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Llandudno is also better looked after than most other towns in the area. It is generally well maintained, has very little litter and doesn't attract drunk idiots (I behave when I'm there!).
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We always call in at Rhos after driving the full length of the prom at Llandudno and get fish and chips from the chippie round the back by the shops and then park on the prom, smashing.I'd say Llandudno or nearby Rhos then. TBH I'd say Llandudno has the better seaside 'experience' as such, but I personaly prefer the harbour at Rhos. We've often nipped to the aforementioned chippy then eaten them sat on the wall watching the sea. I'd say hit Llandudno as your main aim, then see how the mood takes you? If its not what she's after, move on a bit. After Rhos is the arcades at Towyn too, so on your way back.
Avoid Rhyl like a teenage whore from Rugely with facial herpes, you have been warned. Let no amount of nostalgia tempt you in, try not to look as you drive through it.
eachmm, actually, looking Point of Ayr. Talacre Beach on google maps, and it appears to be a caravan park/holiday home - i don't see any promenade/pier/etc.
just to be clear - my main criterion here is to eat fish & chips while walking along the seaside.. not on the beach, just along the promenade/pier/etc. i know that's very specific, but it's a fond childhood memory for ms. db (she's from grimsby originally) so i'd like to ensure she can at least get a cone of chips by the seaside
am i just looking in the wrong place on google maps, or is talacre beach perhaps not the place for this?
No need to climb it - just get the cable car, shout obscenities at the sheep and people below, and then once at the top, just take a few more steps and end up in the pub.I vote for Llandudno, as already mentioned the pier is lovely and you can climb the Great Orme - not sure if I'd do it in this weather though - but you must also visit Conwy - five miles down the road. Conwy castle is my favourite castle and you can also visit the smallest house in Britain which is only 3 metres high by almost 2 metres wide!
No need to climb it - just get the cable car, shout obscenities at the sheep and people below, and then once at the top, just take a few more steps and end up in the pub.
I spent every childhood holiday at Aberdovey. It was also the setting of my first holiday without parents (my friend's mum had called the local newsagent to ask if we could use their phone to keep in touch. The owner told lots of other people to look out for us and our plans to hitchhike to freedom were scuppered) and I still love it to bits. There is an empty beach across the railway line opposite the cemetery.I recommend Aberdovey -
We go there every year for days out - lovely
- 2 hours drive
- Lovely sandy beach
- Walk a little along the beach = no kids
- Chippy
- Local ice-cream shops
- Little walk takes you to a hill top gondola overlooking the bay
- Restaurants
Handsome sea front, Llandudno.things that would be nice but aren't deal breakers:
- some nice history/buildings/architecture for us to look at.
All things considered Llandudno is the best option for places within a 2 hour drive although you can do Southport can be done in under hour and a half.
Llandudno has been kept nice and hasn't suffered the decline that other seaside towns has had. There a number of ways to go up the Orme and the café at the top has memorbila of the boxer Randolf Turpin who owned the café for a while.
Llandudno Pier is probably the most piery pier of those mentioned - it's fab.
I vote for Llandudno
Last time i went to Llandudno there was even a Punch & Judy show in front of the pier - it doesn't get much better than that.
Also, let's not forget -
Handsome sea front, Llandudno.
I recommend Aberdovey -
We go there every year for days out - lovely
- 2 hours drive
- Lovely sandy beach
- Walk a little along the beach = no kids
- Chippy
- Local ice-cream shops
- Little walk takes you to a hill top gondola overlooking the bay
- Restaurants
I agree the Dovey is very nice and not what I would call a touristy sea side resort. Which is one of the nice things about it.
I have to disagree with you on the time it takes to get there though, I must have driven there about 10 times in the space of a few years a few years ago and it was always closer to 3 hrs to get there. Llandudno is possible in under 1and a half hours if you go m6 m56 a55 and have a clear run.
Llandudno. Even out of season it has it's charms. Also has the ubiquitous Weatherspoon; look out for the Palladium at the West end of town. Considerable amount of the character of the original building has been preserved.
Am I the only person that thought that said "Doxey"..?