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Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay is a coastal town in north . 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.
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  • Type: Town with 29,400 residents
  • Description: town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales
  • Also known as: “Bae Colwyn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Colwyn Bay railway station and Welsh Mountain Zoo.

Railway station
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is on the to North Wales Coast Line serving the seaside town of Colwyn Bay in the of North Wales.

Zoo
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The is a zoological garden located near the town of Colwyn Bay in , Wales. The zoo was opened on 18 May 1963 by the enthusiastic naturalist Robert Jackson. The zoo covers an area of 37 acres.

Theater building
Photo: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a puppet theatre at , 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 Llandudno Junction and Old Colwyn.

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, once known as Tremarl, is a town in the community of in , . and neighbouring are both part of the built-up area and community of Conwy.

Village
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is a large village just to the east of Colwyn Bay, in , . Prior to local government reorganisation in April 1974 it was part of the Municipal Borough of Colwyn Bay, but the reorganisation established it as a separate community, whose population at the 2001 census was 7,626, increasing to 8,113 at the 2011 census.

Village
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is a village and community in overlooking the north coast of , and situated on the hill . For local government purposes, it is also a ward. The community includes the Peulwys estate of . is situated 3 miles east of Colwyn Bay.

Colwyn Bay

Latitude
53.2953° or 53° 17′ 43″ north
Longitude
-3.7263° or 3° 43′ 35″ west
Population
29,400
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CYY
Open location code
9C5R77WF+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27459588
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2652513
Wiki­data ID
Q527467
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Colwyn Bay” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كولوين باي”
  • Asturian: “Bae Colwyn”
  • Asturian: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Azerbaijani: “Koluin-Bey”
  • Basque: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Bengali: “কল্বিন বে”
  • Breton: “Bae Colwyn”
  • Bulgarian: “Колуин Бей”
  • Catalan: “Bae Colwyn”
  • Cebuano: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Chinese: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Chinese: “科尔温湾”
  • Chinese: “科尔温贝”
  • Chinese: “科爾溫灣”
  • Chinese: “科爾溫貝”
  • Cornish: “Bae Colwyn”
  • Czech: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Danish: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Dutch: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كولوين باى”
  • Esperanto: “Golfeto de Kolvin”
  • Finnish: “Bae Colwyn”
  • Finnish: “Colwyn Bay”
  • French: “Colwyn Bay”
  • German: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Gujarati: “કોલ્વીન બે”
  • Hebrew: “קולווין ביי”
  • Irish: “Bae Colwyn”
  • Italian: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Japanese: “コルウィン・ベイ”
  • Kannada: “ಕೊಲ್ವಿನ್ ಬೇ”
  • Korean: “콜윈 베이”
  • Korean: “콜윈베이”
  • Lithuanian: “Kolvin Bėjus”
  • Luxembourgish: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Northern Sami: “Bae Colwyn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Norwegian: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Persian: “کولوین بی”
  • Polish: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Portuguese: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Russian: “Колуин-Бей”
  • Scots: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bae Colwyn”
  • Silesian: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Slovenian: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Spanish: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Swedish: “Colwyn Bay”
  • Tamil: “கொல்வ்ய்ன் பே”
  • Telugu: “కోల్వైన్ బే”
  • Ukrainian: “Колвін-Бей”
  • Urdu: “کولوین بے”
  • Welsh: “Bae Colwyn”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Colwyn Bay”. Photo: Kentholke, CC BY-SA 3.0.