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Betws yn Rhos is a village and community located about 5 miles inland between the coastal towns of Abergele and Colwyn Bay.

Prominently sited in a raised, rubble-walled churchyard in the centre of the village, the twin spires and simple, naive Gothic style of Saint Michael’s church give it a kind of “fairytale” look. It was built in 1838, replacing a much earlier mediæval church (possibly that mentioned in the Lincoln Taxatio of 1291). It is grade II-listed by Cadw because of its “special historic interest as an eccentrically-designed early Victorian church with well-preserved character in a prominent setting within the village (Cadw Building ID: 169 Link British Listed Buildings).