Mynydd Marian Local Nature Reserve and SSSI

Places of Interest

Mynydd Marian

Peak

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Mynydd Marian is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Conwy, Wales. It is also a hill reaching a height of 208 metres, with a trig point, and views to Snowdonia.

Cefn yr Ogof

Peak

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Cefn yr Ogof is the highest point of the hill to the west of Gwrych Castle near Abergele and Llanddulas. Ownership of the hillside is divided into three categories; an area managed by Welsh National Resources on behalf of the National Assembly of Wales…

Gwrych Castle

Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gwrych Castle is a Grade I listed country house near Abergele in Conwy County Borough, Wales. On an ancient site, the current building was created by Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh and his descendants over much of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Places in the Area

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.

Abergele

Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abergele is a relatively new seaside town in the county borough of Conwy in North Wales, located between Colwyn Bay and Rhyl. Abergele is often overlooked due to the popularity of nearby Rhyl, Prestatyn, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno and Conwy.

Old Colwyn

Village

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Old Colwyn is a large village just to the east of Colwyn Bay, in Conwy County Borough, Wales. Prior to local government reorganisation in April 1974 it was part of the Municipal Borough of Colwyn Bay, but the reorganisation established it as a separate community, whose population at the 2001 census was 7,626, increasing to 8,113 at the 2011 census.

Mynydd Marian Local Nature Reserve and SSSI

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