Betws-y-Coed (Welsh: [ˈbɛtʊs ə ˈkoːɨ̯d] ⓘ; meaning 'prayer-house in the woods') is a village and community in the Conwy valley in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located in the historic county of Caernarfonshire, right on the boundary with Denbighshire, in the Gwydir Forest.

There are numerous 19th-century buildings, including outdoor clothing shops, hotels, and the Church of St Mary.

The name of the village comes from the Welsh words betws (a borrowing from the Old English bed-hus 'a prayer-house' or 'oratory') and y coed ('the wood').

The location is where a Celtic Christian community founded a monastery in the late 6th century AD.

In the medieval period, the local lead mining industry brought miners and their families to the village.

In 1815, Waterloo Bridge, built by Thomas Telford, opened to carry the Irish Mail road across the River Conwy and through the village.

The establishment of the route brought an economic boost to the area as the village became a major mail coach stop between Corwen (to the east) and Capel Curig (to the west).

In 1868 Betws-y-Coed railway station opened with the extension of the Conwy Valley line from Llanrwst.

[7] The Anglican church was constructed to accommodate increasing numbers of summer visitors to the area.

An integrated church hall was added in the 1970s; its commemorative stone was laid by the Earl of Ancaster in 1976.

[13] The official spelling was "Bettws-y-Coed" until 1950, when the urban district council changed it to "Betws-y-Coed", to respect modern Welsh orthography.

[16][17] Betws-y-Coed railway station is a stop on the Conwy Valley line, with passenger services running approximately every three hours each way between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Llandudno.

The group, who sing in both English and Welsh, have recorded eleven sessions for John Peel on BBC Radio 1 and came first in his Festive Fifty in 2001.