Prestatyn
Prestatyn is a town in Denbighshire, on the north coast of Wales. It is the most easterly of the holiday resorts on the north Wales coast, and so is convenient for day trips from the cities of Liverpool and Manchester in North West England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prestatyn railway station and Prestatyn Castle.
Prestatyn railway station
Railway station
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhyl and Rhuddlan.
Rhyl
Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhyl is in a seaside town in Wales. Although once a very beautiful resort, it has become very run down. There are attempts to revive the town. The town could be called an exclave of England due to the sheer number of tourists and English people who live there.
Rhuddlan
Photo: Julia W, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rhuddlan is a small village in Denbighshire, two miles inland from Rhyl on the north Wales coast. It's best known for the substantial ruin of its 13th-century castle.
Prestatyn
- Type: Locality
- Location: Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.3346° or 53° 20′ 5″ northLongitude
-3.4051° or 3° 24′ 19″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
9C5R8HMV+VWGeoNames ID
7294048
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