Llandudno is a seaside resort, town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula, which protrudes into the Irish Sea. In the 2011 UK census, the community, which includes Gogarth, Penrhyn Bay, Craigside, Glanwydden, Penrhynside and Bryn Pydew had a population of 20,701. The town's name is derived from its patron saint, Saint Tudno.
Conwy County Borough is a unitary authority area in North Wales.
Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east corner of the country; it is named after the River Clwyd, which runs through the county. To the north lies the Irish Sea, with the English counties of Cheshire to the east and Shropshire to the south-east. The Welsh counties of Powys and Gwynedd lie to the south and west respectively. Clwyd also shares a maritime boundary with the English county of Merseyside along the River Dee. Between 1974 and 1996, it was a county with a county council, one of the eight counties into which Wales was divided, and was subdivided into six districts. In 1996, the county of Clwyd was abolished, and the new unitary authorities of Wrexham, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, and Flintshire were created; under this reorganisation, "Clwyd" became a preserved county, with the name being retained for certain ceremonial functions.
The Great Orme is a limestone headland on the north coast of Wales, north-west of the town of Llandudno. Referred to as Cyngreawdr Fynydd by the 12th-century poet Gwalchmai ap Meilyr, its English name derives from the Old Norse word for sea serpent. The Little Orme, a smaller but very similar limestone headland, is on the eastern side of Llandudno Bay.
The Great Orme Tramway is a cable-hauled 3 ft 6 in gauge tramway in Llandudno in north Wales. Open seasonally from late March to late October, it takes over 200,000 passengers each year from Llandudno Victoria Station to just below the summit of the Great Orme headland. From 1932 onwards it was known as the Great Orme Railway, reverting to its original name in 1977.
Llandudno Junction railway station is on the Crewe to Holyhead North Wales Coast Line. The station is managed by Transport for Wales, although Virgin Trains West Coast also serves it.
Llandudno railway station serves the seaside town of Llandudno in North Wales, and is the terminus of a 3 miles (4.8 km) long branch line from Llandudno Junction on the Crewe to Holyhead North Wales Coast Line. The station is managed by Transport for Wales, who operate all trains serving it.
Deganwy railway station serves the small town of Deganwy, Wales, and is the only intermediate station located on the Llandudno branch line from Llandudno Junction to Llandudno.
Glan Conwy railway station is on the east bank of the River Conwy on A470 road in the centre of the village of Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, Wales and is located on the Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog Conwy Valley Line. There are through services to Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Llanrwst railway station is in Denbigh Street near the centre of the market town of Llanrwst, Wales, close to the local bus termini in Watling Street.It is situated on the Conwy Valley Line from Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog 12 miles (19 km) south of the former and was opened by British Rail in 1989. The town's original station 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) to the north is now called North Llanrwst.
Llandudno is a residential suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula. There are no street lights, shops or commercial activities, and the suburb has some of the most expensive residential property in South Africa.
The Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Football League is a football league formed in 1973 following the amalgamation of the Dyserth League and the Halkyn Mountain League. The Premier Division is in the fifth level of the Welsh football league system in North Wales.
The LL postcode area, also known as the Llandudno postcode area, is a group of 67 postcode districts covering the vast bulk of north Wales and a little of west Wales. It excludes most of Flintshire and Bronington in Wrexham County Borough yet includes, in England, Chirk Bank. It starts at LL11 to avoid confusion with Liverpool postcodes. Its numbering is geography-based and omits LL50.
Llandudno Junction FC are a part-time football club based in Llandudno Junction, playing in the Welsh Alliance League Division Two in Wales.
Kendrick's Cave on the Great Orme, Llandudno, Wales, was the site of important archaeological finds by Thomas Kendrick in 1880. The site is a small natural cavern on the south of the Great Orme Head, a limestone massif on the seaward side of Llandudno.
The Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway operated an electric tramway service between Llandudno and Rhos-on-Sea from 1907 and extended to Colwyn Bay in 1908. The service closed in 1956.
Maesdu Park is a multi-sport stadium in Llandudno, Wales. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home ground of Welsh Premier League team Llandudno F.C. The 2016 Welsh League Cup final was held at the ground.
