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RHYL
Rhyl is a seaside town located on the Irish Sea, in the
administrative county of Denbighshire and the
traditional county of Flintshire, North Wales, United
Kingdom, at the mouth of the River Clwyd (Welsh: Yr Afon
Clwyd). Once an elegant Victorian resort, there was a
large influx of people from Liverpool and Manchester
after World War II had a huge impact on the town and
surrounding area, including Culture and the Welsh
Language. Rhyl railway station has through trains to and
from London, Crewe, Cardiff and Manchester.
This resort town has a population of about 27,000.
Rhyl Football Club is currently one of the most
successful teams in the Welsh football pyramid -- in the
2003-04 season they won the Welsh Premiership
championship, the Welsh Cup and the Welsh League Cup,
and were losing finalists for the FAW Premier Cup.
Rhyl's most famous monument was the Rhyl Pavilion - an
elegant ornate building with five domes, which was
destroyed in the 1970s. But Rhyl's current top
attraction is the 80 metre high Sky Tower on Rhyl
promenade, which opened in 1993. The promenade also
features the popular Rhyl Suncentre - an indoor leisure
swimming pool featuring an indoor monorail as well as
Europe's first ever indoor surfing pool, as well as
SeaQuarium, Rhyl Children's Village theme park and the
Fairground. There was once a laser quest and bowling
establishment but this has since burnt down.
Marine Lake also used to be a popular tourist
destination with fair ground rides and even a zoo many
years ago. Nowadays, the Marine lake is home to the
miniature steam train that travels around the lake, a
playground and numerous watersports clubs.
In a bid to boost the decline in tourism, a million
button badges were sent to Japan in May 2005 with the
website address www.rhyl.com in an attempt to boost
oversea tourism. There were many detractors of the idea;
they suggested that money spent trying to improve the
decaying Victorian infrastructure would be a far better
option. Also due to the poor website design and the
campaign was poorly received.
Rhyl also contains many brass bands, which entertain the
town's many tourists, including the Rhyl Silver band,
the scout and guide band and the Salvation army band.
The Rhyl Silver band was formed in 1878 by local
businessman David Owen Jones and is still going strong,
with family members having played throughout the band's
history and currently still doing so. They have
performed in such prestigious venues as the Royal Albert
Hall and entertained Royalty in recent years.
Rhyl hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1892, 1904, 1953
and 1985, as well as an unofficial National Eisteddfod
event in 1870. |
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