Afon Crafnant

Coordinates: 53°7′57″N 3°52′12″W / 53.13250°N 3.87000°W / 53.13250; -3.87000
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53°7′57″N 3°52′12″W / 53.13250°N 3.87000°W / 53.13250; -3.87000

Afon Crafnant
The Afon Crafnant at Trefriw
Location
CountryWales
Physical characteristics
SourceLlyn Crafnant
Mouthconfluence with Afon Conwy
Length2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightGeirionydd
The Afon Crafnant at Trefriw

The Afon Crafnant (English: River Crafnant) is a

Conwy valley in north-west Wales
.

It flows from picturesque Llyn Crafnant, joining the river Conwy at Trefriw. It is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) in length. The river Geirionydd is a tributary which flows from Llyn Geirionydd. They have a confluence a little below the former Klondyke Mill, which used water from both rivers. Klondyke was a mining and milling complex connected with some of the metal mines of the Gwydir Forest.

The Crafnant is also fed by a number of unnamed streams draining from Cefn Cyfarwydd, the ridge to the north-west.

At Trefriw some water from the river is extracted to pass through the Trefriw Woollen Mills to generate hydro-electricity for the machinery, after which the river flows over the Fairy Falls, a popular attraction.

Coed Crafnant, an area of woodland in the valley, is managed by the North Wales Wildlife Trust.

Cwm Glas Crafnant

Cwm Glas Crafnant is a

pine marten
.

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