglesey, Wales)
- Site Town/Region
- Menai Bridge (Isle of Anglesey, Wales)
- Main GPS Location
- 53.223765, -4.165650
- Site GPS Location
- 53.223765, -4.165650
- UNESCO World Heritage List
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- European Heritage Label
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- Other Heritage Labels
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- Description
- The Menai Suspension Bridge is the first significant modern suspension bridge, designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826. The Menai Heritage Bridges Exhibition, based at the Thomas Telford Centre, is dedicated to the two bridges across the Menai Strait.
The Menai Bridge Community Heritage Trust (est. 1997) works to preserve the historical and architectural heritage of Menai Bridge for the community and manages the Thomas Telford Centre.
The Menai Straits Bridges are an Individual Site of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
- Logos/Pictures
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certification logo
With the support of:
EPA HEADQUARTERS | EICR
Bonnevoie, Luxembourg
