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Llandudno

Llandudno , town (1981 pop. 13,202), Conwy, NW Wales, on a point of land jutting into the Irish Sea. Llandudno is a popular seaside resort with a mild climate. It is where Lewis Carroll told Alice Liddell the stories upon which Alice's Adventures in Wonderland are based.

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