Welsh Flag - history

INTRODUCTION

The site for the Feast of Tabernacles in the British Isles this year will be Llandudno on the northern coast of Wales.

Llandudno has been a holiday resort since Victorian times and retains much of the elegance of that age. Straddling a promontory, it boasts two beaches with sweeping promenades. North of the town is the Great Orme, a small mountain reached by a cable tramway – or a steep climb for the energetic.

There are many attractions in North Wales including a number of stately homes and castles. Five miles from Llandudno is the walled town of Conwy with its ancient castle originally built over 700 years ago by King Edward I of England. In the beautiful Conwy valley, Bodnant Gardens, run by the National Trust, is worth a visit for those who enjoy formal and informal flower borders.

Further down the coast is perhaps the most famous of the Welsh castles, Caernarfon Castle, where the Investiture of the Prince of Wales took place in 1969. Also built by King Edward it was intended to be a royal residence.

Accessible by bridge is the Isle of Anglesey and inland is the Snowdonia National Park dominated by Mount Snowdon itself. Standing majestic at 3,560 feet high, the summit itself is the remains of an extinct volcano. The Roman city of Chester (just over the border in England) is within easy reach by train.

Also about an hour's drive away is last year's European Capital of Culture – Liverpool, with its museums, art galleries and shops.