This is the seaside Wales that England came to on the train. It is a long shelf of coast with the mountains right behind it, from Prestatyn round to Conwy, with Llandudno and the Great Orme in the middle of it.
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Llandudno, North Wales & Coast
A family-run Victorian guest house in the heart of Llandudno, with seven en-suite rooms and a home-cooked breakfast, near the promenade and Great Orme.
Conwy, North Wales & Coast
A beautiful Grade II listed country house B&B in the Conwy Valley near Rowen — a historic, peaceful base.
Conwy, North Wales & Coast
A luxury B&B within Conwy’s ancient town walls — a gem in this medieval walled town.
Llandudno, North Wales & Coast
An elegant Victorian B&B in a prime Llandudno position with free parking — a comfortable seaside base.
Llandudno, North Wales & Coast
A townhouse of 1832 on Llandudno's North Parade with seven suites, most looking over the promenade and the bay.
Caernarfon, North Wales & Coast
A collection of beautiful holiday cottages on a peaceful smallholding near Caernarfon, with spectacular views, sleeping up to 20 in total. Dog-friendly.
Llandudno, North Wales & Coast
A stylish family-run guest house between Llandudno's two shores, with individually designed en-suite rooms, breakfast and free parking with EV charging.
Llandudno, North Wales & Coast
A 4-star Gold award-winning, adults-only B&B on a quiet, tree-lined street in Llandudno — peaceful and welcoming.
Bangor, North Wales & Coast
A refurbished Welsh inn at Tal-y-Bont near Bangor with 11 rooms and a self-catering cottage, its own restaurant and a tavern bar, just off the A55.
Conwy, North Wales & Coast
A characterful boutique bed and breakfast in the heart of medieval Conwy, opposite the castle, with four individually styled en-suite rooms and breakfast.
Go up the Great Orme first, however you like it — the tram, the cable car, or your own legs. From the top you can see the whole coast at once, and underneath your feet is a four-thousand-year-old mine you can walk into. Come down for the promenade and an ice cream, which is the correct order.
Everything here is on the coast railway, which is the useful part. It runs from Bangor to Prestatyn, with Llandudno on a short branch off it, so a car is optional. Eryri (Snowdonia) starts about ten minutes inland, so you can be on a summit by mid-morning and back on the sand by tea.
Four thousand years ago, people climbed the headland above what is now Llandudno and began digging for copper. They worked it with stone hammers and bone tools, following the seams deep into the Great Orme.
What they left is more than five miles of explored tunnel, certified by Guinness in 2005 as the largest prehistoric copper mine in the world. It was forgotten for most of recorded history, and only reopened in 1987, when a scheme to landscape the headland cut into it again.
You can walk down into the mine today, out onto the opencast where it began, with the roofs of Llandudno and the sea below. From there the whole coast lines up: Conwy to the west, then Colwyn Bay, Rhyl and Prestatyn running east along the sand.
These are Victorian resorts, still running on the old idea of a promenade and a pier, with the mountains of Eryri less than an hour behind. Rhyl and Prestatyn keep the only lifeguarded sand in the north, while inland the Clwydian hills and Bodnant Garden are a short drive from any of them.
The SC2 waterpark at Rhyl reopened in July 2025, and the sea at Colwyn Bay was rated Excellent for bathing the same year. The coast keeps up as well as it looks back.
North Wales guides: the best waterfalls in North Wales · a walking tour of Conwy · a walking tour of Llandudno
The coast runs from the Victorian promenades of Llandudno, through the walled town of Conwy, to the long sands at Prestatyn. All of it is on the main railway line, which makes a car optional.
North Wales accommodation here is weighted towards seafront B&Bs and guest houses, with cottages, hotels and caravan parks too. Where an owner handles their own bookings you can deal with them directly. You can also search across Wales.
Browse North Wales Coast by type: B&Bs & Guest Houses · Hotels & Inns · Cottages & Self-Catering · Lodges & Cabins · Caravan & Camping
Towns on the North Wales Coast: Llandudno · Bangor · Colwyn Bay · Conwy · Penmaenmawr · Prestatyn · Rhyl
Nearby areas: Anglesey · Snowdonia · North East Wales
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