It is the longest town name in Europe — and second only to an 85 letter-long place in New Zealand. The Welsh village has around 3,100 inhabitants, of which around 70% speak Welsh — a language ...

With 1,250 towns in the UK the Telegraph asked experts to give their verdict on the most and least beautiful and said there was "stiff competition" in the ugly category in Wales.

Llanfairpwll-gwyngyllgogerychwyrndrob-wllllantysiliogogogoch is actually the name of a town. Yes, it's 58 letters long, though you can also call it Llanfairpwll, or Llanfair PG for short.

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The town's name is the second longest in the entire world - but it was all a sneaky PR stunt organised by the local council. By Henry Dalton Stone 10:06, Sun, Jan 21, 2024 | UPDATED: 10:39, Fri ...

Llanfairpwllgwyngyll’s long-form name (which I will not be typing out again) was dreamed up for tourism when the town opened its railway station in the 1860s, according to David Barnes’s The ...

It wasn't always the town's name, though—in the 1860s, the name was developed as a way to entice tourists to make the town a stop on their travels. It's an amalgamation of the Welsh words and ...

The tiny town on the island of Anglesey in Wales recently made headlines when Liam Dutton, a U.K. weatherman, pronounced it during a live report without skipping a beat. Article content ...

Manufacturing the world’s longest town name sure put the village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales on the map—if there are any ...

Despite looking like what happens when someone falls asleep on their keyboard, Llanfairpwll-gwyngyllgogerychwyrndrob-wllllantysiliogogogoch is actually the name of a town. Yes, it's 58 letters long, ...

Here's the story behind the 58-letter town name in Wales that ... name in Europe - and second only to an 85 letter-long place in ... but LPG back on the map, the town is no stranger to ...