North Wales' Premier 4-Star Hotel

The St George’s Hotel was opened in the spring of 1854.

The property was built by Isaiah Davies, who was just 24 years old. He was born in a farm on the Great Orme and inherited a pub called the King’s Head (which is still in operation at the foot of the Great Orme near the tram station) when he married the owner’s daughter, Anne Owen, when he was only 19 years old. Isaiah acquired the plot in a rather unusual way, by exchanging the drinking debts at the King’s Head, which were owned by John Williams, who was an agent for Lord Mostyn’s family, who owned all the lands at Llandudno Promenade.

A few famous guests

In 1862 Dean Liddell, his family and their maids (a party of twelve) stayed at the St George’s for the summer. His daughter Alice aged 8, was later immortalised in the Alice in Wonderland story by Lewis Carroll.

Seven British Prime Ministers have stayed at the hotel including Gladstone, Disraeli, Lloyd George, Thatcher and in recent years during day conferences in the town, John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have used St George as their base for offices, meetings and breaks.

When Churchill arrived at the hotel late at night, he asked for a candle, which caused a bit of a problem for the staff since no candles were available and all the local shops closed. However, staff managed to find a candle for him, and later discovered that he always lit his famous cigar with a candle!!