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Swallow Falls, a short distance outside of Betws Y Coed, Conwy, is the tallest continuous waterfall in Wales. The English name, Swallow Falls, comes from a mistranslation of the Welsh name - someone mistook "ewynnol" ("frothy") for "wennol" ("swallow").



Here, one follows a narrow, tortuous path - part hewed out of the rock face with grey. fissured, threatening crags overhanging part of the route on the one hand and a forbidding abyss clothed with stunted trees on the other. Spectacular and dramatic, this approach path was at one time in the care of Betws-y-Coed council workmen who took pride in maintaining its condition.





Thomas Telford's iron Waterloo Bridge built in 1815, which carries the A5 across the River Conwy, bears the cast iron inscription "This arch was constructed in the same year the battle of Waterloo was fought". Also worth visiting are the awesome Conwy Falls off the road to Pentrefoelas and the beautiful Fairy Glen off the A470 where the River Conwy flows through a narrow gorge.