Llanfairfechan ("Little St Mary's Parish") is a town and community in the Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is known as a seaside resort and had a population at the 2001 Census of 3,755,[2] reducing to 3,637 at the 2011 Census. 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.[3]

Llanfairfechan
A view over Llanfairfechan
Llanfairfechan Location within Conwy
Population	3,637 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SH683747
Community	Llanfairfechan
Principal area	Conwy
Ceremonial county	Clwyd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LLANFAIRFECHAN
Postcode district	LL33
Dialling code	01248
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Aberconwy
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Aberconwy
List of places UK Wales Conwy 53.253°N 3.973°W / 53.253; -3.973

Political boundary

It was in Gwynedd from 1972 to 1996, and prior to that was in Caernarfonshire. For ceremonial and electoral boundary purposes it was transferred from the preserved county of Gwynedd to that of Clwyd in 2003. ^{[citation needed]}For electoral purposes, the community of Llanfairfechan consists of three electoral wards, Bryn, Lafan and Pandy.

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 and trivia

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[4]

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.[5]

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.

Welsh language

According to the 2011 Census, 45.3% of the population of the town can speak Welsh.[6] 66.2% of the town's population who were born in Wales noted that they could speak the language.[7]

The two schools situated in Llanfairfechan, Ysgol Pant-y-Rhedyn and Ysgol Babanod Llanfairfechan, are categorized as being predominantly English-medium schools but with significant use of Welsh.[8][9]

Town twinning

In 2011, the process of town-twinning between Llanfairfechan and Pleumeleuc was completed over the first weekend of June. A number of events were held over the weekend, including trips to local attractions and guided tours around Llanfairfechan itself.[10] In April 2012, 25 Llanfairfechan teenagers visited Pleumeleuc.

Climate

Gallery

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  Colourised Photochrom print (circa the late 19th century) of seafront and Penmaenmawr mountain
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  A similar view in 1989 during more overcast weather
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  The town in 2007
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  The beach
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  Christ Church (Church in Wales)
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  St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Llanfairfechan.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Llanfairfechan.

• https://catholicchurchllanfairfechan.webs.com/
• https://www.parishcommunity.org/
• http://www.llandudno-catholic-church.org.uk/
• A Vision of Britain Through Time
• British Listed Buildings
• Genuki
• Geograph
• Llanfairfechan Town Council website
• Llanfairfechan's Community Web Portal
• Office for National Statistics