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Rhyl (Welsh: Y Rhyl) is a seaside town located on the Irish Sea, in the administrative county of Denbighshire and the traditional county of Flintshire, North Wales, United Kingdom, at the mouth of the River Clwyd (Yr Afon Clwyd in Welsh). Once an elegant Victorian resort, it is now mainly used to house the poorer elements of Liverpool and Manchester. This large influx of people has had a huge impact on the Welsh language in the town and surrounding area.
This resort town has a population of about 27,000.
Rhyl Football Club is currently one of the most successful teams in the Welsh football pyramid -- in the 2003-04 season they won the Welsh Premiership championship, the Welsh Cup, and the Welsh League Cup, and were losing finalists for the FAW Premier Cup.
Tourist Attractions
Rhyl's most famous monument was the Rhyl Pavilion - an elegant ornate building with 5 domes, which was destroyed in the 1970s. But Rhyl's current pride and joy is the 80 metre high Sky Tower on Rhyl promenade. The promenade also features Rhyl Suncentre, an indoor leisure swimming pool, Rhyl Sea Life Centre aquarium, Rhyl Children's Village theme park and the ever popular Fairground.
Marine Lake also used to be a popular tourist destination with fair ground rides and even a zoo many years ago. Now-a-days the Marine lake is home to the minature steam train that travels around the lake, a playground and numerous watersports clubs.
Rhyl also contains many brass bands,which entertain the towns many tourists, including the Rhyl Silver band, The scout and guide band and the Salvation army band. The Rhyl Silver band was formed in 1878 by a local business man David Owen Jones and is still going strong, with family members having played throughout the bands history and currently still doing so. They have performed in such prestigious venues as The Royal Albert Hall and entertained Royalty in recent years.
Rhyl hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1892, 1904, 1953 and 1985, as well as an unofficial National Eisteddfod event in 1870.
Sea and Beach
Rhyl's seawater is usually brown in colour, perhaps due to the sediment from the River Clwyd mentioned above. The beach is quite popular in the summer months, with tourists coming primarily from the North West of England and using the other attractions along the seafront.
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