| Rhosgoch | |
|---|---|
 Entrance gate on the railway spur at the former Rhosgoch oil terminal | |
Rhosgoch Location within Anglesey | |
| Community | |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
Rhosgoch (ⓘ; meaning: 'red moor') is a small village in the community of Rhosybol, in the north of the island of Anglesey, Wales, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to the south-west of Amlwch.1
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).1
The village once had a station on the Anglesey Central Railway.2 Although the tracks still exist, no train has run on them since 1993.3 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 1990.4
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.
References
References
- "114" (Map). Anglesey. 1:50,000. Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 9780319262122.
- Bridge, Mike (2013). Railway track diagrams; Book 4 - Midlands & North West (3 ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. p. 37A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-7-4.
- Scotchman, Ian (June 1994). "Rail Route Changes". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 140, no. 1118. London: IPC Media. p. 20. ISSN 0033-8923.
- "Anglesey Marine Terminal". www.amlwchhistory.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2017.