Llangefni is a commercial and farming town in Anglesey and once hosted the largest cattle market on the island. There is a relatively large
industrial estate, which included a large chicken processing plant, the largest single industrial operation in the town, until March 2023 when it closed with the loss of 700 jobs. Several other smaller businesses remain. The town had a
station on the
Anglesey Central Railway line which opened in 1864. It closed in 1964, although goods trains continued to pass through the town until 1993. Since then, there have been proposals to convert the line into a multi-purpose path at a cost estimated at £10 million pounds. Although no longer usable, the railway tracks have not been removed. The route remains under the control of Network Rail, leased to Anglesey Central Railway (2006) Ltd, which hopes to raise some £150 million to reinstate a working railway. Hybrid plans also exist for a cycle route along of the line (the majority of its length), which would also allow the route to be used for a heritage railway. The nearest
station is now at
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, away
as the crow flies. There are frequent buses to the larger settlements of
Bangor and
Holyhead as well as to the smaller towns of
Amlwch and
Beaumaris. By road the town is just 2 kilometres from the major
A55 and
A5 roads, via the short
A5114. Water for the town comes from
Llyn Cefni, a reservoir to the northwest. Llangefni hosted the
National Eisteddfod in 1957 and 1983, and in 1999 gave its name to the Eisteddfod held at the nearby village of
Llanbedrgoch. It also hosted the
Urdd Eisteddfod (youth Eisteddfod) in 2004. The town also has a college,
Coleg Menai (Llangefni site). Llangefni is home to the headquarters of large builders merchant chain
Huws Gray. The company currently has over 100 branches across the
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