Editing Menai Bridge (section)

==Description and attractions==
At the eastern edge of the town is ''[[Cwm Cadnant]]'' Dingle which is now by-passed by a modern bridge constructed in the 1970s. The [[Afon Cadnant]] drains into the Menai Strait at this point and this small estuary provides a natural haven for small boats crossing from the mainland. This was the location of the landing stage for the [[Bishop of Bangor|Bishops of Bangor]] who had their residence at Glyn Garth on [[Anglesey]] but whose [[cathedral]] was in [[Bangor, Wales|Bangor]] on the mainland.

There are a number of small islands in the Menai Strait some of which are connected to the town by causeways, including ''Ynys Faelog'', [[Ynys Gaint]],  [[Ynys Castell]] and [[Ynys y Bîg]] east of the suspension bridge and [[Church Island (Menai Strait)|Church Island]] (''Ynys Tysilio'' in [[Welsh language|Welsh]]) west of the bridge. The [[Isle of Anglesey Coastal Path]] passes along the waterfront.

Menai Bridge has several [[Church (building)|churches]] and [[chapel]]s, including an English and Welsh [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] church and a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] church. The town also has a primary school, Ysgol y Borth, and a large bilingual [[comprehensive school]], [[Ysgol David Hughes]].

Menai Bridge is home to the School of Ocean Sciences, part of [[Bangor University]]. Their research ship, the Prince Madog, is based at the pier when not at sea.<ref>[http://www.bangor.ac.uk/oceansciences/about/facilities/madog/index.php.en Bangor University, Ocean Sciences]</ref>

Attractions in Menai Bridge include the 14th-century Church of St Tysilio, St George's Pier, a [[butterfly house (conservatory)|butterfly house]], Pili Palas, and the [[Plas Cadnant]] Hidden Gardens, a 200-acre (80 hectare) estate originally developed as a picturesque garden in the 1800s.  The garden had been the site of restoration for twenty years. In December 2015, heavy rains caused flooding which washed away rare plants representing twenty years of work by Anthony Tavernor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-35186886|title='Devastation' at Plas Cadnant Hidden Gardens flood|date=27 December 2015|publisher=BBC News|access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-35186881 |title= 'Tidal wave' devastates Plas Cadnant Hidden Gardens |work= BBC News |date= 27 December 2015 |access-date= 27 December 2015}}</ref> Tavernor received some help to restore the garden, enabling him and his small staff to begin rebuilding and replanting the garden.  The garden was able to reopen by Easter, 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-35247888 |title= Plas Cadnant Hidden Gardens to be rebuilt after floods |work= BBC News |date= 7 January 2016 |access-date= 10 April 2016}}</ref>