Mochdre
Mochdre is a village, community and electoral ward to the west of Colwyn Bay in Conwy County Borough, Wales. Originally part of the municipal borough of Colwyn Bay prior to local government reorganisation in April 1974, it is now a separate community whose population at the 2001 census was 1,862 increasing to 1,923 at the 2011 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Meirion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 2,010 residents
- Description: village and community in Conwy
- Also known as: “Mochdre, Conwy”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Welsh Mountain Zoo and Bryn Euryn.
Welsh Mountain Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Welsh Mountain Zoo is a zoological garden located near the town of Colwyn Bay in Conwy County Borough, Wales. The zoo was opened on 18 May 1963 by the enthusiastic naturalist Robert Jackson. The zoo covers an area of 37 acres.
Bryn Euryn
Peak
Photo: Terry Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bryn Euryn is a hill which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Conwy County Borough, Wales. There is a trig point at the summit. It lies above the seaside town of Rhos-on-Sea and village of Mochdre, Conwy.
Llys Euryn
Ruins
The ruined remains of Llys Euryn sit upon a wooded shoulder of Bryn Euryn — a limestone hill on the outskirts of Rhos-on-Sea in the county of Conwy, north Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bryn Pydew and Colwyn Bay.
Bryn Pydew
Village
Photo: Jonathanpepe66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bryn Pydew is a small settlement to the east of Llandudno Junction in North Wales. The limestone hill of Bryn Pydew reaches 128 metres above sea level.
Colwyn Bay
Photo: Kentholke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Colwyn Bay is a coastal town in north Wales. As with much of the north Wales coast, the town has suffered with the decline in the tourist industry since in the mid-20th century.
Penrhyn Bay
Suburb
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Penrhyn Bay is a seaside town on the northern coast of Wales, in Conwy county borough, within the parish or community of Llandudno, and part of the ecclesiastical parish of Llanrhos. Penrhyn Bay is situated 2 miles north of Mochdre.
Mochdre
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Mochdre, Conwy, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.29178° or 53° 17′ 30″ northLongitude
-3.76153° or 3° 45′ 42″ westPopulation
2,010Elevation
433 feet (132 metres)Open location code
9C5R76RQ+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 7641084698OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2642401Wikidata ID
Q6887543
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Mochdre” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Mochdre”
- Breton: “Mochdre”
- Catalan: “Mochdre”
- Cebuano: “Mochdre (komunidad sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Conwy)”
- Cebuano: “Mochdre”
- Chinese: “Mochdre”
- Cornish: “Mochdre”
- Dutch: “Mochdre”
- French: “Mochdre”
- Irish: “Mochdre”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Mochdre (Conwy)”
- Persian: “موکدر، کانوی”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Mochdre”
- Swedish: “Mochdre (community i Storbritannien, Conwy)”
- Swedish: “Mochdre, Conwy”
- Uzbek: “Mochdre, Konvi”
- Welsh: “Mochdre (Conwy)”
- Welsh: “Mochdre, Conwy”
- Welsh: “Mochdre”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ysgol Cystennin and Mochdre Park Crown Green Bowls Club.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mochdre”. Photo: Meirion, CC BY-SA 2.0.