landmark
Bodnant Garden
One of the finest gardens in the UK, famous for its spectacular laburnum arch in late spring and terraced gardens above the Conwy Valley.
6 km · about 10 min drive
![[Castle and suspension bridge, Conway (i.e. Conwy), Wales]
[between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].
1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.
Notes:
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J--foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.
Print no. "10356".
Forms part of: Views of landscape and architecture in Wales in the Photochrom print collection.
Subjects:
Wales--Conwy.
Format: Photochrom prints--Color--1890-1900.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Views of landscape and architecture in Wales (DLC) 2001700652
More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz
Persistent URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.07402
Call Number: LOT 13408, no. 066 [item]](https://prod-images.planyourroadtrips.com/img/city-images/conwy-gb-532808--38304/4-_Castle_and_suspension_bridge__Conway__i.e._Conwy___Wales___LOC___3752435594_.jpg?w=1080&q=80&f=webp)
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Conwy
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About Conwy
Conwy works well as a base: 10 minutes from Llandudno, 13km from Llyn Eigiau.
Conwy is in Wales, United Kingdom, with about 3,900 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Llandudno, about 5 km away.
Conwy (, Welsh: [ˈkɔnʊɨ] ), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, a community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy on the east bank. The town formerly lay in Gwynedd, andRead more
before that in Caernarfonshire. The community, which also includes Deganwy and Llandudno Junction, had a population of 14,753 at the 2011 census.
Postal addresses do not follow the community boundaries. On the east bank of the river, Deganwy forms part of the Conwy post town, but Llandudno Junction is a separate post town. The ward on the west bank of the river had a population of 4,065 at the 2011 census.
The resident population of the wider Conwy County Borough was estimated by the Office for National Statistics to be 116,200.
The name 'Conwy' derives from the old Welsh words cyn (chief) and gwy (water), the river being originally called the 'Cynwy'.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Conwy?
Within an hour or so of Conwy: Bodnant Garden (6 km), Great Orme Marine Drive (7 km), Llyn Eigiau (13 km), Aber Falls (Rhaeadr Fawr) (13 km).
Are there any good drives near Conwy?
The nearest famous roads are Great Orme Marine Drive, A5 Betws-y-Coed to Bangor (Telford's Holyhead Road) and Llanberis Pass.
Where is Conwy?
Conwy is in Wales, United Kingdom, about 5 km from Llandudno.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 3,873
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Wales
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 53.2808, -3.8304
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Conwy
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
coastal drive
Great Orme Marine Drive
One-way Victorian toll road looping 4 miles around the cliffs of the Great Orme headland at Llandudno, with sheer limestone drops, seabirds and views to Anglesey and the Irish Sea.
7 km · about 15 min drive
natural wonder
Llyn Eigiau
A Carneddau reservoir whose dam failed catastrophically in 1925, flooding Dolgarrog; the breach is still visible.
13 km · about 25 min drive
waterfall
Aber Falls (Rhaeadr Fawr)
A 37m fall at the head of a wooded valley near Abergwyngregyn, an easy walk from the car park on the Carneddau's northern edge.
13 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
Llyn Cowlyd
Snowdonia's deepest lake, a remote reservoir in a stark trough between the Carneddau and Creigiau Gleision, reached only on foot.
16 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Carnedd Llewelyn
At 1,064m the third-highest peak in Wales, at the heart of the wild, rolling Carneddau plateau with its wild ponies.
16 km · about 20 min drive
castle
Beaumaris Castle
The most technically perfect medieval castle in Britain, the unfinished masterpiece of Edward I's iron ring of fortresses on Anglesey.
17 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
Llyn Crafnant
A tree-fringed lake in a quiet valley above Trefriw, with a lakeside path and cafe and a fine view to Crimpiau.
17 km · about 20 min drive
Driving roads near Conwy
10 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 60km.
- Right hereGreat Orme Marine DriveOne-way Victorian toll road looping 4 miles around the cliffs of the Great Orme headland at Llandudno, with sheer limestone drops, seabirds and views to Anglesey and the Irish Sea.
- 16 kmCarnedd LlewelynAt 1,064m the third-highest peak in Wales, at the heart of the wild, rolling Carneddau plateau with its wild ponies.
- 21 kmA5 Betws-y-Coed to Bangor (Telford's Holyhead Road)Thomas Telford's engineered coach road through the Ogwen Valley beneath Tryfan, a masterclass in gradients and one of Britain's great drives.
- 22 kmLlyn OgwenA shallow ribbon lake on the A5 in the Ogwen Valley beneath Tryfan, said in legend to hold Excalibur; the gateway to Cwm Idwal.
- 23 kmMenai Suspension BridgeThomas Telford's pioneering 1826 suspension bridge over the swirling Menai Strait, the historic road gateway to Anglesey and one of the world's first great suspension bridges.
- 23 kmGlyder Fach and the Cantilever StoneA 994m summit crowned by a shattered field of rock spikes and the famous balanced Cantilever slab.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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