Great Orme Country Park Visitor Centre
Visitor centre at the summit of the Great Orme with models, films, interactive displays and a live seabird camera about the headland’s wildlife and history.
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About the museum
The Great Orme is a limestone headland above Llandudno that forms part of a country park and nature reserve managed by the countryside service of Conwy County Borough Council. Its story reaches from Bronze Age copper mining and the early church of St Tudno to Victorian tourism, and its cliffs hold colonies of seabirds.
The visitor centre stands at the summit complex and introduces this landscape to visitors. Its displays include models, interactive digital activities and films on the wildlife and history of the headland. Visitors can watch the seabird colonies through a live video link and look for rock pool creatures in an aquarium. The lantern from the former Llandudno lighthouse, which was decommissioned in 1985, is also shown here.
The centre also serves as a starting point for walks on the Great Orme, and walking leaflets and maps for the country park are available there.
Highlights
- Models, interactive displays and films on the wildlife and history of the Great Orme
- Live video link to the seabird colonies
- Rock pool aquarium
- Lantern from the former Llandudno lighthouse
- Starting point for walks across the headland
Permanent exhibition
- Great Orme exhibition – Models, interactive displays and films on the wildlife and history of the Great Orme, with a live seabird video link and a rock pool aquarium.
- Operated by
- Conwy County Borough Council
Admission & discounts
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: no information
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom
- Accessible parking
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
Third-party access guides report a ramped entrance, accessible toilets, one of them opened with a RADAR key, and a limited number of Blue Badge parking spaces. The toilets are staffed only during the centre’s opening hours.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Great Orme summit (tramway and cable car terminals)
The summit can be reached by the Great Orme Tramway, the Llandudno cable car and by bus. Tram tickets cannot be booked in advance.
By car
Parking available
Car park at the summit.
- Accessible parking
The summit can also be reached on foot or by car, including by the Marine Drive toll road.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
The neighbouring summit complex has a café, bar, gift shop, playground and mini golf.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
