Trefriw
Trefriw is a village and area in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It rests on the river Crafnant in North Wales, a couple of miles southern of the site of the Roman fort of Canovium, sited at Caerhun. At the last 3 censuses the population of the area has been recorded as 842 in 1999, 915 in 2001, and also 783 in 2011 (from a total of 368 homes). Trefriw lies on the side of Snowdonia, on the B5106 road to the north-west of Llanrwst, and about 4 1/2 miles north of Betws-y-Coed by road. It is located on the western inclines of the glaciated Conwy valley, listed below the ridge of Cefn Cyfarwydd, the town having been largely built in a semicircle at the factor where the river Crafnant streams from its hanging valley to sign up with the river Conwy. The river Crafnant still offers power for the woollen mill, as well as in the past offered power for a number of other sectors based along its financial institutions, such as a build which supplied quarry devices. The community includes the hamlet of Llanrhychwyn. Most of the town lies within the Snowdonia National Park, the limit diminishing the primary street of the village. Besides its online reputation as an excellent beginning factor for strolls (the town has Walkers rate condition and stages a yearly walking festival), Trefriw is today mostly known for its woollen mills, as well as for the nearby chalybeate spa, initially understood to have actually been made use of by the Romans as well as even more established in about 1700. Its waters was just one of very few throughout Europe to have actually been identified as a medicine because of their high iron material.