Rhyl

Rhyl, a watering-place of Flintshire, North Wales, at the mouth of the Clwyd, 30 miles NW. of Chester. A mere fishing-village so late as 1830, it has fine sands, a promenade pier 705 yards long, built in 1867 at a cost of £17,000, an esplanade, an aquarium and winter garden, a dozen hotels, baths, &c.; and, though the country around is flat, it commands fine views of the Snowdonian mountains. Pop. (1851) 1563; (1881) 6029; (1891) 6491.