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Colwyn Bay Golf Club (now defunct) was founded in 1893. The club and course closed in 1959 and the land was used for a housing development. [26] The Black Cat Cycling Club, founded in 2014, is based in Colwyn Bay [27] with members made up of cyclists from the town and the surrounding area.
Colwyn Bay station was opened by the Chester and Holyhead Railway in October 1849; originally named Colwyn, it was renamed Colwyn Bay in 1876. [1] The station is in an unusual location straddling a curved section of track. As a result, the track bed is cambered so that trains come to rest at the station platform at a significant tilt.
After Colwyn Bay Urban District Council was established in 1894, [4] the new council needed accommodation and it also moved into the municipal building on Station Road in 1901. [3] By this time the municipal building was quite crowded and the magistrates decided to commission a dedicated police station and magistrates' court.
The A55, also known as the North Wales Expressway (Welsh: Gwibffordd Gogledd Cymru), [1] is a major road in Wales and England, connecting Cheshire and North Wales.The vast majority of its length from Chester to Holyhead is a dual carriageway primary route, with the exception of the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Strait and several short sections where there are gaps in between the two ...
Betws yn Rhos is located about 5 miles (8.0 km) inland between the coastal towns of Abergele and Colwyn Bay. Until 1974, it was part of Denbighshire, but subsequent local government reorganisations saw it administered as part of Clwyd from 1974 to 1996, before its current administration as part of Conwy County Borough.
The North Wales Main Line (Welsh: Prif Linell Gogledd Cymru or Prif Linell y Gogledd; lit. ' North Main Line '), [1] also known as the North Wales Coast Line (Welsh: Llinell Arfordir Gogledd Cymru), [2] is a major railway line in the north of Wales and Cheshire, England, running from Crewe on the West Coast Main Line to Holyhead on the Isle of Anglesey.
Mochdre ([ˈmoːχdrɛ] ⓘ) is a village, community and electoral ward to the west of Colwyn Bay in Conwy County Borough, Wales.Originally part of the municipal borough of Colwyn Bay prior to local government reorganisation in April 1974, it is now a separate community whose population at the 2001 census was 1,862 [1] increasing to 1,923 at the 2011 census. [2]
This is a list of cities, towns, villages and hamlets on or near the Wales Coast Path, a long-distance walk which follows the coast of Wales from Chepstow to Chester.It is divided into sections corresponding to those used to market and promote the route.