Trefriw
Trefriw is a village and also neighborhood in Conwy Region 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 three censuses the population of the neighborhood has been recorded as 842 in 1999, 915 in 2001, as well as 783 in 2011 (from an overall of 368 households). Trefriw rests 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 slopes 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 join the river Conwy. The river Crafnant still provides power for the woollen mill, as well as in the past given power for a number of other sectors based along its banks, such as a build which offered quarry devices. The community includes the hamlet of Llanrhychwyn. A lot of the village lies within the Snowdonia National Park, the boundary running down the major road of the village. In addition to its credibility as a great beginning factor for walks (the village has Pedestrians are Welcome standing and stages a yearly strolling celebration), Trefriw is today mostly known for its woollen mills, and also for the neighboring chalybeate health facility, first recognized to have actually been used by the Romans and better established in about 1700. Its waters was just one of really few throughout Europe to have been identified as a medication because of their high iron content.
