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Llandudno in northern Wales on Virtual-Tripping.
By Mark on March 11, 2010
Helô or Hylô means Hello in Welsh, also in Welsh is Croeso i Gymru (Croesoh ee Gum-reeh): which means Welcome to Wales. and also Croeso i Llandudno, [ɬanˈdɪdnɔ]) in northern Wales.
![[On the beach, Llandudno, Wales] (LOC)](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2527/3752426612_a0ff4d79c0.jpg)
Llandudno is a holiday, seaside resort and town which is in Conwy County Borough, Wales. The 2001 UK census was aound 20,090people, this was also inclusive with that of Penrhyn Bay and Penrhynside, these to sites are within the Llandudno Community. You will find this town just off the North Wales Coast railway line it was opened back in 1848 and was then known as the Chester and Holyhead Railway. In 1859, this railway became known as the London and North Western Railway and by 1923 it was then part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. When Llandudno was built it was mainly to be a mid-Victorian era holiday destination and as I have said earlier it included the branch railway line which was opened in 1858 from Llandudno Junction with stations at Deganwy and Llandudno.
![[General view, Llandudno, Wales] (LOC)](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2583/3751635583_91851f6260.jpg)
Llandudno, is best known in Wales as the Queen of the Welsh Resorts, this title occured back in 1864, the town is now the largest seaside resort in Wales, and lies on a flat land between what is known as the Welsh mainland and the Great Orme peninsula. Llandudno, which I have mentioned earlier is within the Conwy County Borough, but it was not always there, before it moved into the County Borough it is in now, it was actually within the district of Aberconwy within Gwynedd, and until 1974 was in Caernarfonshire. But this town has become so popular with tourists, that it’s history is fascinating aswell, for example the name Llandudno was actually taken from an ancient parish of Saint Tudno, but it also brings together other neighbouring townships and districts which include Craig-y-Don, Llanrhos, and Penrhyn Bay. Not to far away is a small town and a marina called called Deganwy, these last four towns were all traditionally in the parish of Llanrhos.
Here is a bit of intersting history, here we go if you were to look at an ancient geographical map you will notice that the boundaries of the Llandudno area are complex. You will notice that the boundaries are on the eastern side of the River Conwy this is the natural boundary between north-west and north-east Wales, but the old and ancient parishes, which were Llandudno, Llanrhos and Llangystennin and this included Llandudno Junction, they were actually within the medieval commote of Creuddyn in the Kingdom of Gwynedd, and in time were to be included in part of Caernarfonshire. But today you will find that the Deganwy and Llandudno Junction are now apart of the town community of Conwy even though they are across the river from Conwy and linked to Conwy only by a causeway and a bridge.
There is plenty to do in this town with hotels, bed and breakfast homes, plenty of shops and a lovely beach with sea, especially on a nice sunny day. So have fun and enjoy the Welsh experience in Llandudno.
Diolch, (Diolch yn fawr
Diolch yn fawr iawn / Diolch o galon) which is Thankyou, and Hwyl [“hooil”], ( Hwyl fawr, Hwyl nawr, Hywl am y tro
Pob hwyl, Tara, Da boch chi) which is Goodbye. I do hope my welsh is ok.
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