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The Miners' Arms has long been a favourite refreshment stop for travellers on the A470 Llandudno-Cardiff trunk road through the Welsh heartland. Located at the end of Tavern Row (Rhes-y-Dafarn in Welsh), it overlooks the Victorian village at Llechwedd. On a sunny day there is nowhere more pleasant than the garden of the Miners' Arms for either an outdoor drink or a full lunch; conversely, on a cold winter's day there is nowhere more welcoming than the fire inside the tavern. The Miners' Arms takes its name from an earlier tavern in Glanypwll Road, close to the bridge which carries the picturesque Conwy Valley branch railway from Llandudno. The line was opened in 1879 but its future is uncertain with plans to privatise the railway network. A century ago there were 22 pubs in Blaenau Ffestiniog; today there are five, with another two at Llan Ffestiniog. In 1882 Marianne Greaves, wife of the Llechwedd chairman, was less concerned about the evening consumption of ale than with what she saw as the health risk to the miners of stewed tea, taken to work in the morning and constantly reboiled for the rest of the day! Why not visit the Victorian Village while you are here? |
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