Conwy (county borough)

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Conwy (county borough)

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County borough

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control....
of Conwy is a local government principal area in north

North Wales

File:North Wales .pngNorth Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England....
Wales

Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
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ontains the major settlements of Llandudno

Llandudno

Llandudno is a seaside resort and town in Conwy , Wales. In the 2001 UK census it had a population of 20,090 including that of Penrhyn Bay and Penrhynside, which are within the Llandudno Community ....
, Llandudno Junction

Llandudno Junction

Llandudno Junction , once known as Tremarl, is a small town in the Conwy , Wales. It is part of the ancient parish of Llangystennin, and it is located south of Llandudno....
, Llanrwst

Llanrwst

Llanrwst The growth of the town in the 13th century was considerably aided by an edict by Edward I of England, who built Conwy Castle, prohibiting any Welshman from trading within of that town....
, Betws-y-Coed

Betws-y-Coed

Betws-y-Coed is a village in the Conwy valley in the county borough of Conwy , North Wales Wales. The name Betws or Bettws is generally thought to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon Old English 'bed-hus' - a house of prayer, or oratory....
, Conwy

Conwy

Conwy is a town in Conwy county borough on the north coast of Wales, which faces Deganwy across the River Conwy. The town formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire....
, Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay is a town and seaside resort in Conwy county borough on the north coast of Wales. The A55 road passes through the town, running parallel to the North Wales Coast Line....
, Abergele

Abergele

Abergele is an old Roman Britain trading town, situated on the north coast of Wales between the holiday resorts of Colwyn Bay and Rhyl, in the county borough of Conwy ....
, Penmaenmawr

Penmaenmawr

Penmaenmawr is a town in the parish of Dwygyfylchi, in the county borough of Conwy , Wales, population about 2,500. It is a seaside resort and quarrying town, though the latter is no longer a major employer, on the North Wales Coast between Conwy and Llanfairfechan....
and Llanfairfechan

Llanfairfechan

Llanfairfechan is a town in the Conwy , in north-west Wales. It lies on the coast of north Wales on the route of the A55 road, between Penmaenmawr and Bangor, Wales....
and has a total population

Population

File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
of about 110,000.

The River Conwy

River Conwy

The River Conwy is a river in North Wales Wales. From its source to its discharge in Conwy Bay it is a little over long. "Conwy" is sometimes Anglicized as "Conway."...
(after which the county borough is named) lies wholly within the area: rising in Snowdonia

Snowdonia

Snowdonia is a region in north Wales and a national park of in area. It was the first to be designated of the three National parks of England and Wales, in 1951....
and flowing through Llanrwst

Llanrwst

Trefriw

Trefriw is a village in Conwy county borough, Wales. It lies on the river Conwy in north Wales, lying a few miles south of the site of the Roman Britain castra of Canovium, sited at Caerhun....
en route to the Irish Sea

Irish Sea

The Irish Sea also known as the Mann Sea or Manx Sea, separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected to the Celtic Sea portion of the Atlantic Ocean by St George's Channel between Republic of Ireland and Wales, and to the north by the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland which forms part of...
by Conwy

Conwy

Conwy is a town in Conwy county borough on the north coast of Wales, which faces Deganwy across the River Conwy. The town formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire....
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**Conwy county borough**

