A reasonably small, green island off the north coast of Wales, Anglesey is about twice the size of the Isle of Wight.
One of the most Welsh-speaking parts of Wales, its historical highlights include:
Being the place which almost did not get ransacked by the Romans when they invaded Britain. Druids and mad women lined the southern shores by the Menai Strait, and shouted at the unwelcome visitors a lot to scare them off - a tradition that is carried on today, much to the annoyance of the borough councils.
Being home of the Prince's Court in Aberffraw for a large number of years a millennium or so ago, but currently the place is home to a disturbing amount of sand.
That a large number of ships have sunk in its vicinity1.
Frequented for no apparent reason by tourists throughout the summer, Anglesey is mostly made up of fields, trees, sheep, farms and a very small mountain.
1 While we realise that unexplained mass ship-sinkings is one of those topics of innate human interest, leading as it does to thoughts of piracy, craggy reefs, stormy seas, or in extreme cases interstellar abduction, no information is actually available at this time. Sorry. You'll have to use your imagination instead.
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