Towyn

Towyn

: For|the town in Gwynedd|Tywyninfobox UK place
country= Wales
welsh_name= Tywyn
constituency_welsh_assembly= Clwyd West
official_name= Towyn
latitude= 53.30226
longitude= -03.54014
unitary_wales= Conwy
constituency_westminster= Clwyd West
post_town= ABERGELE
postcode_district= LL22
postcode_area= LL
dial_code= 01745
os_grid_reference= SH974794
population= 7,864 (including Kinmel Bay) (2001 Census)

Towyn (more correctly Tywyn in Welsh), is a seaside resort in the County Borough of Conwy, Wales.

It is located beyween Rhyl, in Denbighshire, and Abergele in Conwy. According to the 2001 Census, together with neighbouring Kinmel Bay (to the east), it had a population 7,864, of which 10.7% could speak Welsh. Only a third of the population were born in Wales.citeweb|url=http://www.conwy.gov.uk/upload/public/attachments/231/Towyn__Kinmel_Bay.pdf|title=Towyn & Kinmel Bay Key Statistics|work=Conwy County Borough Council|accessdate=4 December|accessyear=2007]

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External links

* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3489536 www.geograph.co.uk: photos of Towyn and surrounding area]


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