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The parade is paralleled by Mostyn Broadway and Mostyn Avenue, the latter with Queen's Road forms the local shopping centre. Queen's Road (named in honour of Queen Victoria) leads from the promenade through to the pleasant residential area of Craig-y-Don where Roumania Drive and several other streets
408:. Properties on the Parade include hotels and residential or retirement flats beyond which on Colwyn Road are Bodafon Fields and the Craigside residential district. Opposite Bodafon Fields at the end of the promenade is a large paddling pool for children with a beach cafe and public facilities. 391:. From 1850 to 1880, the area was used for sand and clay mining with lime kilns on Nant y Gamar. The first modern house in Craig-y-Don was Ascot House built in 1870 on the eastern corner of what is now Carmen Sylva Road. From 1885, the area was developed as a suburb of Llandudno. 190: 375:
who built a manor house in Gloddaeth (now St David's College). The present house dates from the 16th century. The Mostyns also built a windmill at Hen Dwr, which later became the Bodafon Mountain Beacon, used as part of a warning system in the
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The suburb includes the eastern half of Llandudno Bay and its promenade starting at the roundabout on the Parade and comprising: East Parade, Craig-y-Don Parade, Bedford Crescent and the Colwyn Road through to the
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On the hillside above Queen's Road is the North Wales Medical Centre, built in 1902 as Lady Forester's Convalescent Home (in memory of the 3rd
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on the corner of Clarence Road, which forms a junction with Mostyn Avenue. Other churches include Saint David's English
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councillor, though subsequently elected Independent candidates. and four town councillors to
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Since 1995 the Craig-y-Don ward has elected two county councillors to
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www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Craig-y-Don and surrounding area
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on Mostyn Broadway was built in 1893/95 as a memorial to
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are named in memory of the visit to Llandudno in 1890 of
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Craig-y-Don is located in Conwy
Conwy
OS grid reference
SH796816
Community
Llandudno
Principal area
Conwy
Country
Wales
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
LL30
Dialling code
Police
North Wales
Fire
North Wales
Ambulance
Welsh
UK Parliament
Bangor Aberconwy
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Aberconwy
UK
Wales
Conwy
53°19′05″N 3°48′29″W / 53.318°N 3.808°W / 53.318; -3.808

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