Rowen
Rowen is a village on the western slopes of the Conwy valley in the parish of Caerhun, within now Conwy County Borough, Wales, and historically in Caernarfonshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Conwy County Borough, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Rowen, Conwy”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tal-y-Cafn railway station and Cae Coch standing stone.
Tal-y-Cafn railway station
Railway station
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tal-y-Cafn railway station is located at Tal-y-Cafn, Wales, on the Conwy Valley Line from Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog. Tal-y-Cafn railway station is situated 2 miles east of Rowen.
Cae Coch standing stone
Archaeological site
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cae Coch standing stone is an archaeological site.
Tal y Fan
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tal y Fan is an outlying peak of the Carneddau mountains in North Wales. It is one of the four Marilyns that make up the Carneddau, the others being Carnedd Llywelyn, Pen Llithrig y Wrach and Creigiau Gleision. Tal y Fan is situated 2 miles west of Rowen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tyn-y-groes and Llanbedr-y-Cennin.
Llanbedr-y-Cennin
Village
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanbedr-y-Cennin is a small village in Conwy county borough, Wales, in the community of Caerhun. It lies in the foothills on the western side of the Conwy valley, in Wales. Llanbedr-y-Cennin is situated 1½ miles south of Rowen.
Tal-y-Cafn
Hamlet
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tal-y-Cafn is a small settlement in Conwy county borough, north Wales, in the community of Eglwysbach. It lies in the Conwy valley close to the Roman settlement of Canovium at Caerhun, and was the site of a Roman river-crossing point of the River Conwy. Tal-y-Cafn is situated 2 miles east of Rowen.
Rowen
- Category: locality
- Location: Caerhun, Conwy, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.23068° or 53° 13′ 50″ northLongitude
-3.86363° or 3° 51′ 49″ westElevation
249 feet (76 metres)Open location code
9C5R64JP+7GOpenStreetMap ID
node 340244098OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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