The eastern end of this coast is one long run of sand. It starts at Abergele and runs east through Pensarn, Towyn and Kinmel Bay to Rhyl, then on again to Prestatyn. Rhyl and Prestatyn are the only two beaches along here with summer lifeguards, run by the RNLI lifeboat charity.
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Prestatyn, North Wales & Coast
An excellent family-owned coastal touring park at Prestatyn, full of character on a former mill site. Dog-friendly.
Abergele, North Wales & Coast
An award-winning, family-run caravan park and campsite in peaceful countryside near Abergele. Dog-friendly.
Abergele, North Wales & Coast
A luxury lodge and caravan park at Rhyd-y-Foel near Abergele, with hot tubs, The Retreat spa and gym, and The Cliffs bar and restaurant.
Rhyl, North Wales & Coast
A comfortable caravan at Whitehouse Leisure Park in Towyn near Rhyl, sleeping 6, with on-site facilities.
Conwy, North Wales & Coast
Static caravans under the headland at Conwy, a short walk from Conwy Morfa beach.
Prestatyn, North Wales & Coast
A comfortable caravan at Presthaven Sands near Prestatyn, sleeping 8 — a great family base on the North Wales coast.
Abergele, North Wales & Coast
A geodesic dome, a converted horsebox and camping pitches on a smallholding with alpacas above Abergele.
Abergele, North Wales & Coast
A fantastic family holiday park at Abergele on the North Wales coast, with stunning views and action-packed facilities.
North Wales & Coast
A private three-bedroom holiday caravan at Ty Mawr Holiday Park in Towyn, with use of the park's pools, arcade, bars and play areas.
Rhyl, North Wales & Coast
A stunning caravan just a stone’s throw from Rhyl Beach, sleeping 6 — a great-value seaside base.
Above Abergele, Gwrych Castle stands half-ruined on the hillside. It is a vast Victorian house, and the television programme I’m a Celebrity filmed two series in it. The visitor route round it opens at weekends, 10am to 5pm, so check before you set off midweek. A few minutes east, Towyn has a big open-air market, busiest on a Sunday.
Turn inland and more opens up within a few miles. Rhuddlan Castle stands above the river south of Rhyl, and the white spire of the Marble Church at Bodelwyddan stands beside the A55, the main coast road. The mountains of Eryri (Snowdonia) are under an hour from the sand.
The railway reached this coast in the 1840s and the day-trippers came with it, most of them out of the Potteries, the pottery towns around Stoke-on-Trent. The holiday parks came later and turned that day out into a whole week.
On 26 February 1990 a storm tide tore a four-hundred-metre hole in the sea wall at Towyn and the sea came through into the streets behind. The wall was rebuilt higher and stronger along the whole stretch afterwards, and that rebuilt wall is the promenade you walk along today.
The parks along here are large, some now holding several hundred caravans, with an indoor pool, a club and a playground on site. Rhyl East beach still holds a Seaside Award, which Keep Wales Tidy gives for clean sand and good bathing.
The ground behind the front stays flat for a mile or so, so the walking is level and the promenade runs unbroken for miles. That suits pushchairs and bikes, and you can ride from Kinmel Bay to Prestatyn without meeting a hill.
Dogs are a two-county question. Rhyl and Prestatyn are in Denbighshire, whose sand closes to dogs from 1 May to 30 September. Two exercise areas stay open, east of the Kite Surf Café at Rhyl and by the sailing club at Barkby Beach. Around Towyn and Abergele, in Conwy county, only the marked stretches close.
From Prestatyn the Wales Coast Path carries on east past Gronant to Talacre, four miles of flat sand. At the far end the old lighthouse at Point of Ayr sits out on the open beach.
Abergele and Pensarn share a beach of sand and shingle below the railway line, quieter than Rhyl and easier to park at. Kinmel Bay sits at the Rhyl end of the same run of sand, and the sea wall path goes the whole way between them.
There are 24 caravans and holiday parks listed along this coast. Most sit on the flat ground behind the beaches at Rhyl, Prestatyn and Towyn, and one is over at Caernarfon. For a family it is the cost-effective way to spend a week beside the sea, with a kitchen so you are not paying for meals out every night. See more in Rhyl and Prestatyn, or across the coast. Two take bookings direct with the owner and the rest book online.
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Towns on the North Wales Coast: Llandudno · Bangor · Colwyn Bay · Conwy · Penmaenmawr · Prestatyn · Rhyl
Nearby areas: Anglesey · Snowdonia · North East Wales
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