| Brief History of Llandudno |
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| 1815 - Ebeneser chapel for Calvinistic Methodists
constructed |
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| 1827 - Tabernacl chapel for Baptists constructed |
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| 1837 - Semaphore station on the Orme was constructed |
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| 1838 - Salem chapel for Wesleyans constructed |
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| 1840 - First Post Office in Llandudno opened |
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| 1841 - St. George's chapel constructed |
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| 1843 - Approx 196 dwellings |
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| 1843 - 1,000 inhabitants |
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| 1849 - Enclosure Act (832 acres of 955 acres
of land available was distributed to Hon. Lloyd Mostyn as a
result) |
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| 1854 - Approx 200 dwellings |
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| 1854 - Llandudno Improvement Act passed by Parliament |
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| 1856 - Fire Brigade established |
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| 1858 - Work on a sewage system commences |
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| 1858 - Branch railway line from Llandudno to
Llandudno junction opened |
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| 1859 - First pier constructed |
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| 1860 - Gas Street lamps installed |
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| 1861 - First bank in Llandudno opened |
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| 1862 - Approx 438 residences |
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| 1875 - Mersey Docks & Harbour Board constructed
the Great Orme lighthouse |
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| 1875 - New pier constructed |
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| 1891 - First reported football match played -
Llandudno lost 2-1 to Conway |
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| 1901 - 6,065 inhabitants |
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| 1901 - 9,279 inhabitants |
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| 1902 - Grand Theatre opened |
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| 1907 - Cable tramway to the summit of the Great
Orme was completed |
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| 1936 - Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway
opened (tram) |
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| 1948 - Marks & Spencer opened |
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| 1956 - Sir Winston Churchill visits LLandudno |
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| 1963 - Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway
closed (tram) |
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| 1969 - The Queen & Prince Phillip visit LLandudno |
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| 1972 - Cabin lift to the summit of the Great
Orme was completed |
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| 1978 - Swimming pool constructed |
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| 1986 - Great Orme County Park formed, covering
over 1,000 acres |
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| 1989 - 300 metre dry ski slope & 700 metre
toboggan created |
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| 1990 - Mostyn Champneys Retail Park opens for business |
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| 1992 - Great Orme Mines opened the bronze age
mine to the public |
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| 1993 - Victoria Centre opened |
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| 1993 - Llandudno is flooded - 5 and a half inches
of rain fell in three and a half hours |
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| 1994 - North Wales Theatre opened |
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| 1994 - Fire on the pavilion |
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| 1999
- 150 years of Llandudno celebrations |
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| 2003 - Builder Street commercial units development |
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| 2006 - New Parc Llandudno Retail Park opened in October |