Llandudno

That Saint Tudno was a busy bloke, and well travelled too!  Not only did he have a town named after him in North Wales, but there's a place near Cape Town in South Africa that bears his name.

In 1903 a Mrs Wege, wife of one of the VIPs in the newly created township in Kleinkommetjie Bay near Cape Town, realised the striking similarity between her new home town and Llandudno in North Wales (having just been on holiday there), so suggested that the new town be named Llandudno after the Welsh original.  Like Llandudno's Great Orme and Little Orme in North Wales, the South African Llandudno has rocky outcrops either side of the bay.

Today, Llandudno, South Africa, is a popular holiday destination for the inhabitants of Cape Town as it's only a few hours away, with it's pretty beach and unspoiled countryside.  The town is still small, and has no retail outlets and no street lamps.  But unlike Llandudno, North Wales, I doubt you can have a tour around the rocky promontory in a 1960s British Leyland bus.

Sources:

Maude, Sue (2003) 'Early History', Llandudno.  Available from: http://www.llandudno.co.za/area-guide/llandudno-history/early-history.html (Accessed 3rd January 2011).

Images:

1960s British Leyland Tour Bus at Llandudno (2010), blogger's own.

Juliana