The Costa, based in BayView Shopping Centre shut in June 2024. A couple of local residents sitting in the café opposite saw it as a “really bad sign that even big chains can’t turn make money here”. The BayView is a date shopping mall in the centre of the town, plans renovate the centre have just been made public. The perception is that the main tenant – Morrisons – are the driving force behind the plans. “if Morrisons went then no-one would come in”
A beach toy library organised by Together for Colwyn Bay – a group of local residents that organise and fund community projects using asset-based community development.
An minor project that resulted from the Place Plan – mats to increase accessibility to the beach.
A good example of the 2013 beach rejuvenation which made a big difference to the usability and attractiveness of the beach. Although roundly welcomed, many residents questions whether it actually brings more visitors to Colwyn.
One of numerous vacant shops that greats visitors on Station Road. Some irony in the fact that the type of package holidays that Thomas Cook specialised in were felt to be the reason that Colwyn Bay declined in popularity in the 1960s.
