Imposing Conway Castle, the gateway to Snowdonia.

Conway Castle is one of the most impressive medieval buildings in the United Kingdom, some would justly say in the world since its position, overlooking the Conway Estuary belittles everyone who stands before it. Built by King Edward 1st (Long shanks) this was more than a military garrison, this was a symbol of his determination to stamp his authority on Wales. A factor nearly all the Edwardian castles have in common.

Edward was a complex, untrustworthy and disliked character. He once ordered a his body guards to remove the right eye and ear of a man who happened to pass him by for no apparent reason! England had as much to fear from him as Wales and Scotland. As a military commander there is no doubt, Edward knew what he was doing. The building of Conway Castle meant he could control the estuary which was of great strategic importance. There’s lots of information on the castles of Wales available online, just click the following links for more information:

Wales Directory
UK Heritage
Castles of Wales

Desktop Images
Diolch yn Fawr to Clive Elwood for these great pictures. The Conway Estuary is a beautiful part of Wales, on the doorstep of Snowdonia National Park. Clive has kindly allowed us to provide these images as desktop’s for famouswelsh.com readers. There are two sizes to choose from, simply click the image size of your choice (below) to open a new page and save it to your computer.

'Conway Estuary'
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copyright Clive Elwood 2005, all rights reserved.




'Conway Bridge'
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copyright Clive Elwood 2005, all rights reserved.




'Conway Castle'
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copyright Clive Elwood 2005, all rights reserved.





How to set your desktop
On most personal computers changing your desktop picture is very easy to do! Here we've outlined the method for a Windows® PC but the principal is the same for most computers.

First choose one of the images above, decide which size you want then click the link for a new window to open.

Once it has finished downloading the picture just click your right mouse button on the picture and select 'set as wallpaper' - There's nothing to it! Methods differ from one computer to another [eg: ctr + click on Macs] but it's usually straight forward.

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Reprinting these images or publication in any form is not allowed.
Please respect third party copyrights.

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