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| Population | 18,496 |
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| Principal area | Denbighshire |
| Ceremonial county | Clwyd |
| Constituent country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PRESTATYN |
| Postcode district | LL19 |
| Dialling code | 01745 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| European Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Vale of Clwyd |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Denbighshire | |
Prestatyn is a seaside resort in Denbighshire, North Wales, lying on the north coast. For Local government purposes Wales is divided into 22 Unitary authorities, which are responsible for the provision of all local government services including education Formation The present principal area was formed on April 1, 1996, under the Local Government (Wales Act 1994, from various parts of the county The Preserved counties of Wales are the current areas used in Wales for ceremonial purposes such as Lieutenancy. Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales. From 1974 until 1996 it was a county with a County council, and was divided into six districts Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The, also known as the Llandudno postcode area, is a group of UK Postal districts covering North Wales (but excluding areas near the English The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. North Wales Police (Heddlu Gogledd Cymru is the Territorial police force responsible for policing North Wales. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru is the fire and rescue service covering the predominantly rural principal areas The Welsh Ambulance Service (also called the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust or Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Gwasanaethau Ambiwlans Cymru) was established on April 1 1998 Wales is a Constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 4 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of Party-list proportional representation This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election The Vale of Clwyd is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in Wales Lists of This is a list of Towns and Villages in the principal area of Denbighshire, Wales. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A seaside resort is a Resort located on the Coast. Where a Beach is the primary focus for Tourists it may be called a beach resort Formation The present principal area was formed on April 1, 1996, under the Local Government (Wales Act 1994, from various parts of the county North Wales (Gogledd Cymru is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England. At the 2001 UK census, it had a population of 18,496. A nationwide Census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001
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History
Prehistory
The town is believed to be one of the oldest inhabited places in north Wales. Tools found in the caves of Craig Fawr, in the nearby village of Meliden, have revealed the existence of cavemen in the area.
Roman
The Roman bathhouse is believed to be part of a camp/military base on the route march from Chester to Caernarfon. Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 Caernarfon (the original Welsh spelling is now almost always used in preference to the anglicised forms "Caernarvon" or "Carnarvon" is a However, much of 'Roman Prestatyn' has been destroyed as houses have been built over unexcavated land.
Medieval
An earth mound, visible in fields to the south of the railway station (near Nant Hall), marks the site of a wooden mound and bailey castle, destroyed by Owain Gwynedd's men in the 9th century. Owain Gwynedd (in English " Owen " (c 1100&ndash November 28, 1170) alternatively known by the Patronymic " Owain ap Gruffydd The town was primarily a fishing village for hundreds of years. The beginning and end of the high street today marks the location of two 'faenols' (or manor houses) called Pendre (translated as "end of" or "top of town") and Penisadre ("lower end of the town").
The name Prestatyn derives from the Old English preosta ("priest") and tun ("farm"), and was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Prestetone". The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey Unlike similarly derived names in England, which generally lost their penultimate syllable and became Preston, this village's name developed a typically Welsh emphasis on the penultimate syllable and a modification of "ton" to "tyn", as also happened at Mostyn. Preston ( ˈprɛstən is a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, located on the River Ribble. Mostyn is a small village in Flintshire, North Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Dee, and located near the town of Holywell. [1]
19th century to present
The town's population remained at less than a thousand until the arrival of the railway and the holidaymakers in the 19th and 20th centuries. "Sunny Prestatyn" became famous for its beach, clean seas and promenade entertainers, and visiting for a bathe was considered very healthful by city dwelling Victorians. Culture The Victorian fascination with novelty resulted in a deep interest in the relationship between modernity and cultural continuities During the Second World War the holiday camps were used as billets for British soldiers, many of whom were also sent to live with locals. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Holiday Camp is a 1947 British film directed by Ken Annakin, starring Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Kathleen Harrison and Dennis Despite being close to Liverpool, the area was not bombed, and many evacuees came to Denbighshire from various northern cities. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Formation The present principal area was formed on April 1, 1996, under the Local Government (Wales Act 1994, from various parts of the county
Prestatyn was the home of the first ever Kwik Save supermarket in 1965. This article describes the now defunct UK-based chain There are also several unrelated shops of the same name in the United States
Description
Although Prestatyn remains a tourist destination, the decline of the British holiday means the town is diversifying. The NHS is planning to open an elderly care facility in the town to serve north Denbighshire, and the opening of big name shops and supermarkets looks set to increase the town's status as a shopping district. Construction of the Scala cinema started in February 2007, it will help regenerate the town, increase employment, improve tourism and provide much needed facilities for community volunteer groups whilst providing a digital cinema with films, exhibition and theatre venues. Prestatyn has the steepest High Street in the United kingdom.
