The survival of most of its 1300m-long town wall, built concurrently with the castle, makes Conwy one of the UK’s prime medieval sites. It was erected to protect the English colonists from the Welsh, who were forbidden from living in the town and were even cleared from the surrounding countryside.
You can enter the town walls at several points and walk along the battlements. Perhaps the easiest place to start is the short section that runs alongside the castle car park to the Mill Gate . Head through this gate for great views of the wall's exterior.
To find the other accessible section, follow the path under the train tracks, turn right and head through the wall onto the train station platform. The entrance to the largest section of wall starts here and heads up to the Upper Gate (where there are great views over the town to the castle), before continuing all the way to the quay.
To get down to the quay you'll need to double back and exit the wall on Berry St, and head through the Lower Gate . One of the quayside houses, built hard up against the wall, bills itself as the Smallest House In Great Britain , and at a minuscule 3m by 1.8m, they're probably not exaggerating.
