Corwen

Corwen is a town in the administrative county of Denbighshire, traditional county of Merionethshire, north Wales, lying on the River Dee. It is best known as the base of Owain Glyndwr, the fifteenth century Welsh leader.

The town grew as a centre for cattle drovers. Attractions in Corwen include the motte of a Norman castle, the thirteenth century Church of St Mael and St Julien and the Capel Rûg built in 1637 by William Salisbury.

Corwen is the last sizeable town on the A5 from London to Holyhead until Betws-y-Coed is reached. Because of this it still contains a number of hotels which were used in the past as staging hotels for the stage coaches. For a town on a major trunk road the town centre streets are unusually narrow.

Corwen hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1919.