Geography
Area Surface area Surface area is how much exposed area an object has. It is expressed in square units. If an object has flat Face , its surface area can be calculated by adding together the areas of its faces.... - Total - % Water	Ranked 6th List of Welsh principal areas by area This is a list of subdivisions of Wales ordered by area.... 1,130 km² ? %
Admin HQ	Conwy Conwy Conwy is a town in Conwy county borough on the north coast of Wales, which faces Deganwy across the River Conwy. The town formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire....
ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2:GB ISO 3166-2:GB is an International Organization for Standardization standard which defines geocodes: it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to the United Kingdom....	GB-CWY
ONS code ONS coding system The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data....	00NE
Demographics
Population Population File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings.... : - - Density Density The density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol of density is ....	Ranked List of Welsh principal areas by population This is a list of subdivisions of Wales ordered by population.The figures are mid-year estimates for 2007 from the Office for National Statistics.... Ranked List of Welsh principal areas by population density This is a List of Subdivisions of Wales by population density in the United_Kingdom_Census_2001.... / km²
Ethnicity	98.2% White
Welsh language Welsh language Welsh ]], is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, in England by some along the Welsh Marches and in the Welsh settlement in Argentina in the Chubut Valley in Argentina Patagonia.... - Any skills	Ranked 5th List of Welsh principal areas by percentage Welsh language This is a List of Subdivisions of Wales by the percentage of those professing some skills in the Welsh language in Wales in the United_Kingdom_Census_2001.... 39.7%
Politics
Conwy County Borough Council http://www.conwy.gov.uk/
Control
MPs	David Jones David Jones (Welsh politician) David Ian Jones , is a Conservative Party politician. He is Member of Parliament for Clwyd West and Shadow Minister for Wales.... Elfyn Llwyd Elfyn Llwyd Elfyn Llwyd , is a Wales politician, and Member of Parliament representing the Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituency since 1992. Llwyd is Plaid Cymru 's Parliament of the United Kingdom group leader.... Betty Williams Betty Helena Williams Betty Helena Williams is a Welsh politician. She has been Labour Party Member of Parliament for the Wales United Kingdom constituencies of Conwy since 1997....
AMs Members of the National Assembly for Wales The National Assembly for Wales is composed of 60 members known as AMs or Assembly Members ....	Dafydd Elis-Thomas Dafydd Elis-Thomas Dafydd Elis Elis-Thomas, Baron Elis-Thomas Privy Council Assembly Member, is a Wales politician and current Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales.... Alun Pugh Alun Pugh Alun John Pugh is a former Wales Labour Party Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport. Pugh was born into a poor coal mining family in the Rhondda South Wales Valleys.... Denise Idris Jones Denise Idris Jones Denise Idris Jones was a Labour Party member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Conwy . She is a native of Rhosllanerchrugog, near Wrexham and speaks Welsh language and conversational English language.... (Constituency) North Wales (Part) Mid and West Wales (Part) (Regional)
MEPs Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament is the English name for a person who has been elected to the European Parliament, of of the the European Union's two legislative bodies....	Wales

The County Borough
County borough

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control....
of Conwy is a local government principal area in north

North Wales

File:North Wales .pngNorth Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England....
Wales

Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
.

Geography

It contains the major settlements of Llandudno

Llandudno

Llandudno Junction

Llandudno Junction , once known as Tremarl, is a small town in the Conwy , Wales. It is part of the ancient parish of Llangystennin, and it is located south of Llandudno....
, Llanrwst

Llanrwst

Betws-y-Coed

Conwy

Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay is a town and seaside resort in Conwy county borough on the north coast of Wales. The A55 road passes through the town, running parallel to the North Wales Coast Line....
, Abergele

Abergele

Abergele is an old Roman Britain trading town, situated on the north coast of Wales between the holiday resorts of Colwyn Bay and Rhyl, in the county borough of Conwy ....
, Penmaenmawr

Penmaenmawr

Llanfairfechan

Llanfairfechan is a town in the Conwy , in north-west Wales. It lies on the coast of north Wales on the route of the A55 road, between Penmaenmawr and Bangor, Wales....
and has a total population

Population

River Conwy

Snowdonia

Snowdonia is a region in north Wales and a national park of in area. It was the first to be designated of the three National parks of England and Wales, in 1951....
and flowing through Llanrwst

Llanrwst

Trefriw

Irish Sea

Conwy

Caernarfonshire

Caernarfonshire , sometimes also spelt as Caernarvonshire and Carnarvonshire, is one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales and a former administrative county of Wales....
and Denbighshire

Denbighshire

Denbighshire is a principal area and county in North Wales. It is named after the Denbighshire , but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales....
, the borough contains settlements from each.

One third of the land area of the county borough lies in the Snowdonia

Snowdonia

Snowdonia is a region in north Wales and a national park of in area. It was the first to be designated of the three National parks of England and Wales, in 1951....
national park

National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
, and the council appoint three of the 18 members of the Snowdonia National Park Authority.