Work is underway on the revival of the Ffrith Beach Festival Gardens. After a troubled few years when the seafront site has lain deserted, attractions are planned (eg 10-pin bowling, quad bikes) to breathe fresh life into the resort. Bowling is a Game / Sport in which players attempt to score points by rolling a Bowling ball along a flat surface either into objects called pins
Attractions
The town is located at the northern end of the Offa's Dyke Path, although not on Offa's Dyke itself. Offa's Dyke Path (Welsh Llwybr Clawdd Offa) is a Long distance footpath along the Welsh - English border Offa's Dyke (Clawdd Offa is a massive linear earthwork, roughly following some of the current border between England and Wales. It also marks the eastern end of the North Wales Path, a long-distance coastal route to Bangor. The North Wales Path is a long distance walk of some 60 miles which runs close to the North Wales coast between Prestatyn in the east and Bangor in Bangor, in Gwynedd, North Wales, is one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom. Other attractions include the remains of Roman baths, the Scala Cinema (now closed due to structural damage but undergoing renovation), opened in 1913, and the nearby Neolithic mound, The Gop. This page is on buildings used for Roman bathing For the activity in general see Ancient Roman bathing. The Gop is a Neolithic mound lying north of Trelawynd in Flintshire, Wales.
Transport
A railway station connects the town to Holyhead to the west and Chester to the east via the North Wales Coast railway line. Prestatyn railway station serves the town of Prestatyn in North Wales. Holyhead ( IPA /ˈhɒlihɛd/ Welsh: Caergybi, "the fort of Saint Cybi " is the largest town in the county of Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 Bus services are provided by Arriva North West and Wales. Arriva North West and Wales is a division of Arriva that operates bus services around North West England and Wales.
Wind farm
The North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm was opened in 2003. Wales ' first offshore Wind farm, and the UK's first major offshore renewable power project the North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm in Liverpool Bay, commenced Situated in Liverpool Bay, 5 miles (7. Liverpool Bay is a Bay of the Irish Sea between north-east Wales, Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside to the east of the 5km) off the coast of Prestatyn, it was the UK's first major offshore wind farm. It comprises 30 turbines with a combined maximum capacity of 60 megawatts - enough to power 40,000 homes.
Notable people
Notable people from the town include Neil Aspinall, John Prescott, Mike Peters (The Alarm), Carol Vorderman (who was brought up here), Karl Wallinger (of the band World Party) and authors Jake Davies and Emyr Humphreys. Neil Aspinall (13 October 1941 — 23 March 2008 was a British music industry executive John Leslie Prescott (born 31 May 1938 is a British Labour Party Politician, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Mike Peters (born February 25, 1959) is a Welsh Musician, best known as the Frontman of The Alarm. The Alarm are an Alternative rock band that emerged from Wales in the early 1980s Carol Jean Vorderman MBE (born 24 December 1960 is a British Television personality best known for being a long-standing co-presenter of Channel Karl Wallinger (born 19 October 1957 Prestatyn, Wales) is a Welsh Musician. World Party is a British pop / rock band which is essentially the solo project of its multi-talented only member Karl Wallinger. Emyr Humphreys ( April 15, 1919 - is a leading Welsh Novelist, Poet and author It hosts the qualifying tournament for many snooker tournaments at the Pontin's Holiday Centre, which was the location for a 1973 movie of the popular British TV series, On The Buses. Pontins is a British holiday company founded in 1946 by Fred Pontin. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located On The Buses was a British Situation comedy created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney.
Cultural references
Philip Larkin once wrote a poem, loosely about the town, called 'Sunny Prestatyn'. Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985 was an English Poet, Novelist and Jazz The Whitsun Weddings is a collection of 32 Poems by Philip Larkin. He was inspired by a roadside advert and probably never visited the town.
Sport
Local football side Prestatyn Town F.C. gained promotion to the Welsh Premiership football league having been crowned champions of the Cymru Alliance League 2007-08 season . Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Prestatyn Town Football Club is a Welsh Association football club based in Prestatyn, Denbighshire. The Welsh Premier League is the national football league for Wales and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. The Cymru Alliance (currently the Huws Gray Cymru Alliance, for sponsorship reasons is a football league and forms the second level of the Welsh football As of the 23rd of April 2008 planning permission for flood lights and seating has been granted[2] in order to meet the Welsh Premier grading requirements. The deadline for these upgrades is May the 1st 2008[3], and having passed these requirements their promotion will be ratified by the Welsh Premier League on the 15th of May. [4]
References
- ^ Hywel Wyn Owen, The Place-Names of Wales, 1998, ISBN 0-7083-1458-9
- ^ http://www.rhyljournal.co.uk/news/Football-club39s-floodlightplan-given-go.4006439.jp
- ^ http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/visitor/tm_headline=football-prestatyn-town-fc-are-cymru-alliance-champions&method=full&objectid=20735957&siteid=50142-name_page.html
- ^ http://www.prestatyntownfootballclub.co.uk/
External links
- BBC Wales's Prestatyn website
- Prestatyn Town Council
- The Parish of Prestatyn News of Prestatyn's parish churches
- Prestatyn's Evangelical Church, Deva
- Friends of the Scala Information, history on the Scala Cinema and Arts Centre.
- Rhyl, Prestatyn and Abergele Journal Local newspaper
- Prestatyn Cricket Club
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