Canovium

#1347 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Canovium was a fort in the Roman province of Britannia. Its site is located at Caerhun in the Conwy valley, in the county borough of Conwy, in North Wales. ()

Alternative names: Abandoned: IV centuryCoordinates: 53°12'57"N, 3°50'3"W

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Canovium – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bodnant Garden, Coedty Reservoir, Adventure Parc Snowdonia, Drum.

1.9 miNE
Botanical garden, Garden, Park
Bodnant Garden, Conwy
50 min walk • Bodnant Garden is a National Trust property near Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy, Wales, overlooking the Conwy Valley towards the Carneddau mountains. Founded in 1874 and developed by five generations of one family, it was given to the National Trust in 1949.
2.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Coedty Reservoir, Snowdonia National Park
68 min walk • Coedty Reservoir is a reservoir in Snowdonia, North Wales. It is fed by the waters of Afon Porth-llwyd which flows from Llyn Eigiau. The reservoir lies at a height of 900 feet, and measures some 12 acres in size. It contains brown trout.
1.8 miS
Water park, Surfing, Amusement park
Adventure Parc Snowdonia
46 min walk • Adventure Parc Snowdonia, formerly Surf Snowdonia is an adventure park and tourist attraction, incorporating an artificial wave pool, at Dolgarrog in the Conwy valley, north Wales, owned by Conwy Adventure Leisure Ltd. It is the world's first commercial artificial surfing lake.
4.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Drum, Snowdonia National Park
108 min walk • Drum is a summit in the Carneddau mountains in north Wales, 2 km north-east of Foel-fras. It is 771 m high. It is also known as Carnedd Penyborth-Goch.
3.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tal y Fan, Snowdonia National Park
83 min walk • Tal y Fan is an outlying peak of the Carneddau mountains in North Wales. It is one of the four Marilyns that make up the Carneddau, the others being Carnedd Llywelyn, Pen Llithrig y Wrach and Creigiau Gleision.
1.7 miSW
Archaeological site
Pen y Gaer, Snowdonia National Park
45 min walk • Pen y Gaer is the location of a Bronze Age and Iron Age hillfort near the village of Llanbedr-y-Cennin in the Conwy valley, Wales.
4.4 miN
Nightlife
Albion Ale House, Conwy
113 min walk • The Albion Ale House or The Albion is a Grade II listed public house in Conwy, North Wales. Built in 1921, it is a three-room pub with Art Nouveau decor that underwent major renovation in 2012.
2.7 miS
Rock
Nod Glas Formation, Snowdonia National Park
69 min walk • The Nod Glas Formation is an Ordovician lithostratigraphic group in Mid Wales. The rock of the formation is made up of pyritous, graptolitic mudstone that is generally black in colour. It weathers to a soft, very well cleaved and coal-like material.
4.4 miN
National park
Conwy RSPB reserve
113 min walk • Conwy RSPB reserve is a nature reserve of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds situated on the east side of the Conwy estuary in Conwy county borough, North Wales. It covers 47 hectares and protects a variety of habitats including grassland, scrubland, reedbeds, salt marsh and mudflats.
3.1 miS
Monastery
Aberconwy Abbey, Conwy
79 min walk • Aberconwy Abbey was a Cistercian foundation at Conwy, later transferred to Maenan near Llanrwst, and in the 13th century was the most important abbey in the north of Wales.
1.9 miS
Village
Dolgarrog
48 min walk • Dolgarrog is a village and community in Conwy County Borough, in Wales, situated between Llanrwst and Conwy, very close to the Conwy River.