The Bridges Exhibition

The Bridges Exhibition

Run by Menai Bridge Community Heritage Trust visit our other website www.prosiectmenai.co.uk for information on The Trust or click on availability link top (right)

An Exhibition telling the story of the two bridges across the Menai Strait –
Thomas Telford's, Menai Suspension Bridge of 1826
and Robert Stephenson's Britannia bridge of 1850
Plus local history and information on the Menai Strait.

Click the following link to download a copy of our
2008 leaflet which includes directions on how to find us:
website link

Click the following link to download a copy of our
2008 poster: website link

To be able to read the above documents you require Adobe Reader, click the following link to download:
website link

Scroll down for further information.

Are you interested in
• seeing pieces from the original bridges
• local history before and after the bridges were built?
• what lurks beneath the bridges in the Straits?

The exhibition includes artefacts from both bridges, original bridge designs, the story of shipping in the Straits, the commercial development of Menai Bridge and memorabilia from local residents. There is also information concerning the wildlife and environmental significance of the Straits.

Come and visit us at The Thomas Telford Centre, Mona Road, Menai Bridge, Anglesey,
LL59 5EA (opposite the Co-Op supermarket carpark)

Arranging Heritage Walks and Bridge Exhibition Visits for Groups -

It is possible to arrange heritage walks and visits to the Bridges exhibition for local schools, groups and visiting parties at any time during the year.

Attraction in MENAI BRIDGE Isle of Anglesey

• Entrance Charge

  • Adults £3.00
  • Children Free
  • Call us for group charges
  • Special visits available out of opening season contact us for details

• Opening Times

  See below

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• The Bridges Exhibition
  Canolfan Thomas Telford Centre MENAI BRIDGE Isle of Anglesey LL59 5EA UK
  phone: 01248 715046 fax:
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• News & Special Offers

  Exhibition opening for the summer!
  We will be opening on Monday 16 June through to Friday 3 October
  10am - 4pm closed Saturdays
  OPENING TIME MONDAY 16TH JUNE 11AM
  
  Please note due to providing School workshops for Careers Wales the exhibition opening times will change to
  2.30pm - 4.30pm on the following days:
  Tues 17 Wed 18 June
  Thurs 11 Tues 16 September
  
  Also we will be closed all day on 24th June so that work can be carried out on the exhibition
  
  Watch this space for any amendments to above.
  
  We are available for extra curricular visits, all year round, please contact us for details.
  
  See above for details of
  photographic competition or click here
  website link
  
  Site updated 14th June 2008
  
  Registered Charity Number 1082013
  Limited Company Number 3469982