Join Menai Heritage for an evening of storytelling! • Druids and Romans, shipwrecks and sea monsters, stories from around Anglesey that have been told for centuries • Come hear the Menai Heritage team tell these ancient tales • Join in Continue reading Stories, Myths & Legends – 4 December 2017
Menai Heritage are pleased to announce the publication of our latest book. The Piers and Piermasters of Menai Bridge was written by Menai Heritage trustee Julie Stone, and was designed and prepared for publication by another trustee, Warren Kovach. Located Continue reading New Book – The Piers and Piermasters of Menai Bridge
Menai Heritage will have a stand at this year’s Menai Bridge Book Fair, to be held at Ysgol David Hughes on 14 October 2017. This is one of the largest book fairs in Wales, with over 50 tables. We will Continue reading Menai Heritage at Menai Bridge Book Fair – 14 October 2017
Please note that all walks are now fully booked. Take a walk with Menai Heritage to view to hidden Britannia Bridge lions! The sculptures once flanked the entrance to the tubular bridge, but now lie below the road deck, seldom Continue reading Britannia Bridge Lions Walks – 16 Sept. 2017
Please note that this event is now fully booked. However, if any places become available again we will post a notification on our Facebook page and Twitter. See inside the historic and seldom open bridge house, where the great chains Continue reading Bridge House Open Day – 2 September 2017
August 9th is the 260th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Telford, whose pioneering engineering achievement, the Menai Suspension Bridge, still spans the treacherous waters of the Menai Strait and attracts visitors from all over the world. Come down to Continue reading Thomas Telford’s 260th Birthday – 9 August 2017
MuseumHack, an American company providing private tour guides around museums and consulting services, has listed our Menai Heritage Bridges Exhibition as one of their favourite interesting museums in the UK. Check it out! https://museumhack.com/nine-museums-visit-uk-infographic/
Sarah Ainley, a history and archaeology student at Bangor University will be giving a talk on Fish Traps and Weirs in the Menai Straits on Monday 5th June in the Thomas Telford Centre at 7pm. The talk is based on Continue reading Talk on Fish Traps and Weirs – 5 June 2017
Come join us for a Musical Matinee, Saturday 24 June 2017 – Thomas Telford Centre. Music by the Menai Wind Quintet, with ‘Roscolin’ (guitar & voice duo). Doors open 2 pm. Music starts 2.30 pm. Entrance: £5, including tea, coffee, Continue reading Musical Matinee – Saturday 24 June 2017
Red Boat Ice Cream Parlour of Beaumaris has expanded into a small but historic building in Menai Bridge. A partnership between Red Boat and Menai Heritage has brought the old Pier Gatehouse building, at the entrance to the promenade and Continue reading Red Boat Ice Cream opens in Menai Bridge, partnership with Menai Heritage