Fencing in Talybont

Talybont

Tal-y-Bont is a tiny village in Conwy County Borough, Wales and depends on the Conwy Valley, west of the River Conwy, on the B5106 road, six miles from the community of Conwy to the north, and 6 miles from Llanrwst to the south, and in the neighborhood of Caerhun. It lies beside the village of Dolgarrog to the south, and also listed below the small settlement of Llanbedr-y-Cennin to the west. The 'Bont' (the mutated form of pont, Welsh for "bridge") in the name possibly refers to the bridge over the Afon Dulyn, a tributary of the neighboring River Conwy, which runs through the town. Tal-y-Bont is the beginning factor for the road to Llyn Eigiau as well as the southerly Carneddau mountains. Access to the northern end of the Carneddau Range as well as the Roman road over to Aberystwyth can additionally be attained by following the road up from Tal-y-Bont through Llanbedr-y-Cennin - which gets on the eastern side of the Snowdonia National Forest - as well as taking a left fork at the pub, Ye Olde Bull Inn, in Llanbedr. Walkers can access heights in the north end of the Carneddau Range such as Drum and Foel Fras, and afterwards proceed south east to get to Carnedd Llewelyn.