Editing Holyhead (section)

==Culture and sport==
[[File:Saint Mary's Church Holyhead.jpg|thumb|right|[[Saint Mary's Church, Holyhead|St. Mary's Help of Christians Church]]]]
[[File:Sketches in Wales - Holyhead market.jpeg|thumb|View of Holyhead market; activities, stalls and Welsh dress]]
[[File:Holyhead, Isle of Anglesea.jpeg|thumb|Holyhead, c 1850]]
Holyhead's arts centre, the [[Ucheldre Centre]], is located in the chapel of an old convent belonging to the [[Christian monasticism|order]] of the [[Bon Sauveur]]. It holds regular art exhibitions, performances, workshops and film screenings. Holyhead Library is located in the [[Holyhead Market Hall|old market hall]]. The [[Holyhead Maritime Museum]] is housed in what is claimed to be Wales's oldest [[Lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]] house. The lifeboat station was established in 1828.<ref>{{cite web|title=RNLI: Holyhead|url=http://rnli.org/findmynearest/station/Pages/Holyhead-Lifeboat-Station.aspx|access-date=16 February 2016}}</ref> The 1927 [[National Eisteddfod]] was held in the town. [[Holyhead High School]] (previously County Secondary school) was the first comprehensive school in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2014-12-19/are-comprehensive-schools-still-working-for-our-pupils|title=Are comprehensive schools still working for our pupils?|date=19 December 2014 |publisher=ITV|access-date=27 November 2022}}</ref>

According to the [[United Kingdom Census 2001]], 47% of the residents in the town can speak [[Welsh language|Welsh]]. The highest percentage of speakers is in the 15-year-old age group, of whom 66% can speak the language. According to the 2011 Census, of those in the community who were born in Wales, 52.2% of the population could speak Welsh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fusiontables.googleusercontent.com/embedviz?q=select+col0%3E%3E1+from+1p2cQJzK-0MzvUO6sXtNjytPwLxF0lHRtceRfM3sO&viz=MAP&h=false&lat=52.73782428593626&lng=-2.9679409294125207&t=1&z=8&l=col0%3E%3E1&y=2&tmplt=2&hml=KML|title=O'r rhai a anwyd yng Nghymru, % yn gallu siarad Cymraeg|website=Statiaith}}</ref>

The town's main [[association football|football]] team is called [[Holyhead Hotspur F.C.|Holyhead Hotspur]], and they play in the [[Cymru North]], the second tier of Welsh football, with their reserves playing in the [[Gwynedd League]]. Caergybi F.C. plays in the sixth tier [[Anglesey League]]. Holyhead Sailing Club provides members with facilities for sailing and kayaking with swinging moorings, a dinghy park and a clubhouse with a restaurant and bar. It is on Newry Beach in the historic port of Holyhead. Holyhead & Anglesey Amateur Boxing Club was founded on 1 April 2012, located in Vicarage Lane, Holyhead. The club is open to anyone over the age of 10, having a class for male and female trainees. Holyhead's cliffs are used for [[coasteering]], a water sport which involves jumping off cliffs at different heights. Holyhead is the start and finish point of the [[Anglesey Coastal Path]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=Isle+of+Anglesey+Coastal+Path |title=Anglesey Coastal Path|publisher=[[Long Distance Walkers Association]]|access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref>

Holyhead was officially twinned with [[Greystones|Greystones, County Wicklow]] on 20 January 2012, and this is celebrated on a new road sign.<ref>{{cite web| last = Everett| first = Cliff| title = Twinning Oath Signed| work = holyheadtowncouncil.com| publisher = Holyhead Town Council| date = 23 January 2012| url = http://www.holyheadtowncouncil.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148| access-date = 8 February 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160312022854/http://holyheadtowncouncil.com/index.php?id=148&option=com_content&view=article| archive-date = 12 March 2016| url-status = dead}}</ref>