Work is set to be completed on the Conwy Castle next month, completing a £850,000 project.

The restoration and maintenance works on Conwy Castle and the town walls have been ongoing for a number of months now and are set to come to an end next month.

This will bring to an end the project which has seen similar works take place on Beaumaris and Harlech Castles and Caernarfon Castle and town walls, beginning in January.

Requirements for the complex conservation project were informed by a series of expert inspections, which involved the use of GoPro cameras and aerial drones to analyse the hidden, out-of-reach areas of the three historic sites.

Facilitated by rope-access personnel and more than 200 tonnes of scaffolding, the specified works carried out at Conwy Castle have already included the removal of high-level vegetation, surface moss and weed growth from the medieval fortress walls.

Plus, unsteady stonework has been re-stitched and open joints across the mighty structures have been repointed.

Outstanding activity to the Castle — which includes stonemasonry works to the East Barbican — will take place during the next month.

Meanwhile, Conwy Town Walls will also benefit from the project, with conservation work taking place at Mill Gate Tower, which includes repairs to the existing staircase used by visitors to access the town walls.

Cadw’s Head of Conservation ,Chris Wilson, said, “The conservation works carried out this year at Conwy, Harlech and Beaumaris are of an extremely high standard and Cadw is keen to see this exemplar continue at its historic monuments across Wales.

“By example, at Conwy, we wanted to replicate the Castle’s appearance as it was back in 1283, so we repointed the open joints to bring them flush with the face of the stonework.

"This has lightened the external faces of the towers, which truly is an impressive sight from any direction."