Rhos-on-Sea
Rhos-on-Sea is a seaside resort and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales. The population was 7,593 at the 2011 census. It adjoins Colwyn Bay and is named after the Welsh kingdom of Rhos established there in late Roman Britain as a sub-kingdom of Gwynedd.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 7,980 residents
- Description: resort in Conwy County Borough, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Llandrillo-yn-Rhos”, “Llandrillo-yn-Rhôs”, and “Rhôs-on-Sea”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Penrhyn Avenue and Harlequin Puppet Theatre.
Penrhyn Avenue
Penrhyn Avenue is a cricket ground in Colwyn Bay, Wales. The ground was first used by the Glamorgan 1st XI in 1966, although County Championship matches have only been an annual fixture since 1990.Harlequin Puppet Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Harlequin Puppet Theatre is a puppet theatre at Rhos-on-Sea, Wales. Britain's oldest permanent puppet theatre, the Harlequin was built in 1958 by Eric Bramall and was later run by his former puppeteer partner, Chris Somerville, who died in 2023.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penrhyn Bay and Colwyn Bay.
Penrhyn Bay
Suburb
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Penrhyn Bay is a seaside town on the northern coast of Wales, in Conwy county borough, within the parish or community of Llandudno, and part of the ecclesiastical parish of Llanrhos.
Colwyn Bay
Photo: Kentholke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Colwyn Bay is a coastal town in north Wales. As with much of the north Wales coast, the town has suffered with the decline in the tourist industry since in the mid-20th century.
Bryn Pydew
Village
Photo: Jonathanpepe66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bryn Pydew is a small settlement to the east of Llandudno Junction in North Wales. The limestone hill of Bryn Pydew reaches 128 metres above sea level. Bryn Pydew is situated 2 miles southwest of Rhos-on-Sea.
Rhos-on-Sea
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Rhos-on-Sea, Conwy, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.31297° or 53° 18′ 47″ northLongitude
-3.74398° or 3° 44′ 38″ westPopulation
7,980Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB RHSOpen location code
9C5R8774+5COpenStreetMap ID
node 331572469OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Rhos-on-Sea” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Llandrillo-yn-Rhos”
- Bengali: “রস অন সি”
- Breton: “Llandrillo-yn-Rhos”
- Catalan: “Llandrillo-yn-Rhos”
- Cebuano: “Rhos-on-Sea”
- Chinese: “Rhos-on-Sea”
- Chinese: “滨海罗斯”
- Chinese: “濱海羅斯”
- Cornish: “Llandrillo-yn-Rhos”
- Czech: “Rhos-on-Sea”
- French: “Rhos-on-Sea”
- Galician: “Llandrillo-yn-Rhos”
- Galician: “Rhos-on-Sea”
- German: “Rhos-on-Sea”
- Gujarati: “રોસ-ઓન-સી”
- Irish: “Llandrillo-yn-Rhos”
- Italian: “Rhos-on-Sea”
- Japanese: “ロズ・オン・シー”
- Kannada: “ರೋಸ್-ಆನ್-ಸೀ”
- Korean: “로스-온-씨”
- Lithuanian: “Rosas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rhos-on-Sea”
- Portuguese: “Rhos-on-Sea”
- Russian: “Рос-он-Си”
- Scots: “Rhos-on-Sea”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Llandrillo-yn-Rhos”
- Slovenian: “Rhos-on-Sea”
- Spanish: “Rhos-on-Sea”
- Swedish: “Rhos-on-Sea”
- Tamil: “ரஹோஸ்-ஆன் -ஸீ”
- Telugu: “రోస్-ఆన్-సీ”
- Urdu: “رھوس-آن-سی”
- Urdu: “رہوس-ون-سیا”
- Welsh: “Llandrillo yn Rhos”
- Welsh: “Llandrillo-yn-Rhos”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Morfa Rhyd and Morfa Penrhyn.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rhos Park Crown Green Bowls Club and Rhos on Sea United Reformed Church.
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