A village on the Bangor road about 2 miles SE. of Llanfairfechan, which has in its precincts a raised mound, called MWD, once the site of a castle built by Llewellyn the Great. . About 2 miles upstream from the village are the Aber Falls, the larger of which is 120 feet high. A lake, Llyn-yr-Afon, or Aber Lake, can be reached either from the village, from which it is 4. miles distant, or from Llanfairfechan.