Town file
Llanfair PG, Wales
Llanfair PG, Wales (Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 338, "Attempting Immortality" (20 November 2022).
- Town
- Llanfair PG
- County
- Anglesey
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Episodes
- 338
- Approximate location
- 53.222, -4.206
Episode 338 / 20 November 2022 / 69 min / express
Attempting Immortality
"We're going to Wales... Landfair is the name of the town... it's on the island of Anglesey, which is off the north west coast of Wales." about 0:03:30
The case: Murder of Mabel Leyshon (November 2001). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2022
- Population
- 2,907
- Median household income
- about £33,000 per year
History, in brief
- There has been human activity and settlement in the area of the village since the Neolithic era, 4,000 to 2,000 BC. about 0:07:03
- The area was briefly invaded and captured by the Romans and then abandoned. about 0:07:17
- It was the longest town name in Europe, though somebody may have overtaken it since. about 0:04:59
- The full name translates as Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of White Hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio near the Red Cave. about 0:05:10
- The village is on the island of Anglesey, off the north-west coast of Wales, reached by the Britannia Bridge across the Strait of Bangor. about 0:05:46
- The postal code is LL61. about 0:06:08
- In 2011, 57% of people in the area still spoke Welsh. about 0:07:43
The reviews read out
four stars
"During a three-month stay in Wales he used to pass through the village with the longest name in the world; it is in the middle of nowhere, many tourists only go to say they have been, and once there there is little to see beyond the town square sign and the passport stamp; a music festival made the wait more enjoyable, and travellers should check train itineraries twice because several places in Wales share the name."about 0:07:54
5 stars
"Great to look around, the kids enjoyed it, a bit cold inside as the doors were open, quite a bit to look at, especially the underwater camera, the staff are friendly and the cafe food was very nice."about 0:09:13
1 star
"The zoo is grim; they paid twenty-five pounds for three of them, it was small and had a lack of fish, the facilities smelt bad and were unclean, it took five minutes to walk through the boring corridors of depressed fish, the fish all looked bored, the best part was leaving, and it was utterly tripe."about 0:09:46
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Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.