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== Landmarks == [[File:Colwyn Bay - The Victoria Pier - geograph.org.uk - 208412.jpg|alt=small building with white and red frontage and two small towers|thumb|Victoria pier]] [[File:Clowyn bay 1.jpg|thumb|right|Colwyn Bay in the early 2000s.The buildings to the right have since been demolished.]] The [[Victoria Pier, Colwyn Bay|Victoria Pier]] was closed to the public in 2009, when a dispute between [[Conwy County Borough Council]] and the pier's owner led to him being declared bankrupt. The fate of the pier was initially uncertain; the council hoped it would be "substantially" demolished for "health and safety and visual reasons to be able to re-open that section of the beachβ.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=David |date=14 August 2016 |title=Ask Daily Post: What is going on with Colwyn Bay Pier? |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/whats-happening-colwyn-bay-pier-11746721 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101041105/http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/whats-happening-colwyn-bay-pier-11746721 |archive-date=1 November 2016 |website=dailypost.co.uk |df=dmy-all}}</ref> In January 2017, the lower end of the pier partially collapsed into the sea and Conwy Council subsequently announced plans to dismantle and store the pier, with a view of restoring it at a later date.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 February 2017 |title=Engineers assess collapsed Colwyn Bay Victoria Pier damage |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-38841948 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204152314/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-38841948 |archive-date=4 February 2017 |access-date=2 February 2017 |website=BBC News |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 February 2017 |title=Collapsed Colwyn Bay Pier to be dismantled for 'protection' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-38943101 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211222737/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-38943101 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |access-date=12 February 2017 |website=BBC News |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The pier was finally demolished in May 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |title=End of the pier as demolition completed at Colwyn Bay |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-44113372/end-of-the-pier-as-demolition-completed-at-colwyn-bay |access-date=16 May 2018 }}</ref> [[Llety'r Dryw]] is a Grade II listed house in Abergele Road, built for the uncle of [[Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon|Anthony Eden]] and now used as the training centre for [[North Wales Police]]. [[Llys Euryn]] is a medieval manor house on [[Bryn Euryn]], now in ruins. There are a number of buildings by notable local architect [[Sidney Colwyn Foulkes]]. These include Williams Deacon's Bank 1925 and Colwyn House 1933-7 originally occupied by the W.S.Wood department store.<ref>{{Cite web|title=[:en]Town Centre Heritage Walk[:cy]Llwybr Treftadaeth Canol y Dref[:]|url=https://colwynbayheritage.org.uk/town-centre-heritage-walk/|access-date=2021-08-23|website=Colwyn Bay Heritage|language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Colwyn Bay Community Hospital]] was completed in 1925.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sidney Colwyn Foulkes |date=15 August 2011 |url=https://colwynbayheritage.org.uk/sidney-colwyn-foulkes/ |access-date=26 February 2019 |publisher=Colwyn Bay Heritage}}</ref> ''Cotswold'', on Brackley Avenue, is a notable town villa by Alfred Steinthal. Built for a Manchester businesswoman, the house was subsequently the home of [[Sidney Colwyn Foulkes]]. It is a [[Listed building|Grade II listed building]].<ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|desc=Cotswold|num=14669|grade=II|access-date=22 February 2023}}</ref> Its [[Japanese garden|Japanese]] and [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] style gardens are listed, also at Grade II on the [[Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales]].<ref>{{NHAW|uid=188|num=PGW(Gd)60(CON)|desc=Cotswold, Brackley Avenue|class=HPG|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref> Another notable garden is The Flagstaff, overlooking the bay. It was designed by [[Thomas Hayton Mawson]] for a house that was not ultimately built, and is listed at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS register.<ref>{{NHAW|uid=189|num=PGW(Gd)61(CON)|desc=The Flagstaff|class=HPG|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>
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