Great Orme Tramway

The Great Orme Tramway is a Victorian cable-hauled street tramway that has been carrying passengers from the centre of Llandudno to the summit of the Great Orme since 1902. It is the only cable-operated street tramway still running in Britain, and one of very few survivors of its kind anywhere in the world, which has earned it Grade II listed status.

The journey is divided into two distinct sections. The lower tramway leaves Victoria Station, just behind the town's seafront, and climbs steeply through residential streets to a halfway interchange at Black Rock. Passengers then transfer to the upper tramway, which leaves the road behind and runs across open downland to the Summit Station, some 207 metres above sea level. Two original wooden tramcars work each section, hauled by a stationary winding engine via a cable beneath the track.

From the top the views stretch across Llandudno's twin bays to Anglesey, the Conwy estuary and the mountains of Snowdonia. The Summit Complex has a café, shop and visitor centre, and the Great Orme Country Park trails, copper mines and resident Kashmir goats are all within walking distance. The tramway runs seasonally and is a popular, gentle way to reach the headland without tackling the climb on foot.