Prestatyn railway station
Prestatyn railway station on the North Wales Coast Line serves the town of Prestatyn in North Wales. The station was built on the Chester and Holyhead Railway line and opened on 1 May 1848.Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Prestatyn Railway Station”, “Prestatyn Station”, and “PRT”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prestatyn Library and Christ Church.
Prestatyn Library
Library
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prestatyn Library is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Prestatyn railway station.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Prestatyn railway station.
Prestatyn Castle
Castle
Photo: Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prestatyn Castle is a motte and bailey castle in Prestatyn, Wales, built in 1157 on land granted to the Norman lord Robert Banastre by King Henry II of England. Prestatyn Castle is situated 2,900 feet east of Prestatyn railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gwaenysgor and Meliden.
Gwaenysgor
Village
Gwaenysgor is a small village in Flintshire, Wales. Located near Prestatyn in north Wales, it lies at an elevation of 600 feet, 183 metres. There is one pub, the Eagle and Child.
Meliden
Village
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meliden is a village between Prestatyn and Dyserth in Denbighshire, Wales. It grew up around the locality of lead mines and limestone quarries. The placename "Meliden" has variously been claimed to be derived from that of Bishop Melitus or St.
Dyserth
Village
Photo: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dyserth is a village, community and electoral ward in Denbighshire, Wales. Its population at the 2011 United Kingdom census was 2,269 and was estimated by the Office for National Statistics as 2,271 in 2019. Dyserth is situated 2½ miles south of Prestatyn railway station.
Prestatyn railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.33623° or 53° 20′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.40736° or 3° 24′ 27″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Operator
Transport for Wales RailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“PRT”Open location code
9C5R8HPV+F3OpenStreetMap ID
node 105712447OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6953382Wikidata ID
Q2284492
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Prestatyn railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Prestatyn”
- Dutch: “Station Prestatyn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة پريستاتين”
- Finnish: “Prestatynin rautatieasema”
- French: “gare de Prestatyn”
- French: “Prestatyn”
- Polish: “Prestatyn”
- Urdu: “پریسٹیٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Prestatyn”
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