Editing Colwyn Bay (section)

== Community facilities ==
The town has parks and gardens and a number of natural amenities such as [[Eirias Park]]. Colwyn Bay has received a gold award 8 times in the Wales in Bloom competition. In 2009 and 2010 the town has been invited to enter Britain in Bloom and has been awarded silver gilt in both years. The [[Welsh Mountain Zoo]] is nearby.

The Porth Eirias Watersports Centre offers tuition in sailing, windsurfing and power boating as well as kayak and canoe hire. In 2013 it was nominated for ''[[Building Design]]'''s [[Carbuncle Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Britain's ugliest new buildings named |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/10252696/Britains-ugliest-new-buildings-named.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328061531/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/10252696/Britains-ugliest-new-buildings-named.html |archive-date=28 March 2014 |publisher=Daily Telegraph |df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was described by the Building Design magazine as “oppressively bland, shaped like a dumpster, and totally insensitive to the beautiful surrounding coast".<ref>Daily Telegraph - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/Britains-ugliest-new-buildings-named/
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