Eglwysbach

Eglwysbach

infobox UK place
country = Wales
welsh_name=
constituency_welsh_assembly=
map_type=
official_name= Eglwysbach
population= 928
unitary_wales= Conwy
lieutenancy_wales= Clwyd
constituency_westminster= Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
post_town= Colwyn Bay
postcode_district = LL28
postcode_area= LL
dial_code= 01492
os_grid_reference= SH803705

Eglwysbach is a village in Conwy county borough, north Wales. The village plays host to an annual Agricultural show and horticultural show in August, which includes displays of local cattle, sheep, heavy and light horses, showjumping a horticulture marquee, fairground rides and trades stands.

54% of the residents of Eglwysbach speak the Welsh language, as recorded in the United Kingdom Census 2001. (Out of 930 residents.)

Nearby is Bodnant Garden, a National Trust property.

St. Martin's parish church is in the Diocese of St Asaph of the Church in Wales.


References

* [http://www.conwy.gov.uk/upload/public/attachments/231/Eglwysbach.pdf Census key statistics] , retrieved 20 October 2006
* [http://www.bwrdd-yr-iaith.org.uk/download.php?id=2082.6 Results of the 2001 census of population on the language in electoral wards] , retrieved 20 October 2006.

External links

* [http://www.stmartinseglwysbach.co.uk/ St. Martin's Church Eglwysbach]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3488245 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Eglwysbach and surrounding area]


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