Llandudno

Llandudno
From the top, View over Llandudno from the Great Orme, Llandudno Pier, Mad Hatter Statue on the Promenade
Llandudno is located in Conwy
Llandudno
Llandudno
Location within Conwy
Population19,700 (2021 census)
OS grid referenceSH783824
Community
  • Llandudno
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLLANDUDNO
Postcode districtLL30
Dialling code01492
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Conwy
53°19′21″N 3°49′30″W / 53.32250°N 3.82500°W / 53.32250; -3.82500

Llandudno (/lænˈdɪdn/[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.

  1. ^ "Build a custom area profile - Census 2021, ONS". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. ^ Room, Adrian (1993). Dictionary of Place-Names in the British Isles. London: Bloomsbury. p. 217. ISBN 9781856051774. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  3. ^ The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality, 2 November 1861, p.11
  4. '^ The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser, 18 August 1876, p.4
  5. ^ Llangollen Advertiser, Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal, 25 July 1884, p.2