Great Orme Visitor Centre
Great Orme Visitor Centre is a museum in Llandudno, Conwy, Wales. Great Orme Visitor Centre is situated nearby to Summit tram stop, as well as near Bishop’s Quarry.Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: visitor center on the Great Orme, North Wales
- Also known as: “Great Orme Country Park Visitor Centre”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Orme and Summit tram stop.
Great Orme
Peak
Photo: Velela, Public domain.
The Great Orme is a limestone headland on the north coast of Wales, north-west of the town of Llandudno. Referred to as Cyngreawdr Fynydd by the 12th-century poet Gwalchmai ap Meilyr, its English name derives from the Old Norse word for sea serpent.
Summit tram stop
Tram stop
Photo: Richard Hoare, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Summit tram stop is a tram terminus situated on the Great Orme Tramway at the summit of the Great Orme in Llandudno, Wales. The Great Orme Tramway is a funicular, which connects the summit with a lower terminus at Victoria in the centre of Llandudno.
Great Orme Bronze Age Mines
Museum
Photo: Richard Hoare, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Orme Bronze Age Mines is a museum, which is situated 1,800 feet east of Great Orme Visitor Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Craig-y-Don and Llanrhos.
Craig-y-Don
Suburb
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Craig-y-Don is a suburb of Llandudno, a coastal seaside resort in Conwy county borough, north Wales. It is also an electoral ward to Conwy County Borough Council and Llandudno Town Council. It is also part of the parish of Llanrhos. Craig-y-Don is situated 2 miles southeast of Great Orme Visitor Centre.
Llanrhos
Village
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Llanrhos is a village in the community of Conwy, in Conwy County Borough, Wales. The village lies between the towns of Conwy and Llandudno. Llanrhos was a civil parish from 1894 until 1974. Llanrhos is situated 2½ miles southeast of Great Orme Visitor Centre.
Deganwy
Village
Photo: Ian Dalgliesh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Deganwy is a town and electoral ward in the community of Conwy in Conwy County Borough in Wales. It lies in the Creuddyn Peninsula alongside Llandudno and Rhos-on-Sea. Deganwy is situated 2½ miles south of Great Orme Visitor Centre.
Great Orme Visitor Centre
- Categories: visitor center, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Llandudno, Conwy, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.33231° or 53° 19′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.85455° or 3° 51′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C5R84JW+W5OpenStreetMap ID
node 705124663OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q107328788
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In Other Languages
“Great Orme Visitor Centre” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Canolfan Ymwelwyr Gogarth Fawr”
- Welsh: “Parc Gwledig y Gogarth Fawr”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bishop’s Quarry and Bryniau Poethion Hut Circle.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Summit Station and Great Orme Country Park and Nature Reserve.
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