According to the 2001 Census

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th Census in the United Kingdom....
39.7% of the population of the county borough have "one or more skills" in the Welsh language

Welsh language

Welsh ]], is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, in England by some along the Welsh Marches and in the Welsh settlement in Argentina in the Chubut Valley in Argentina Patagonia....
, which ranks it 5th out of 22

List of Welsh principal areas by percentage Welsh language

This is a List of Subdivisions of Wales by the percentage of those professing some skills in the Welsh language in Wales in the United_Kingdom_Census_2001....
principal areas in Wales.

The amount of Welsh spoken in the county borough greatly varies from location to location, with generally the least being spoken on the coastal fringe.

Examples of the percentage speaking Welsh by electoral ward :

Mostyn (Llandudno) 19.7%
Colwyn
Colwyn

The Borough of Colwyn was one of six Districts of Wales of the county of Clwyd, north-east Wales, from 1974 to 1996.It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from the following parts of the administrative county of Denbighshire :...
22.6%
Conwy
Conwy

Conwy is a town in Conwy county borough on the north coast of Wales, which faces Deganwy across the River Conwy. The town formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire....
33%
Trefriw
Trefriw

Trefriw is a village in Conwy county borough, Wales. It lies on the river Conwy in north Wales, lying a few miles south of the site of the Roman Britain castra of Canovium, sited at Caerhun....
50%
Eglwysbach
Eglwysbach

Eglwysbach is a village in Conwy county borough, North Wales Wales. The village plays host to an annual Agricultural show and Horticulture show in August, which includes displays of local cattle, sheep, heavy and light horses, showjumping a horticulture marquee, fairground rides and trades stands....
63%
Conwy Uwch (Upper Conwy) 66.8%
Llangernyw
Llangernyw

Llangernyw is a rural, mostly Welsh language, village in Conwy county borough, north Wales. Population 960, 67% Welsh-speaking. It lies on the A548 road between Llanrwst and Llanfair Talhaiarn at the point where the Afon Cledwen, a tributary of the River Elwy, crosses the main road....
69.3%
Cerrigydrudion
Cerrigydrudion

Cerrigydrudion is a village and its surrounding parish in Conwy county borough, north Wales. Previously it was part of the historic county of Denbighshire and then Clwyd....
76%

Government

The borough was formed on April 1, 1996 by merging the districts of Aberconwy

Aberconwy (district)

The Borough of Aberconwy was one of five Districts of Waless of Gwynedd, north-west Wales, from 1974 to 1996.It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on April 1, 1974 from parts of the administrative county of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire ....
and Colwyn

Colwyn

The Borough of Colwyn was one of six Districts of Wales of the county of Clwyd, north-east Wales, from 1974 to 1996.It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from the following parts of the administrative county of Denbighshire :...
when it was originally named Aberconwy and Colwyn. However, its council renamed the district a day later, on April 1, 1996 to Conwy. The new name has caused confusion with the town of Conwy

Conwy

Royal Mail

Royal Mail is the national mail of the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turns operates the brands Royal Mail , Parcelforce and General Logistics Systems....
tell people to not use the name 'Conwy' on mail to the area lest it go to the town of the same name (NB: they advise against the use of the former postal counties

Postal counties of the United Kingdom

The postal counties of the United Kingdom, now known officially as the former postal counties, were subdivisions of the UK in routine use by the Royal Mail until 1996....
generally).

Politics

Conwy is represented in Parliament by Betty Williams

Betty Helena Williams

Betty Helena Williams is a Welsh politician. She has been Labour Party Member of Parliament for the Wales United Kingdom constituencies of Conwy since 1997....
(Lab), Elfyn Llwyd

Elfyn Llwyd

Elfyn Llwyd , is a Wales politician, and Member of Parliament representing the Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituency since 1992. Llwyd is Plaid Cymru 's Parliament of the United Kingdom group leader....
(PC), and David Jones

David Jones (Welsh politician)

David Ian Jones , is a Conservative Party politician. He is Member of Parliament for Clwyd West and Shadow Minister for Wales....
(Con), though these members all represent constituencies that only partially cover Conwy. In the National Assembly for Wales

National Assembly for Wales

The National Assembly for Wales is a devolution National Assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. The Assembly comprises 60 members, who are known as Assembly Member, or AMs ....
, it is represented by Gareth Jones

Gareth Jones (Welsh politician)

Gareth Jones Order of the British Empire is a Wales politician. He is currently a member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Aberconwy constituency, as well as being a county councillor representing the Craig-y-Don ward....
(PC).

