Happy Valley The Happy Valley, a former quarry, was the gift of Lord Mostyn to the town in celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the Queen Victoria in 1887. The area was landscaped and developed as gardens, which contained two miniature golf courses, a putting green, a popular open air theatre and extensive lawns.

Welsh National Eisteddfodd Ceremonies were held there in 1896 and again in 1963. The celebrations centred around a stone circle, constructed specifically for this purpose. In June 1969, The Great Orme Cabin Lift, a modern alternative to the tramway, was opened with its base station in Happy Valley. The distance to the summit is just over one mile. It is the longest single stage cabin lift in Britain.

In 1985, the open air theatre closed, after the popularity of the 'Happy Valley Entertainers' open air theatre declined. Likewise the two miniature golf courses closed and were converted in 1987 to create a 280 meter artificial ski slope and toboggan run. The gardens were extensively restored as part of the resort's millennium celebrations and remain a major attraction.

The Happy Valley gardens slope up the side of the Great Orme, with views down over the pier and Llandudno Bay. Paths cross through between the small pools, shrubs, flowers and trees of the more formal gardens, which are surrounded by the woods and grassland of the Great Orme.