Rhyl (Wales)

Advantages: Great break away from City life
Disadvantages: Weather and the modernisation structures

Rhyl has many memories from my childhood since I have been back there as long I can remember. Its living population is around 25,000 and this can climb (at least it used to) over 100,000 in the summer tourist season. It is a coastal town on the North Wales coast and has neighbouring towns of Prestatyn to the East and Kinmel Bay, Towyn and Abergele to the West. These are all popular tourist attractions. SHOPPING In the very old days- early eighties, ...
...and attracted bigger names to Rhyl such as Currys, and Dixons (remember them) as well as expansions of Woolworth's and other High street retailers. The high street itself opens on one (north) end on to the promenade and towards the beach, whilst to the South is 'old Rhyl' including the Apollo cinema where the original Back to the Future and ET are some films I have seen there. THE BEACH FRONT If you were to drive from East to West along the coast ... Read review

Advantages: Good if you have kids and you're tourists, nice scenery
Disadvantages: Not a place to live because of the tourists, poor facilities in winter, a stupid council.

My association with Rhyl goes back around 22 years. I first learned to ride a bike (without careering all over the pavement) here, used to come on holiday here a lot, and had my first kiss here. So when I moved here I wasn't dreading it by any means. So was I right or wrong? Read on, dear reader... So, we'll start at the front and work backwards. 'The Front' is what we locally call the promenade. It's about a mile and a half or so of uninterrupted ...
...kids are off school. Rhyl is basically the capital of Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester (they're all within two hours drive) and you can't move for them in season. The front is packed full of tourists and their screaming offspring in summer and they don't seem to display any of the common sensibilities when they're here. I lost count of the number of emergency stops we had to make last year due to some tourist deciding to cross the road without ... Read review

Advantages: many camp and caravan sites
Disadvantages: Welsh weather

...best. I have visited Rhyl yearly for about forty years, more so nowadays to recall my childhood memories more than anything. Once a very thriving and bustling holiday resort, We live in Stoke-on-Trent the centre of the Potteries, Father worked down the mine and Mum worked in the pottery industry, Rhyl became the biggest attraction of the year for all that worked in the area, as we had what became know as the (Potters Holidays). Where it was arranged ...
...prizes line the length of Rhyl front. If like me you enjoy a spot of prize bingo, nowhere better than the famous Les Harkers Bingo, this place has been going as far back as I care to remember, but still very reasonably priced and some great prizes on offer. Also along the front there is some smashing little cafes offering good food at very reasonable prices, you can get a full English breakfast for as little as 99p. And excellent pots of tea on ... Read review