Creuddyn Peninsula
Peninsula in north Wales, into Irish Sea
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The Creuddyn Peninsula (Welsh: Y Creuddyn) is a small peninsula in Conwy County Borough, Wales, protuding into the Irish Sea's Liverpool Bay area. The towns of Llandudno, Rhos-on-Sea, Llandudno Junction, Penrhyn Bay and Deganwy sit on the peninsula. Their combined population is 38,952.[citation needed]
The area is also called Y Creuddyn, the name of a medieval commote (unit within a cantref) containing the peninsula—but slightly larger.[1]
Ysgol y Creuddyn, a Welsh-medium secondary school, is named after the peninsula on which it sits.
Geography
The peninsula is bounded by the Irish Sea inlets of Conwy Bay (on the west), Llandudno Bay (or North Shore; on the north) and Rhos or Colwyn Bay (on the north-east); the Conwy Estuary on the south-west, and, roughly, by the A55 road (North Wales Expressway) on its base in the south-east.
The Great Orme, at 207 metres, forms the limestone tip of the peninsula. A 141-metre-high headland, the Little Orme, lies on the north-east side. Several other limestone hills, all of around 100 metres, lie inland on the Creuddyn: Bryn Euryn, Bryniau, Coed Gaer, Bryn Pydew, Mynydd Pant and the Vardre.
Settlements
- Bryn Pydew
- Craig-y-Don
- Deganwy[2]
- Esgyryn
- Glanwydden
- Llandudno[3]
- Llandudno Junction
- Llangystennin
- Llanrhos
- Pabo
- Penrhyn Bay
- Penrhynside
- Rhos-on-Sea