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The Best Attractions In Trefriw

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Trefriw Woollen Mills

St. Mary's Church

Llyn Geirionydd

Conwy Castle

Portmeirion Village

Cwm Idwal National Nature Reserve

Zipline

Caernarfon Castle

Bodnant Garden

Trefriw is a village and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It lies on the river Crafnant in North Wales, a few miles south of the site of the Roman fort of Canovium, sited at Caerhun. At the last 3 censuses the population of the community has been recorded as 842 in 1999, 915 in 2001, and 783 in 2011 .Trefriw lies on the edge of Snowdonia, on the B5106 road to the north-west of Llanrwst, and about 4½ miles north of Betws-y-Coed by road. It is located on the western slopes of the glaciated Conwy valley, below the ridge of Cefn Cyfarwydd, the village having been largely built in a semicircle at the point where the river Crafnant flows from its h...
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The Best Attractions In Trefriw

1. St. Mary's Church Trefriw
2. Trefriw Woollen Mills Trefriw
Trefriw is a village and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It lies on the river Crafnant in North Wales, a few miles south of the site of the Roman fort of Canovium, sited at Caerhun. At the last 3 censuses the population of the community has been recorded as 842 in 1999, 915 in 2001, and 783 in 2011 .Trefriw lies on the edge of Snowdonia, on the B5106 road to the north-west of Llanrwst, and about 4½ miles north of Betws-y-Coed by road. It is located on the western slopes of the glaciated Conwy valley, below the ridge of Cefn Cyfarwydd, the village having been largely built in a semicircle at the point where the river Crafnant flows from its hanging valley to join the river Conwy. The river Crafnant still provides power for the woollen mill, and in the past provided power for a nu...
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3. Llyn Geirionydd Trefriw
Llyn Geirionydd lies in a valley in North Wales where the northern edge of the Gwydyr Forest meets the lower slopes of the Carneddau mountains. The lake is almost a mile long and covers an area of 45 acres , but is never any deeper than 50 ft according to Jehu’s survey. The lake can be reached by car from Trefriw or Llanrwst in the Conwy valley, the lane passing through the hamlet of Llanrhychwyn, or from the road through the Gwydir Forest. Access is not particularly easy by either route, but this has not stopped the lake being the only one designated in Snowdonia to permit power boats and water skiing. Many visitors also walk to the lake from the village of Trefriw or from the neighbouring lake of Llyn Crafnant, which runs parallel to it, but a mile distant, the two being separated by M...
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4. Caernarfon Castle Caernarfon
Caernarfon is a royal town, community, and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,615. It lies along the A487 road, on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is 8.6 miles to the north-east, while Snowdonia fringes Caernarfon to the east and south-east. Carnarvon and Caernarvon are Anglicised spellings that were superseded in 1926 and 1974, respectively. The villages of Bontnewydd and Caeathro are close by. The town is also noted for its high percentage of native Welsh speakers. Due to this, Welsh is often the predominant language of the town. Abundant natural resources in and around the Menai Strait enabled human habitation in prehistoric Britain. The Ordovices, a Celtic tribe, lived in the region during the period known as Roman Br...
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5. Cwm Idwal National Nature Reserve Bethesda
6. Portmeirion Village Portmeirion
Portmeirion is a tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the style of an Italian village, and is now owned by a charitable trust. The village is located in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth, on the estuary of the River Dwyryd, 2 miles south east of Porthmadog, and 1 mile from Minffordd railway station. Portmeirion has served as the location for numerous films and television shows, and was The Village in the 1960s television show The Prisoner.
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7. Bodnant Garden Tal Y Cafn
8. Conwy Castle Conwy
Conwy is a walled market town and community in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales. The town, which faces Deganwy across the River Conwy, formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire. The community, which includes Deganwy and Llandudno Junction, had a population of 14,208 at the 2001 census, and is a popular tourist destination. The population rose to 14,753 at the 2011 census. In the 2015 census The size of the resident population in Conwy County Borough on the 30th June 2015 was estimated to be 116,200 people. The town itself has a population of 4,065.The name 'Conwy' derives from the old Welsh words 'cyn' and 'gwy' , the river being originally called the 'Cynwy'.
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Places to see in ( Llanrwst - UK )

Places to see in ( Llanrwst - UK )

Llanrwst is a small town and community on the A470 road and the River Conwy, in Conwy County Borough, Wales. Llanrwst developed around the wool trade, but also became renowned for harp and clock manufacture.

