Dolwyddelan
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 Part of the village of Dolwyddelan |
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 Dolwyddelan
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| Dolwyddelan shown within Conwy | |
| Population | 474 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SH730511 |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DOLWYDDELAN |
| Postcode district | LL25 |
| Dialling code | 01690 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
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Dolwyddelan is a village and community in Conwy county borough, north Wales, on the main A470 road between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Betws-y-Coed. The name of the village translates as "Gwyddelan's meadow", referring to the 5th or 6th century Saint Gwyddelan, after whom the parish church is named. As a community, the population of Dolwyddelan was recorded in the 2001 Census as 427, and 55.8% of those residents could speak Welsh. The figures for the 2011 census were: population 474:Welsh speakers=50.8%.
The town's name was formerly often spelled as Dolwyddelen, especially by the railway between 1880 and 1980.
The village is particularly noted for Dolwyddelan Castle, the reputed birthplace of Prince Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (Llywelyn the Great), though this unlikely as the main keep was not built until around 1220. It has a railway station on the Conwy Valley Line. Also, of note is Elen's Castle Hotel which dates back over 300 years. Once the building was home of Baron Gwydyr and part of the Earl of Ancaster's Estate. The latter sold it to his game-keeper in the 1870s who then opened it as a coaching inn which specialised in hunting parties.
Nearby mountains include Moel Siabod to the north, Moel Penamnen and Y Ro Wen to the south and, further afield, Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) lies approximately 10 miles to the west. Carreg Alltrem, a crag used by many rock climbers, can be found about a mile south of the village.
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