Where do we begin?

Nestling along the banks of the River Conwy, Llanrwst is an ancient market town that can trace its history back almost a thousand years. Llanrwst developed around the wool trade, and for a long time the price of wool for the whole of Britain was set here. The growth of the village in the 13th century was considerably aided by an edict by Edward I of England (who built Conwy Castle) prohibiting any Welshman from trading within 10 miles (16 km) of the town of Conwy.

Llanrwst, located 13 miles from Conwy was strategically placed to benefit from this, add that to the development of Betws y Coed as a tourist destination and the rural beauty which it Llanrwst then you have the perfect place to to call home. The town has seen many changes over the years becoming a centre for not only the trade of livestock but also playing a large part in furniture and clockmaking throughout Wales, part of this is in thanks to the Owen family of clockmakers who plied their trade in the town for almost 100 years from 1743 to 1840.

Our love of clock making made Llanrwst the ideal choice to open Snowdonia Antiques in 1967 and 56 years later we remain as passionate about what we do as we were all those years ago. Llanrwst is a wonderful town with some fantastic people and hold a wealth of history from our 17th Century Bridge, Bont Fawr (Big Bridge) or as we like to call it, "The Bridge of Quarrels" (many an arguments been had at the top of that bridge over who reached the to the top of it first,) built in 1636 from a design by Inigo Jones to the wonderful Church at St Grwst, where many a famous Welsh legend now rests, including the Owen's, clockmakers who's clocks can be seen around the world or Grey Mare's Tail's our local waterfall, which, unless you knew it was there you'd pass.

Here at Snowdonia Antiques say that. "Once you've stopped in Llanrwst you will always come back." So why not pop in and say hi, and let your adventure in our beautiful country start here.