Fort · Conwy · Clwyd

Conwy Town Walls

Conwy Town Walls is a grade I listed building in Conwy. The site is kept up by Cadw. A short trip away is Conwy Castle, 400 m off, the first of 28 within 15 km.

Photo: Conwy Town Walls, David Dixon (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Conwy

inside the built-up area

Run by

Cadw

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 13%

#1,081 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–21°C

In brief

Fort in Conwy

Inside Conwy

Conwy Town Walls is inside Conwy’s built-up area, with 12 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by Cadw

One of the places Cadw looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Conwy has 220 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month

From June to September, Conwy sees highs of 19–21°C.

Jan9° / 3°84 mm

Feb9° / 3°68 mm

Mar11° / 4°61 mm

Apr14° / 5°51 mm

May17° / 8°59 mm

Jun19° / 10°57 mm

Jul21° / 12°56 mm

Aug21° / 13°68 mm

Sep19° / 11°78 mm

Oct15° / 8°109 mm

Nov12° / 6°102 mm

Dec10° / 4°118 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Conwy, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Conwy. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Conwy’s full climate →

About

Conwy Town Walls

5 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Conwy’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Fort
Run by: Cadw
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Conwy
Official site: cadw.gov.wales/visit/places-to-visit/conwy-town-walls

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

The area around Conwy Town Walls

The orange dot is Conwy Town Walls; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Towns close to Conwy Town Walls

Largest of the 8 is Colwyn Bay, home to 29,273. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Conwy

15,706 people · 21 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km northeast of it

Bryn Pydew

389 people · 17 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km southeast of it

Llansanffraid Glan Conwy

1,663 people · 10 places to visit

4 · 3.2 km north of it

Llandudno

14,699 people · 19 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Conwy Town Walls is	People	Places to visit
Conwy	It’s in town	15,706	21
Bryn Pydew	2.3 km northeast of it	389	17
Llansanffraid Glan Conwy	2.4 km southeast of it	1,663	10
Llandudno	3.2 km north of it	14,699	19
Colwyn Bay	3.8 km east of it	29,273	20
Dwygyfylchi	3.9 km west of it	1,403	9
Penrhyn Bay	4.4 km northeast of it	4,201	19
Penrhyn-side	5.3 km northeast of it	420	13

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Of the 28 within 15 km, look for 2 castles, 2 historic houses and 2 art galleries.

Castle · CadwConwy Castle400 m away 2

Historic houseThe Smallest House in Great Britain200 m away 3

CastleDeganwy Castle1.9 km away 4

Garden · National TrustBodnant Garden5.9 km away 5

Art galleryAcademi Frenhinol Gymreig100 m away 6

Art galleryMostyn4.5 km away 7

ZooWelsh Mountain Zoo5.7 km away 8

Historic house · National TrustAberconwy House200 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to Conwy Town Walls

Where is Conwy Town Walls?

Conwy Town Walls is in Conwy, Clwyd, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Conwy Town Walls?

Grade I listed building in Conwy, Wales.

Who runs Conwy Town Walls?

Cadw, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Conwy Town Walls?

June to September are the warmest months in Conwy, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Conwy Town Walls a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Conwy Town Walls?

Within 15 km: Conwy Castle (400 m), The Smallest House in Great Britain (200 m), Deganwy Castle (1.9 km) and Bodnant Garden (5.9 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Conwy Town Walls: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Conwy Castle: Source: Llywelyn2000 Derivative: User:MathKnight, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Smallest House in Great Britain: JK the Unwise, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Deganwy Castle: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bodnant Garden: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Academi Frenhinol Gymreig: Huwpritchard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mostyn: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Welsh Mountain Zoo: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aberconwy House: Huwpritchard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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