Trefriw
Trefriw is a village as well as community in Conwy County District, Wales. It rests on the river Crafnant in North Wales, a couple of miles south of the site of the Roman ft 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 783 in 2011 (from a total of 368 houses). Trefriw lies on the edge of Snowdonia, on the B5106 road to the north-west of Llanrwst, and regarding 4 1/2 miles north of Betws-y-Coed by road. It is located on the western slopes of the glaciated Conwy valley, below the ridge of Cefn Cyfarwydd, the village having been mainly 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 supplies power for the woollen mill, as well as in the past supplied power for a number of various other industries based along its banks, such as a build which gave quarry tools. The neighborhood consists of the hamlet of Llanrhychwyn. A lot of the town lies within the Snowdonia National Park, the limit running down the main road of the village. Aside from its credibility as a good starting point for strolls (the village has Walkers are Welcome status as well as stages a yearly walking festival), Trefriw is today mostly known for its woollen mills, as well as for the nearby chalybeate spa, initially known to have been used by the Romans and better created in regarding 1700. Its waters was among extremely few throughout Europe to have actually been classified as a medicine due to their high iron content.
