Llandudno Attractions: What To See and Do When You Visit Llandudno
The town of Llandudno in North Wales is one of the country’s premier holiday resorts and is found on the northern coast of Conwy. Due to this, there are plenty of Llandudno attractions for the whole family to enjoy whilst visiting this pleasant seaside town.
The town of Llandudno sits between Great Orme and Little Orme. The town faces the Irish Sea on one side and to the other is the estuary of the River Conwy. Between these headlands and the western and northern shores, the town has much to offer tourists.
The Great Orme is over 680 feet high and is home to Tudno Church, Great Orme’s copper minds and you can take the Llandudno Tramway to it. The hill is also home to a flock of Kashmiri goats whose ancestors were a gift to the Queen Victoria from the Shah of Persia (now Iran).
As you’d expect, Little Orme is smaller, this only rises 463 feet above Llandudno Bay and is the ideal location to view the Great Orme, Anglesey and even across to Snowdonia. Its cliff face offers bird spotters the chance to see razorbills and cormorants. Further back in time, one of its caves held a printing press that printed various Catholic prayer books.
In Llandudno, you can visit The Alice in Wonderland Centre which features all sorts of characters from the famous book. The centre was opened, as Llandudno is a place where Alice Liddel the inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s book, spent her childhood.
Another of the most popular attractions in this town is its Pier. The structure was actually designed and built in only one year by James Brunlees and Charles Henry Driver and then officially opened in 1878. If you choose to walk along the pier, you will see a variety of ornately decorated small buildings that are home to a bar, cafe and traditional amusements. There are also gift shops if you’re on a hunt for souvenirs.
In the summer, the pier is where one can get the Steam Packet boat from to sail over to the Isle of Man. Along with the sailing over to the Isle of Man there are organised trips arranged so that you can explore it as well. Over the years, the pier has been extended and now stretches 695 meters out to sea.
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