Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
Location
Today the village, signposted as Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and known locally as Llanfairpwll or even just Llanfair, is mainly visited for the large Pringles superstore which also owns the now redundant station building and sells "platform tickets", stamps passports, etc.
It is, however, the station (now known simply as Llanfairpwll) which brought the village to fame.
In the 1860s, the village council contrived the name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (St Maryʼs Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel near a Rapid Whirlpool and the Church of St Tysilio near the Red Cave).
Having "the longest name of a railway station in Great Britain" was an act of marketing genius which ensures to this day a steady flow of visitors to what, otherwise, is a fairly unremarkable place.
External Links and References
External Links
- Llanfair PG
More on the name, and how to pronounce it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
- Llanfair PG
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