Colwyn Bay Library is located close to the heart of this town and offers a relaxed and interesting environment in which cultural and social exchange have taken place in this area for many years. Holding a large and well...

Founded by St Trillo, there has been a church on this site since the 6th Century.From its tower – also known as ‘The Rector’s Chair’ – flares were once lit to warn that enemy ships had been sighted off the...

Now owned by the National Trust - after narrowly escaping being bought by an American who wanted to ship the whole property back to the United States - Aberconwy House is Conwy’s only surviving medieval Merchant’s House. Dating from the...

St Celynnin`s Church is a beautiful, isolated building set in remote uplands. The oldest part is the nave, which dates from the 14th Century, and there have been later additions, but little has changed since 1800. In a corner of...

In Conwy’s 2000ft tropical jungle you are able to see some of the worlds largest and most exotic butterflies. From the Far East to Australia, examples of many countries butterflies are represented here. With over 30 species and more than...

Conwy Harbour is one of the busiest recreational boating harbours in Wales. Once a thriving port, slate would have been brought here from the Ffestiniog mines and shipped all over the world. The anchor on the quayside commemorates Jack Williams...

The walled town of Conwy was once one of the country’s most important pearl fisheries harvesting over 4 kilos of pearls per week in the 19th Century. Musseling is still in operation today but on a smaller scale and the...

ConwyTown Walls contain some of the finest sections of medieval walls in Britain. The defences date from the time the castle was built in the late 13th Century, when Edward I conquered Wales. The three quarter mile circuit is largely...

Plas Mawr means the Great Hall. Built by Welsh merchant Robert Wynn between 1576 and 1585, Plas Mawr stands proudly in the centre of Conwy’s High Street. It is one of Britain’s finest examples of an Elizabethan town house and...

Established in 1882, the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art is one of only five academies of art in Britain, and the only one in Wales, therefore occupying an important position on the cultural map for the nation. Devoted to...

Originally the site of the Cistercian Abbey Church of Aberconwy, St Mary’s became the newly built Parish Church when the Abbey moved up the Valley to Maenan.With many fine features including Medieval chancel stalls and a 15th Century Rood Screen...

Born in 1770, one of England’s earliest romantic poets - William Wordsworth - visited Conwy during a summer vacation. Here, he was inspired to write the poem about a small child who visits her family grave. One verse states:

“And where...