Llanrwst Hotels

Llanrwst Hotels

Hotels in Llanrwst are often required by people who need accommodation in the town. Some may need a vacation or to work in the town. Some may need to visit the town for a sports or entertainment or cultural event. Some may want to use the town as a base to explore the area.

Llanrwst is a small market town and community on the A470 road and the River Conwy in the county borough of Conwy, Wales. It takes its name from the 5th century to 6th century Saint Grwst, and the original parish church in Cae Llan was replaced by the 12th century church.

The growth of the town in the 13th century was considerably aided by an edict by Edward I, who built Conwy Castle, prohibiting any Welshman from trading within 10 miles of that town. Llanrwst, located some 13 miles from Conwy, was therefore strategically placed to benefit from this.

The town grew around wool, and indeed for a long time the price of wool for the whole of Britain was set here. Llanrwst also became renowned for harp manufacture, but today, lying as it does in Snowdonia, its main industry aside that of being a market town is tourism.

A major feature is the narrow 3 arch stone bridge, Pont Fawr (AKA Big bridge). 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. Originally built to carry horses and carts, the bridge has stood up well to modern traffic, not to mention the regular floods.

Attractions in Llanrwst include the almshouses, two seventeenth century chapels and the parish church, which holds the stone coffin of Llywelyn the Great.

The Gwydir Forest lies to the south west of the town, beyond the bridge.

Llanrwst schools include Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy which is a bilingual, secondary school in the town. Llanrwst hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1951 and 1989. Llanrwst is also home to Llanrwst United FC. There is a Llanrwst leisure centre, plus a park over the river.

Gwydir Castle is situated in the Conwy valley, North Wales, a mile to the west of the ancient market town of Llanrwst and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the south of the large village of Trefriw. A fine example of a fortified manor house dating back to c1500, it is located on the edge of the floodplain of the river Conwy, and overlooked from the west by the now-forested slopes of Gwydir Forest.

It is served by two railway stations Llanrwst and North Llanrwst. Hotels near near llanrwst are in the area.

There are caravan sites, plus bed and breakfast places in llanrwst.
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Gwydir Forest, also spelled Gwydyr, is located in Conwy county borough and the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales. It takes its name from the ancient Gwydir Estate, established by the John Wynn family of Gwydir Castle, which owned this area.

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