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English: Map of the community of Colwyn Bay in Conwy County Borough. This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: Conwy UK community map (blank).svg (by Nilfanion ).
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.
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 largest settlement is Colwyn Bay, and Conwy is the administrative centre. Conwy has an area of 1,126 square kilometres (435 sq mi) and a population of 114,290 in 2022, [ 2 ] making it sparsely populated.
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.
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