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BetwsyCoed "Prayer house in the wood"
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Шайдурова Валентина Федоровна
Учитель английского языка
ГБОУ «Школа №106»
СанктПетербург2016
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BetwsyCoed "Prayer house in the wood"
Betws-y-Coed [ˈbet əs i ˈkɔɪd]
BetwsyCoed ("Prayer house in the wood", Welsh pronunciation: [ b t s
and community in the Conwy valley in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It has a population of
534. The name Betws or Bettws is generally thought to be derived from the AngloSaxon Old
English bedhus—i.e. a beadhouse: a house of prayer, or oratory. The earliest record of the
name is Betus, in 1254.
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ˈ ɛ ʊ ə ˈ ɔɨ
) is a village
BetwsyCoed lies in the Snowdonia National Park, in a valley near the point where the River
Conwy is joined by the River Llugwy and the River Lledr, and was founded around a monastery
in the late sixth century. The village grew very slowly with the development of the local lead
mining industry. In 1815, the Waterloo Bridge, built by Thomas Telford to carry the A5 road
across the River Conwy and through the village, brought considerable transportrelated
development. The village became a major coaching centre between Corwen (to the east) and
Capel Curig (to the west) on the Irish Mail route from London to Holyhead, which led to the
improvement of the roads south to Blaenau Ffestiniog and north to Llanrwst and Conwy. It is a
primary destination for the purpose of road signs.
Construction of BetwsyCoed railway station in 1868 heralded the arrival of the railway line
from Llandudno Junction railway station, and resulted in the village's population increasing by
around 500.
The village has a large village green which is the playing field for the local football team. The
green is bounded on its western side by the A5 trunk road, with 19th century buildings, including
shops, hotels, and the Church of St Mary. This church was built on the site of a former cockpit
and fairground, and although it is of early English appearance, it was completed as recently as
1873, the internal roof timbers testifying to this relatively young age. The interior also features
various types of stone: local bluestone, sandstone (and floor tiles) from Ancaster, and black
serpentine from Cornwall. The square bell tower was added in 1907, and the integral church hall
was added in the 1970s, the commemorative stone being laid by the Earl of Ancaster in 1976.Village sign
St. Michael's Church the original "prayer house in the wood"
PontyPair Bridge and River Llugwy
On the southern side of the green is BetwsyCoed railway station with cafes and tourist shops
and a car park. In the former railway goods yard, reached from the station, is the Conwy Valley
Railway Museum with its extensive miniature railway.
Other attractions in the village include the Miners' Bridge and the 14th century church of St.
Michael, which is the origin of the name Betws (meaning "prayerhouse"). There are scenic
walks beside the River Llugwy, which flows through the village, and the River Conwy provides
further attractions, including the Fairy Glen, the Conwy Fish pass and waterfalls including the
Conwy Falls. The PontyPair Falls are in the centre of the village (also the site of a 53hole rock
cannon), and a mile upstream are the famous Swallow Falls.
The picturesque Llyn Elsi reservoir nearby is popular with walkers and anglers, and also
provides water for the village.
The village is also a centre for outdoor activities and lies within the Gwydyr Forest. The
popularity of the area with tourists has led to a proliferation of shops, unusual for a village of this
size. Many of these shops specialize in outdoor clothing and equipment, and tend to give thevillage main street the impression of a retail outlet tastefully designed to be in tune with the
landscape, local history and culture.
The village is home to at least one well known rock band; Melys were founded there in 1996.
Public transport
The BetwsyCoed railway station, a passenger station on the Conwy Valley Line from
Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog, is an integral part of the settlement's tourism industry.
The train service is operated by Arriva Trains Wales and is marketed as the Conwy Valley
Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Dyffryn Conwy).
The railway station is also a bus interchange used by the Snowdonia National Park Sherpa bus
services to Capel Curig, PenyGwryd, PenyPass, Beddgelert, Porthmadog, Tryfan and
Bethesda. Other connecting bus services operate to Penmachno, Corwen, Llangollen, Llanrwst,
Trefriw, Dolgarrog, Conwy and Llandudno. The local bus timetables advertise the train services
and the "Gwynedd Red Rover" day ticket is valid on Conwy Valley trains as well as the Sherpa
and Conwy Valley bus services. A coach park at the station is extensively used by tourist coach
operators.
The Conwy Valley Line was constructed by the London and North Western Railway with the
primary aim of transporting dressed slate from the Blaenau Ffestiniog quarries to a specially
built quay at Deganwy for export by sea. The original plans envisaged a railhead at Betwsy
Coed and a large goods yard was established with intended interchange to a proposed narrow
gauge line (with a significant saving in construction costs) via the steeply graded Lledr Valley to
Blaenau Ffestiniog. Other entrepreneurs proposed narrow gauge lines from Corwen to Betwsy
Coed, Penmachno to BetwsyCoed and from Beddgelert to BetwsyCoed. In the event the line
to Blaenau, which was not completed until 1879, was built to standard gauge and the other
proposals were abandoned.
Extensive passenger and goods facilities were however provided at BetwsyCoed, where the
station, which was opened in 1868, adjoins the London to Holyhead A5 turnpike road and was
thus ideally located to serve many isolated communities in Snowdonia and also the rapidly
developing tourist industry. In the LMS timetables the station was listed as "BettwsyCoed
Station for Capel Curig". There was originally a passing loop with full length up and down
platforms. The loop was removed some years ago but the footbridge that previously gave access
to the nowremoved down platform has been retained and provides access to the Conwy Valley
Railway Museum, which runs a miniature railway and other attractions in the former goods yard.
The comprehensive range of passenger station buildings has been preserved and sympathetically
adapted for use as cafes and tourist shops. The station now functions as an unstaffed halt. The
platform was refurbished and a passenger information system installed in spring 2009.
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