Colwyn Bay
Sign in to savetown and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales
Key facts
- Population
- 10,576 (Community, 2021) , 29,275 (Built up area, 2021)
- Os grid reference
- SH865785
- Community
- Colwyn Bay
- Principal area
- Conwy
- Preserved county
- Clwyd
- Country
- Wales
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Post town
- COLWYN BAY
- Postcode district
- LL28, LL29
- Dialling code
- 01492
- Police
- North Wales
- Fire
- North Wales
- Ambulance
- Welsh
- Uk parliament
- Clwyd North
- Senedd cymru welsh parliament
- Clwyd West
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- seaside resort
- Official name
- Bae Colwyn
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 9742
- Area
- 779.57
- Official website
- www.colwyn.org.uk
- Image
- Colwyn Bay - geograph.org.uk - 131878.jpg
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- Commons category
- Colwyn Bay
- topic's main category
- Category:Colwyn Bay
- OS grid reference
- SH865785
- postal code
- LL29
- category for people born here
- Q8731151
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Colwyn Bay
- historic county
- Denbighshire
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Locana
via Wikidata · CC0
~15 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Colwyn Bay (/ˈkɒlwɪn/; Welsh: Bae Colwyn [ˈbai ˈkɔlʊɨn] ) is a town, community and seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales overlooking the Irish Sea. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Denbighshire. At the 2021 census, the community had a population of 10,576, and the built up area had a population of 29,275. According to the tourist board, it is renowned for its 4.8 kilometre long sandy beach which has been enhanced with millions of tonnes of sand, so therefore 'man-made' and its permanently available irrespective of the tides.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colwyn Bay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.