Ty Gwyn Hotel
16th-century coaching inn beside Waterloo Bridge · Inn
A sixteenth-century coaching inn overlooking the River Conwy, family run since 1982, with beamed rooms and a well-regarded restaurant.
About Ty Gwyn Hotel
Ty Gwyn began life as a coaching inn on the old London to Holyhead road and dates back some four hundred years, standing just beside Waterloo Bridge at the southern edge of Betws-y-Coed. The Ratcliffe family has run it since 1982, and much of the building's original character survives in low beamed ceilings, exposed timber and a collection of antiques gathered over the decades.
Bedrooms are split between the main inn and an adjoining building, with individual character rather than a uniform modern finish, and the restaurant has built a strong local reputation for its menus of Welsh lamb, seafood and game served in wood-panelled dining rooms.
Its position by the river and the bridge puts guests within a few minutes' walk of the village centre and the station, while the on-site bar remains a popular stop for locals as well as residents, giving the hotel a lived-in, genuinely Welsh atmosphere rather than a purely tourist-facing one.
At a glance
- Property type
- Inn
- Location
- 16th-century coaching inn beside Waterloo Bridge
- Star rating
- 4 star
- Guest score
- 8.4 / 10 (680 reviews)
- Prices from
- £110 per night
- Destination
- Betws-y-Coed