These contrastingly styled buildings in Mostyn Street (all built c1897)
stand opposite the North Western gardens, which is a small but
attractive
triangular shaped pedestrianized open space at the junction of Mostyn
Street and Vaughan Street. The gardens take their name from the North
Western Hotel (now called the Tudno Castle Hotel) and are renowned for
most attractive fully restored underground public toilets now equipped
with an
electric lift for disabled users.
The lift is in the centre of this elegant feature.
Fine shops and arcades with elegant cast iron verandas
adjoining North Western Gardens.
The
Millennium Totem Pole!
This unusual hexagonal sculpture a vertical time-line of key aspects of
Llandudno's history was created in 1999 as part of the re-development
of North Western Gardens to celebrate the start of the Twenty-first
Millennium.
The Tudno Castle Hotel formerly known as the North Western Hotel
is now closed and faces an uncertain future in the hands of the
developers.
The Broadway Hotel at the
corner of Mostyn Broadway and the section of
Vaughan Street leading to the Promenade. To the right, Mostyn Broadway
leads to the main coach park, the North Wales Theatre, the Mostyn
Champney's Retail Complex and the districts of Craig y Don, Llanrhos
and Penrhyn
Bay.