Coat of arms

Conwy County Borough Council was granted a coat of arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
by the College of Arms

College of Arms

The College of Arms, or Heralds' College, is an office regulating heraldry and granting new armorial bearings for England, Wales and Northern Ireland....
in 2001. The new arms recall those of both Aberconwy and Colwyn Borough Councils. The main part of the shield depicts blue and silver waves for the river from which the county borough takes its name, and also recalls the gold and blue wavy field of Colwyn's arms. On top of the waves is placed a symbolic red tower, representing Conwy Castle

Conwy Castle

Conwy Castle is a castle in Conwy, on the north coast of Wales. It was built between 1283 and 1289 as part of Edward I of England second campaign in north Wales....
. The chief or upper third of the shield is coloured green, the main colour in Aberconwy's arms. In the centre of the chief is a severed head from the heraldry of Marchudd ap Cynan, Lord of Abergele and Rhos. On either side are two black spears embrued, or having drops of blood on their points. These come from the reputed arms of Nefydd Hardd, associated with the Nant Conwy area. In front of each spear is a golden garb or wheatsheaf, for the rural areas of the county borough.

Above the shield, placed on the steel helm usual to British civic arms, is the crest. This takes the form of the Welsh red dragon supporting a Bible, rising from a wreath of oak leaves and acorns. The representation of the Bible

Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
is to commemorate the fact that the first Welsh language translation of the book originated in the area, while the oak circlet recalls that an oak tree formed the main charge in the arms of Colwyn Borough Council, and its predecessor the municipal borough

Municipal borough

Municipal boroughs were a type of local government which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002....
of Colwyn Bay.

The motto adopted is "Tegwch i Bawb"'

Schools

Top performing secondary schools in Conwy, (5 GCSEs, A-C grade, according to the latest inspection report by Estyn

Estyn

Estyn is the office of Her Majesty's Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales. It is funded by the National Assembly for Wales, though is independent from it....
)

80% Eirias High School

Eirias High School

Eirias High School is situated in Colwyn Bay, North Wales. The school has around 1500 pupils and over 90 teachers and staff. The school?s name is derived from its location, the grounds of Eirias Park which is a Welsh word, loosely translated to Red Hot....
, Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay is a town and seaside resort in Conwy county borough on the north coast of Wales. The A55 road passes through the town, running parallel to the North Wales Coast Line....

71% Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy

Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy

Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy is a Welsh comprehensive high-school located in the town of Llanrwst near the River Conwy. There are around 800 pupils in the school and most of them are bilingual....
, Llanrwst

Llanrwst

Ysgol y Creuddyn

Ysgol y Creuddyn is aWelsh language secondary school, situated in Penrhyn Bay outside Llandudno in North Wales. The school was founded in 1981 and is home to approximately 700 students....
, Llandudno

Llandudno

Ysgol Bryn Elian

Ysgol Bryn Elian is a high school on Windsor Drive in Old Colwyn. Along with Eirias High School and Coleg Llandrillo Cymru it serves the state secondary education sector in the Colwyn Bay area....
, Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay

Ysgol John Bright

Ysgol John Bright is a high school on Maesdu Road, Llandudno. It serves the state secondary education sector in the Llandudno area and has around 1200 pupils....
, Llandudno

Llandudno

Ysgol Aberconwy

Ysgol Aberconwy is a mixed comprehensive school on the North Wales coast. The school occupies a brand new campus situated directly onto the Conwy estuary and is 2 minutes from the A55 road linking Chester to North Wales....
, Conwy

Conwy

Abergele

Abergele is an old Roman Britain trading town, situated on the north coast of Wales between the holiday resorts of Colwyn Bay and Rhyl, in the county borough of Conwy ....

Conwy (county borough)

Geography

Government

Politics

Coat of arms

Schools

See also