Llanfairfechan, Conwy, Wales, United Kingdom

Transport connections | Local interest

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Llanfairfechan is a town and community in the Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is known as a seaside resort. The history of the area dates back to at least Roman times, as demonstrated by the discovery of a large second century milestone, which is now preserved in the British Museum.

Transport connections The town lies on the north coast on the route of the A55 road, between Penmaenmawr and Bangor. It has a railway station on the North Wales Coast Line. It, however, is in the unusual situation where there is only one public road that connects it with the remainder of the Great British road network, which is the A55 road North Wales Expressway.

Local interest Morfa Madryn, the salt marsh area immediately west of the town on the shore of Traeth Lafan, is a local authority-managed nature reserve of outstanding beauty and a favourite haunt of bird watchers. The site is home to cormorants and shags. The rare little egret can also be spotted. It is also not far from Aber Falls.

Llanfairfechan is also home to Bryn y Neuadd Hospital, a learning disability facility, a mental health unit (Carreg Fawr) and a medium-secure unit (Tŷ Llywelyn). The site, Bryn Y Neuadd, is also home to the control centres for both the Emergency and Non-Emergency Ambulance services for the north.

Llanfairfechan was judged North Wales Calor Village of the Year for 2009 in the competition run by Calor Gas UK

The earlier Llanfairfechan Golf Club was founded in 1909. This club continued until the early 1950s. There is still a golf club operating in the town under the same name.

The town is also referred to by the younger generation as the 'TDLA' which means 'The Double LA'. This nickname is derived from the towns first three letters 'Lla-nfairfechan' and came into use around the early 2000s.

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Llanfairfechan has a population of over 3,637 people. Llanfairfechan also forms part of the wider Conwy district which has a population of over 116,200 people.

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Llanfairfechan has links with:

🇫🇷 Pleumeleuc, France
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  • Herbert Luck North |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Architect Herbert Luck North is associated with Llanfairfechan. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1907. 

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