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Prestatyn

Prestatyn is a town in , on the north coast of . It is the most easterly of the holiday resorts on the coast, and so is convenient for day trips from the cities of and in .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Prestatyn railway station and Prestatyn Castle.

Railway station
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
on the North Wales Coast Line serves the town of Prestatyn in . The station was built on the Chester and Holyhead Railway line and opened on 1 May 1848.

Castle
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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.

Library
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meliden and Dyserth.

Village
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is a village between Prestatyn and in , 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.

Village
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is a village, community and electoral ward in , 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. is situated 2½ miles south of Prestatyn.

Village
is a small village in , . Located near Prestatyn in , it lies at an elevation of 600 feet, 183 metres. There is one pub, the Eagle and Child.

Prestatyn

Latitude
53.3346° or 53° 20′ 4″ north
Longitude
-3.4029° or 3° 24′ 11″ west
Population
16,800
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB PRS
Open location code
9C5R8HMW+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2784452805
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2639926
Wiki­data ID
Q1813948
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Prestatyn” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Prestatyn”
  • Basque: “Prestatyn”
  • Bengali: “প্রেস্টাটিন”
  • Breton: “Prestatyn”
  • Bulgarian: “Престатин”
  • Catalan: “Prestatyn”
  • Cebuano: “Prestatyn”
  • Chinese: “Prestatyn”
  • Chinese: “普雷斯塔廷”
  • Chinese: “普雷斯塔汀”
  • Cornish: “Prestatyn”
  • Czech: “Prestatyn”
  • Dutch: “Prestatyn”
  • French: “Prestatyn”
  • Galician: “Prestatyn”
  • German: “Prestatyn”
  • Gujarati: “પ્રેસ્ટેટીન”
  • Irish: “Prestatyn”
  • Italian: “Prestatyn”
  • Japanese: “プレスタティン”
  • Japanese: “プレタティン”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ರೆಸ್ಟಟೈನ್”
  • Korean: “프레스타틴”
  • Lithuanian: “Prestatinas”
  • Lithuanian: “Prestatyn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Prestatyn”
  • Northern Sami: “Prestatyn”
  • Persian: “پرستاتین”
  • Polish: “Prestatyn”
  • Portuguese: “Prestatyn”
  • Russian: “Престатин”
  • Scots: “Prestatyn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Prestatyn”
  • Silesian: “Prestatyn”
  • Slovak: “Prestatyn”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پرستاتین”
  • Spanish: “Prestatyn”
  • Swedish: “Prestatyn”
  • Tamil: “பெஸ்டாட்டின்”
  • Telugu: “ప్రస్టటైన్”
  • Ukrainian: “Престатін”
  • Urdu: “پریستاتین”
  • Vietnamese: “Prestatyn”
  • Welsh: “Prestatyn”

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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 “Prestatyn”. Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.