This article is about the place in Conwy

Conwy

Conwy is a walled market town and community in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales. The town, which faces Deganwy across the River Conwy, formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire. Conwy has a population of 14,208...

. For other places called Betws or Bettws see Betws

Bettws

Betws or Bettws could refer to one of several communities in Wales, or one in England.The name is generally thought to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon 'bed-hus' - i.e. bead-house - a house of prayer, a private chapel or an oratory....

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Betws yn Rhos is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 and community

Community (Wales)

A community is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest-tier of local government in Wales. Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England....

 in Conwy County Borough, north

North Wales

North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...

 Wales

Wales

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Betws yn Rhos is located about five miles inland between the coastal towns of Abergele

Abergele

Abergele is a community and old Roman trading town, situated on the north coast of Wales between the holiday resorts of Colwyn Bay and Rhyl, in Conwy County Borough. Its northern suburb of Pensarn lies on the Irish Sea coast and is known for its beach, where it is claimed by some that a ghost ship...

 and Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay

- Demography :Prior to local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974 Colwyn Bay was a municipal borough with a population of c.25,000, but in 1974 this designation disappeared leaving five separate parishes, known as communities in Wales, of which the one bearing the name Colwyn Bay encompassed...

. Until 1974 it formed part of Denbighshire

Denbighshire

Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...

; subsequent local government reorganisations saw it administered as part of Clwyd

Clwyd

Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east, bordering England with Cheshire to its east, Shropshire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Gwynedd to its immediate west and Powys to the south. It additionally shares a maritime border with the metropolitan county of...

(1974–96) before its current administration as part of Conwy County Borough.
The population of Betws is 944.

Sport
Betws yn Rhos is home to a football team who play in the Clwyd Football League.
Betws yn Rhos enjoyed a good first season 2007/08 but have since been unable to recapture their form in the 2008/09 suffering a number of injuries to key players.In the summer of 2011 Craig Hughes took over Betws Yn Rhos FC to be Betws Yn Rhos 4th manager in the last 5 seasons.Also in 2011/12 the boundaries changed and Betws Yn Rhos now play in the newly formed Clwyd/Conwy Division 1.http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/betwsynrhosfootballclub/. Tom Duffy, the part time boxer was born in the village.