How to Get Here
Conwy Marina is located at Morfa on the west side of the River Conwy, just a short walk to the north of the historic town of Conwy. The marina is set in the beautiful foothills of Snowdonia near the 18 hole, championship course, Conwy (Caernarvonshire) Golf Club.
The marina is at
Lat:53:17:24N (53.29005)
Long:3:50:24W (-3.83998)
The address is: Conwy Marina, Ellis Way, Conwy, Gwynedd, LL32 8GU
From the East, heading West
Continue along the A55 through Conwy Tunnel, leave the A55 at Junction 17 (signposted Conwy), go up the slip road, and turn right on to the A547 and go over the bridge over the A55. Follow Meirion Drive around sharply to the right and then, after 500 yards to the left. At the small roundabout turn right onto Ellis Way. After 200 yards the Mulberry Inn car park will be found on your left. The marina car park entrance is immediately after this, on the left.
From the West, heading East
Continue along the A55 through Penmaenbach Tunnel, leave the A55 at Junction 17 (signposted Conwy), go up the slip road, and turn left on to the A547. Follow Meirion Drive sharply around to the right and then, after 500 yards to the left. At the small roundabout turn right onto Ellis Way. After 200 yards the Mulberry Inn car park will be found on your left. The marina car park entrance is immediately after this, on the left.
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The Marina
Conwy Marina is situated on an estuary near to the historic town of Conwy and a visitor to the Marina can take part in a range of different types of activities. Protected from prevailing winds by Conwy Mountain and Snowdonia, the area has a local climate enjoying higher levels of sunshine than Bangor, just ten miles to the west. It is sometimes said that the marina area has a ‘micro-climate’ all of its own. This may mean that you need to take care if you are venturing out any distance – the wind at the marina is not necessarily a good indicator of the wind further out to sea.
Conwy Marina can shelter up to 500 boats on secure floating finger pontoons, housed in a gated marina. The marina gate provides access to the marina approximately 3 hours either side of high water. On each of the pontoons are shore electrical supplies and water. In addition, the marina sells both red diesel and petrol from its own fuelling jetty, plus a holding tank pump out facility. Shore side there is hard standing for the storage of boats and for car parking.
The owners of the marina, Quay Marinas, provide 24 hours cover to the marina facility and through their staff provided security for the boats in the marina.
There is a 30 ton mobile hoist, which has to be booked in advance.
Ashore there are toilets, showers and a laundry facility. In addition, there is internet (as long as you have your own computer) access via a BT Open Zone wireless connection. However, currently internet access is variable across the marina.
Ashore there is boat sales, chandlery, boat and engine repair, and rigging services, plus the all important Mulberry Public House which serves excellent food and drinks.
History of the Marina
The Conwy Morfa area has a very special place in Great Britain’s wartime history. A local Conwy engineer Iorys Hughes designed and built sections of the Mulberry Harbour caissons used in World War II as part of the D Day landing in France. The history of the mulberry is described in the Absolute Astronomy website and their military background and significance is described in the Combined Operations website. The name of the Mulberry pub on the marina commemorates this history.
In 1986 the Conwy Morfa area was converted into a dry dock construction area to built the tunnel sections used to construct the A55 road tunnel under the River Conwy. This has been recorded by the History of Deganwy Group.
When the A55 road tunnel was completed the old dry dock construction area was converted into today’s Conwy Marina.