Today, lying as it does on the edge of Snowdonia (Snowdonia starts about 3/4 mile away on the other side of the river Conwy), its main industry – aside that of being a market town – is tourism.
Notable buildings in Llanrwst include the almshouses, two 17th-century chapels and the Parish Church of St Grwst, which holds the stone coffin of Llywelyn the Great.

The site of the original church dedicated to St Grwst was Cae Llan in Llanrwst (land now occupied by the Seion Methodist Chapel).[4] The current church is on land which was donated in around 1170 by Rhun ap Nefydd Hardd, a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, specifically to build a new church dedicated to Grwst.

Llanrwst developed around the wool trade, and for a long time the price of wool for the whole of Britain was set here. The growth of the town in the 13th century was considerably aided by an edict by Edward I of England (who built Conwy Castle) prohibiting any Welshman from trading within 10 miles (16 km) of the town of Conwy. Llanrwst, located some 13 miles (21 km) from that town, was strategically placed to benefit from this.

Llanrwst lies between 10 and 50 metres (33 and 160 ft) above sea level on the eastern bank of the River Conwy. The A470 trunk route between North and South Wales runs through the town, where it is joined by the A548 main road from Rhyl, Prestatyn and Chester. To the south west of the town is the Gwydir Forest. On the hills above is the Moel Maelogan wind farm; the electricity generated by these turbines is sent to the town's sub-station.

Llanrwst is served by two railway stations, Llanrwst and North Llanrwst, on the Conwy Valley Line (which once terminated here, before being extended to Betws-y-Coed in 1867 and Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1879). It was originally envisaged that the railway would pass closer to the river (on the site of today's Central Garage), and the Victoria Hotel was built opposite the bridge in anticipation of this. Had the railway line been built on the west bank of the River Conwy, as originally planned (to serve the inland port of Trefriw located across the river from Llanrwst), it is unlikely that Llanrwst would ever have achieved its present status.

( Llanrwst - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Llanrwst . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Llanrwst - UK

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North Wales: Country of Poetry

More info about travel to Wales: While visitors to Wales are greeted with bi-lingual signs and English-speaking locals, the Welsh language and culture remain alive and vibrant through the many songs and poetry composed and recited in the native language. A trip to Wales isn't complete without a jaunt into the beautiful countryside where dogs tend sheep and happy travelers leave with woolly sweaters.

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Armley Mills Museum, Leeds - 29th February, 2012

The Armley Mills Leeds Industrial Museum is a museum of industrial heritage located in Armley, west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It includes collections of textile machinery, railway equipment and heavy engineering amongst others.

The Grade II* listed building housing the Armley Mills museum was once the world's largest woollen mill. The current structures were built in 1805 by Benjamin Gott and closed as a commercial mill in 1969. They were taken over by Leeds City Council and reopened as a museum of industrial heritage in 1982.

This video features views around both the museum interior of the exhibits and the exterior of the surrounding area including the River Aire and the bridge to Cardigan Fields leisure complex off Kirkstall Road in Leeds.

Gladstone's Library & St.Deiniol's Church, Hawarden, North Wales

Gladstone's Library, or St.Deiniol's Residential Library, as it was known until 2010, is situated in the village of Hawarden(pronounced Harden), 7 miles from the city of Chester but actually in North Wales. The library was founded in 1895 by the four time victorian Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) in a temporary structure known as the 'tin tabernacle', and Gladstone used his own collection of over 30,000 books to start the project. The books were transported in wheelbarrows from his residence Hawarden Castle at the other end of the village. After his death in 1898, an appeal was set up to build a more permanent building and this was opened in 1902 and an accommodation wing added in 1906. Today the library contains over 200,000 printed articles, has 26 bedrooms and a bistro.
Next door is St.Deiniol's Parish Church. A church has been on this site since the 6th century, but is first recorded in 1180. The church contains the Gladstone Memorial Chapel with recumbent figures of Gladstone and his wife Catherine; and a west window by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir Edward Burne-Jones. It has a large churchyard which has a memorial to the Boer War and a grave of a soldier who fought in 4 campaigns of the Crimean War. You may wish to pause to read the inscriptions. Music is by Brian Crain.

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