Betws-y-coed is a village and area in the Conwy valley in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located in the historic area of Caernarfonshire, precisely the boundary with Denbighshire, in the Gwydir Forest. The church, consisting of the town itself and its instant area, has a population of 564. A selecting ward of the name Betws-y-Coed likewise exists. This ward consists of a large additional location including 2 neighbouring communities Capel Curig and Dolwyddelan and also has an overall population of 1,244. Betws-y-Coed is one of the honeypot locations in Snowdonia. It depends on the Snowdonia National Park, in a valley near the point where the River Conwy is joined by the River Llugwy and the River Lledr, and was founded around a monastery in the late 6th century. The village grew extremely slowly with the growth of the local lead mining market. In 1815, the Waterloo Bridge, constructed by Thomas Telford to bring the London to Holyhead road (currently the A5) throughout the River Conwy and also with the village, brought considerable transport-related development. The village ended up being a major mentoring centre in between Corwen (to the east) and also Capel Curig (to the west) on the Irish Mail path from London to Holyhead, which resulted in the renovation of the roadways south to Blaenau Ffestiniog and north to Llanrwst and also Conwy. It is a main location for the objective of road indicators.