Visitor Notice

Conwy town walls will be inaccessible from the Watch Tower down to the Wing Gate from 15 May 2024 until further notice. This is to enable our teams to carry out some essential conservation work to the World Heritage Monument.

Find out more about the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd

World Heritage Sites

Overview

Walking the walls of a World Heritage Site

Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site that includes spectacular castles at Beaumaris, Harlech and here in Conwy, these town walls are among the finest and most complete in Europe. Stretching almost uninterrupted around Conwy’s medieval heart, they run for three quarters of a mile, with 21 towers and three original gateways along their length. If you’ve got a head for heights, you can take a walk along the top of the wall as it loops around Conwy’s cramped medieval streets.

The best free show in town, it’s an exhilarating experience that underlines the sheer scale of this magnificent piece of medieval construction, as well as offering stunning views of towering Castell Conwy, the estuary and Eryri (Snowdonia).  

Opening times

Open

Facilities

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Directions

Road
N and W of castle, enclosing much of the town
Bike
NCN Route No.5 (150m/164yards).

Other places nearby

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Castell Conwy
Magnificent medieval fortress still towers over town after 700 years
0.05 miles from Conwy Town Walls
Open
Plas Mawr
Britain’s finest town house of the golden Elizabethan age
0.15 miles from Conwy Town Walls
Open
Penmon Dovecote
A bird box on a truly epic scale
9.63 miles from Conwy Town Walls
Open
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