Betws-y-Coed Village in Wales THE UK

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Betws-y-Coed ("Prayer house in the wood", Welsh pronunciation:  is a village and community in the Conwy valley in Conwy County Borough, Wales. Prior to 1974 it was located in the historic county of Caernarfonshire, right on the boundary with Denbighshire.

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Betws-y-coed is a village in the Conwy valley in the county borough of Conwy, North Wales. It lies in the Snowdonia National Park in the valley near the point where the River Conwy is joined by the River Llugwy and the River Lledr. The name Betws-y-coed means Prayer house in the wood. The village was founded around this little church, possibly a monastery, in the late sixth century.   In 1815, the Waterloo Bridge built by Thomas Telford to carry A5 road across the River Conwy and through the village brought considerable development. The village became an important road junction and coach centre on Telford's new road from Llangollen and Corwen (in the east) to Capel Curig and Bangor (in the west) on the Irish Mail route from London to Holyhead. This led to the improvement of the roads south to Dolwyddelan and Blaenau Ffestiniog and north to Llanrwst and Conwy.

                            St. Michael's Old Church

My favorite church on earth !!

Betws-y-Coed Railway

Betws-y-Coed railway station is a railway station on the Conwy Valley Line from Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. It is situated 15 1⁄2 miles (24.9 km) south of Llandudno Junction.

The passenger train service is operated by Arriva Trains Wales and is marketed as the Conwy Valley Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Dyffryn Conwy).


The railway station is also an important bus interchange station. It is used by the Snowdonia National Park Sherpa bus services to Capel Curig, Pen-y-Gwryd, Pen-y-Pass, Beddgelert, Porthmadog, Tryfan and Bethesda. Other connecting bus services operate to Penmachno, Corwen, Llangollen, Llanrwst, Trefriw, Dolgarrog, Conwy and Llandudno. The local bus timetables advertise the train services and the "Gwynedd Red Rover" day ticket is valid on Conwy Valley trains as well as the Sherpa and Conwy Valley bus services. There is also a coach park at the station, which is extensively used by tourist coach operators