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Kwik Save is a British convenience store chain. Prior to 2007, it was also a discount supermarket chain that had shops across the United Kingdom. It went into administration in July 2007, but was brought back in April 2012. Its shops were small to medium-sized high street supermarkets, mainly located in areas with below average incomes.
Victoria Pier is a pier in the seaside resort of Colwyn Bay, Wales. The pier fell into disrepair and much of it was demolished, it was reopened in 2021 with a reduced length. Visitors can access the pier and see the bay along its length. Some of the original metalwork remains and retains the legal status of a grade-II listed structure.
Prior to local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974 Colwyn Bay was a municipal borough with a population of around 25,000, but in 1974 this designation disappeared leaving five separate parishes, known as communities in Wales, of which the one bearing the name Colwyn Bay encompassed just the central part of the overall town and in the 2001 ...
The council was based at the Civic Centre on Abergele Road in Colwyn Bay. The building had been built in 1909 as a hospital called Glan y Don Hall, but had been converted to a civic centre in 1964 for one of Colwyn's predecessor authorities, the Colwyn Bay Borough Council. [8]
In the 19th century, local court hearings took place at the police station and session room at Lancaster Road in Conwy, 6 miles (9.7 km) away. [2] Following a significant increase in population, largely associated with seaside tourism, a municipal building was erected on the west side of Station Road in Colwyn Bay, to accommodate the judicial needs of the area, in 1892.
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.
The station was opened 9 April 1884 by the London and North Western Railway, [1] it was served by what is now the North Wales Coast Line between Chester, Cheshire and Holyhead, Anglesey. Initially known as simply Colwyn station , it was changed to Old Colwyn in 1885 after passengers confused it with the next station along the line, Colwyn Bay .
The park was created when the local council purchased 27-acre (11 ha) on 12 April, 1921 and the remainder of the park in 1929. The official opening of the playing fields took place on 27 September, 1923. Situated within the park is the Colwyn Leisure Centre which was opened by Princess Margaret in 1981. Facilities include a six-lane 25-metre ...