Llanbadrig is a village and

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(and former electoral ward) in

Anglesey Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...

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. The parish includes the township of Clygyrog, Tregynrig and the port of

Cemaes Cemaes () is a village on the north coast of Anglesey in Wales, sited on Cemaes Bay, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which is partly owned by the National Trust. It is the most northerly village in Wales (excluding the nearby hamlet of L ...

(pronounced "Kem-ice"), and was formerly in the

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of Talybolion. The area has extensive quarries of limestone and marble. At the 2001 census it had a population of 1,392, reducing slightly to 1,357 at the 2011 census. The Welsh name Llanbadrig means "Church of Saint Patrick" and there is a Church of St. Patrick on the coast near

. It is said to have been founded in 440CE by St Patrick himself. Local legend states that Patrick was shipwrecked on the small nearby island of Ynys Badrig (Patrick's Isle, also known as Middle Mouse), which can be seen from the stile in the churchyard wall. The nearby cove is known as Porth Padrig. Following the ''Isle of Anglesey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2012'' the Llanbadrig ward was amalgamated into a new multi-councillor ward,

Twrcelyn Twrcelyn is an electoral ward in the north of Anglesey, Wales. It includes the communities of Amlwch, Llanbadrig, Llaneilian, and Rhosybol. Twrcelyn elects three county councillors to the Isle of Anglesey County Council. Twrcelyn was cre ...

Trivia

Portions of the 2006 movie '' Half Light'' starring

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were filmed in Llanbadrig, although the movie is ostensibly set in Scotland. The headland was the location for a 'Peace Camp: coastal installation celebrating love poetry and landscape'. This was part of the Cultural Olympiad running alongside the 2012 London Olympic Games, and was one of eight such locations around Britain. For four nights in July, glowing dome tents and recitals of love poetry filled the headland.Peacecamp2012 Cemaes Bay
accessed 9 December 2017 Anglesey also has a Llyn Padrig (lake) and Rhosbadrig (farm) located inland from Aberffraw. Atlas Mon shows a medieval place called ''Tref Was Padrig'' (transl. "township of Patrick's servant") in that area. The most northerly point of Wales, Ynys Badrig, is in the community.

Gallery

File:Llanbadrig_Church.jpg, View of the graveyard at Llanbadrig church showing its position on the coast. File:Llanbadrig_Church3.JPG, Interior of Llanbadrig church. File:Peace Camp, Llanbadrig point, Anglesey, July 2012.JPG, Peace Camp at Llanbadrig Point, part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

References

External links

A Vision of Britain Through Time

British Listed Buildings

Geograph

Office for National Statistics
Former wards of Anglesey {{Anglesey-geo-stub