Rhosgoch

About

Rhosgoch (; meaning: 'red moor') is a small village in the north of the island of Anglesey, Wales, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to the south-west of Amlwch. It is in the community of Rhosybol. A short distance to the west of the village is the small lake Llyn Hafodol and a mile to the south is Anglesey's largest body of water: the reservoir Llyn Alaw (Water Lily Lake). The village once had a station on the Anglesey Central Railway. Although the tracks still exist, no train has run on them since 1993. Also connected to the railway was a short south-west facing spur that led to an oil terminal. This was linked to a floating dock in the sea off Amlwch, where super-tankers could dock in all tides and feed oil via Rhosgoch and a pipeline to Stanlow oil refinery. This operation lasted for 16 years between 1974 and 1990. The first tornado of the record-breaking 1981 United Kingdom tornado outbreak, an F1/T2 tornado, touched down close to Rhosgoch at around 10:19 local time on 23 November 1981.

Coordinates

53.3750, -4.3920

District

Isle of Anglesey

Parish

Rhosybol

Postcode

LL66 0AB

Parliamentary constituency

Ynys Môn

Sources

• wikipedia: Rhosgoch (CC BY-SA 4.0)