| Country: | Wales |
| Static Image Name: | Llanfairfechan1.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | A view over Llanfairfechan |
| Constituency Welsh Assembly: | Aberconwy |
| Official Name: | Llanfairfechan |
| Coordinates: | 53.253°N -3.973°W |
| Community Wales: | Llanfairfechan |
| Unitary Wales: | Conwy |
| Lieutenancy Wales: | Clwyd |
| Constituency Westminster: | Bangor Aberconwy |
| Post Town: | LLANFAIRFECHAN |
| Postcode District: | LL33 |
| Postcode Area: | LL |
| Dial Code: | 01248 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SH683747 |
| Population: | 3,637 |
| Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
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There are two tiers of local government covering Llanfairfechan, at community (town) level and principal area (county borough) level: Llanfairfechan Town Council (Cyngor Tref Llanfairfechan) and Conwy County Borough Council. The town council is based at the Town Hall on Village Road.[3]
Llanfairfechan was an ancient parish within the historic county of Caernarfonshire.[4] In 1872 the parish was made a local government district, administered by an elected local board.
Such local government districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894.[5] Llanfairfechan Urban District was abolished in 1974, with its area becoming a community in the Aberconwy borough of the new county of Gwynedd.[6] Further reforms in 1996 abolished the boroughs and counties created in 1974, and Llanfairfechan was placed in the new Conwy County Borough.[7] For the ceremonial purposes of lieutenancy and shrievalty, Llanfairfechan remained in the preserved county of Gwynedd until 2003, when the whole of Conwy County Borough was placed in the preserved county of Clwyd.[8]
The town lies on the north coast on the route of the A55 road, between Penmaenmawr and Bangor. It has a railway station on the North Wales Coast Line. It, however, is in the unusual situation where there is only one public road that connects it with the remainder of the British road network, which is the A55 road North Wales Expressway.
Morfa Madryn, the salt marsh area immediately west of the town on the shore of Traeth Lafan, is a local authority-managed nature reserve of outstanding beauty and a favourite haunt of bird watchers. The site is home to cormorants and shags. The rare little egret can also be spotted. It is also not far from Aber Falls.
Llanfairfechan is also home to Bryn y Neuadd Hospital, a learning disability facility, a mental health unit (Carreg Fawr) and a medium-secure unit (Tŷ Llywelyn). The site, Bryn Y Neuadd, is also home to the control centres for both the Emergency and Non-Emergency Ambulance services for the north.
Llanfairfechan was judged North Wales Calor Village of the Year for 2009 in the competition run by Calor Gas UK[9]
The earlier Llanfairfechan Golf Club was founded in 1909. This club continued until the early 1950s. There is still a golf club operating in the town under the same name.[10]
Wern Isaf (Rosebriars) is a house and garden designed by the architect Herbert Luck North. Born in Llanfairfechan, Luck North studied in London under Henry Wilson and Edwin Lutyens, before returning to build a substantial practice in Wales. His home is a Grade II listed building and its garden is listed, also at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.
According to the 2011 Census, 45.3% of the population of the town can speak Welsh.[11] 66.2% of the town's population who were born in Wales noted that they could speak the language.[12]
The two schools situated in Llanfairfechan, Ysgol Pant-y-Rhedyn and Ysgol Babanod Llanfairfechan, are categorized as being predominantly English-medium schools but with significant use of Welsh.[13] [14]
In 2011, the process of town-twinning between Llanfairfechan and Pleumeleuc was completed over the first weekend of June. A number of events were held over the weekend, including trips to local attractions and guided tours around Llanfairfechan itself.[15]