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Rhyl Pier, officially known as the Victoria Pier, was a pleasure pier in the seaside town of Rhyl, Flintshire, [nb 1] and the first to be built in North Wales.Designed by James Brunlees and opened in August 1867 at a length of 2,355 feet (718 m), it was the town's central attraction for the ensuing years.
Rhyl (/ r ɪ l /; Welsh: Y Rhyl, pronounced [ə ˈr̥ɨl]) is a seaside town and community in Denbighshire in Wales. The town lies on the coast of North Wales , at the mouth of the River Clwyd . To the west is Kinmel Bay and Towyn , to the east Prestatyn , and to the south-east Rhuddlan and St Asaph .
Brighton Palace Pier at dusk This is a list of extant and former coastal piers in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man and piers on the river Thames. Coastal piers England Name Place Ceremonial county Opened Length Pier of the Year Listed grade Description Image Central Pier Blackpool Lancashire 30 May 1868 1,118 feet (341 m) Originally 1,518 feet (463 m) long. South Pier Blackpool Lancashire 31 ...
It is named after Rhyl, a holiday resort in Denbighshire, Wales. At the 2021 census, Rhyll had a population of 836. [1] The first European to arrive in the area was George Bass, who landed in 1798 to make repairs to his ship. He returned in the same year with Matthew Flinders and a memorial for this landing is maintained close to Rhyll pier. A ...
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Rhyl began to take off as holiday resort following the opening of its railway station in 1848. The Ocean Beach funfair opened in the 1890s, growing into an amusement park at Marine Lake which was seeing thousands of visitors annually. It relocated in 1954 to larger premises at the West end of the promenade.