The County
Borough of Conwy is a local government principal area in north Wales.
It contains the major settlements of Llandudno, Llandudno Junction,
Llanrwst, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Colwyn Bay, Abergele, Penmaenmawr and
Llanfairfechan and has a total population of about 110,000.
The River Conwy (after which the county borough is named) lies wholly within
the area: rising in Snowdonia and flowing through Llanrwst and Trefriw en
route to the Irish Sea by Conwy. As the river forms the border between the
historic counties of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire, the borough contains
settlements from each.
Abergele is an old Roman trading town, situated near the north Wales coast
between the popular holiday resorts of Colwyn Bay and Rhyl, in the county
borough of Conwy. Its northern suburb of Pensarn lies on the Irish Sea coast
and is known for its beach, where it is claimed by some that a ghost ship
has been sighted. Abergele and Pensarn railway station serves both resorts.
Abergele is generally ignored due to the popularity of nearby Rhyl,
Prestatyn, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno and Conwy.
Betws-y-Coed is a small town in the Conwy valley in the county borough of
Conwy. It lies in the Snowdonia National Park in a valley
near the point where the River Conwy is joined by the River Llugwy and the
River Lledr.
Colwyn Bay is a town and
seaside resort in Conwy county borough on the north Wales coast. The A55
road passes through it parallel to the North Wales Coast Line.
Conwy is a town in Conwy
county borough in north Wales, which faces Deganwy across the River Conwy.
The town lies in the ancient county of Caernarfonshire. Conwy Castle is
visible to the right, with the suspension bridge barely visible. Conwy
Castle and the town walls were built on the instructions of Edward I between
1283 and 1289, as part of his conquest of the principality of Wales.
Llandudno is a seaside resort
and town on the north Wales coast between Conwy and Colwyn Bay, and at the
2001 census had a population of 20,090 including that of Penrhyn Bay and
Penrhynside, which are within the Llandudno Community.
Llanrwst s a small town and
community on the A470 road and the River Conwy in the county borough of
Conwy, north Wales. A major feature is the narrow three arch stone bridge,
Pont Fawr. It is said to have been designed by Inigo Jones and it was built
in 1636 by Sir John Wynn of Gwydir Castle. The bridge connects the town with
Gwydir, a manor house dating from 1492, the fifteenth century courthouse
known as Tu Hwnt i'r Bont and also with the road from nearby Trefriw.
Penmaenmawr is a town in the
parish of Dwygyfylchi, in the county borough of Conwy, north Wales,
population about 2,500. It is a seaside resort and quarrying town, though
the latter is no longer a major employer, on the North Wales Coast between
Conwy and Llanfairfechan.
Rowen is a small village on
the western slopes of the Conwy valley in Conwy county borough, north Wales.
It lies off the B5106, between Dolgarrog and Conwy.
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