In a beautiful setting above the Conwy Valley, Llanrhychwyn Church is believed to be one of the oldest churches in Wales. The doorway and surrounding walls are the oldest parts of the building, 11th or 12th Century, and the font...

Secluded in the hills above the village of Trefriw in the Conwy Valley is Llyn Crafnant - a picturesque 63-acre lake. The lake offers visitors a marked walking route around its shores and access to a lakeside café serving tea...

Llyn Geirionydd is an attractive lake in the hills above Trefriw and the Conwy Valley. On a small hill above it is a monument commemorating the birth of Taliesin, a 6th Century poet. There is a car park near the...

Once the seat of a legendary giant, Cadair Ifan Goch is a viewpoint on a rocky hill offering superb views of the Conwy Valley and the eastern Carneddau mountains. Ifan Goch, apparently, used to sit on the rock whilst bathing...

The Conwy Valley Railway Museum houses an interesting collection of working models, train layouts, signalling equipment and miscellaneous items such as photographs and posters about railways. Layouts include a large one based on the Calder Valley Railway, and one based...

The high hillsides on the west side of the Conwy Valley above Llanrwst are riddled with tunnels and caverns remaining from mines excavated for lead and zinc ore. Rarely profitable, most of the mines closed at the begining of the...

Next to the church of St Grwst is Gwydir Chapel built in the early 17th Century by Sir Richard Wynn. It is the memorial chapel of the Wynn family of Gwydir Castle, and contains the empty coffin of Llywelyn the...

The ruins of Hafna Mine are a fascinating legacy of an industry that once operated in the hills of the old Gwydyr Estate. Lead mining took place intermittently in the area from the early 1600s until the 1920s. Standing beside...

Llanrwst Almshouses were founded in the early 17th Century by the locally powerful Sir John Wynn of nearby Gwydir Castle in the Conwy Valley. Built to provide twelve single room dwellings for the elderly of the parish, they were in...

Llyn y Parc is an attractive, long, narrow, natural lake lying in the forest high above the Conwy Valley. Beneath it are tunnels and a cavern from the nearby Aberllyn lead and zinc mine which closed in the 1920s. On...

Built in 1636, Pont Fawr is a picturesque bridge attributed to the famous architect Inigo Jones. The sixty yard long bridge has three arches and the road is thirteen feet wide. The central arch collapsed soon after opening, and this...

St Grwst`s Church is sited beside the lovely River Conwy, a short stroll from Ancaster Square. St Grwst was a sixth Century Celtic saint. In the 15th Century, a church was built on the ancient site, but it was burnt...

On the far side of the bridge spanning the River Conwy stands a charming old cottage covered with Virginia creeper. It was built in the 17th Century as a farmhouse and served as a Court of Sessions under the Wynns...