| Llandudno | |
|---|---|
From the top, View over Llandudno from the Great Orme, Llandudno Pier, Mad Hatter Statue on the Promenade | |
  Llandudno Location within Conwy | |
| Population | 19,700 (2021 census) |
| OS grid reference | SH783824 |
| Community |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LLANDUDNO |
| Postcode district | LL30 |
| Dialling code | 01492 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
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Llandudno (/lænˈdɪdnoʊ/[citation needed], Welsh: [ɬanˈdɨdnɔ] ) is a seaside resort, town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula, which protrudes into the Irish Sea. In the 2021 UK census, the community – which includes Gogarth, Penrhyn Bay, Craigside, Glanwydden, Penrhynside, and Bryn Pydew – had a population of 19,700 (rounded to the nearest 100).[1] The town's name means "Church of Saint Tudno".[2]
Llandudno is the largest seaside resort in Wales, and as early as 1861 was being called 'the Queen of the Welsh Watering Places'[3] (a phrase later also used in connection with Tenby[4] and Aberystwyth;[5] the word 'resort' came a little later). Historically a part of Caernarfonshire, Llandudno was formerly in the district of Aberconwy within Gwynedd until 1996.
- ^ "Build a custom area profile - Census 2021, ONS". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ Room, Adrian (1993). Dictionary of Place-Names in the British Isles. London: Bloomsbury. p. 217. ISBN 9781856051774. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality, 2 November 1861, p.11
- '^ The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser, 18 August 1876, p.4
- ^ Llangollen Advertiser, Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal, 25 July 1884, p.2