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 PALACE CINEMA, CONWY 200555 viewsEnded up as Palace Bingo and closed completely in 2012. Still empty today (2023)
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 PENMORFA HOTEL LLANDUDNO 200755 viewsRear of the former Penmorfa/Gogarth Abbey Hotel at West Shore, Llandudno. It was originally a holiday home for the Liddell family, whose daughter, Alice, was the inspiration for Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and it is often suggested that Lewis Carroll was inspired to write the book after staying here.
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 BUTTERFLY JUNGLE BUILDING, BODLONDEB PARK, CONWY55 viewsThe frontage of the former 'Butterfly Jungle' in Conwy, disused since it closed in April 2009.
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 VECCHIOS SNACK BAR, MADOC STREET, LLANDUDNO 201055 views
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 THE GLASSHOUSE, HAULFRE GARDENS, LLANDUDNO 200654 viewsInstalled in 2000, destroyed by vandals shortly afterwards.
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 CLARENCE HOTEL, GLODDAETH STREET, LLANDUDNO 200954 views
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 FORTES RESTAURANT, MOSTYN STREET, LLANDUDNO 200753 viewsBefore the frontage was renovated to its current style
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 THE OLD COLLEGE, CASTLE STREET, CONWY 200553 viewsNow renovated and in use as Rowlands Pharmacy (2023)
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 ARNE HALL, CRAIGSIDE, LLANDUDNO53 views"Arne Hall was built in mock Tudor style for the famous Tate and Lyle sugar family in about 1880, at a time when Llandudno was just being developed as an important seaside resort. With commanding views across Llandudno bay it was the first major building at Craigside and was originally called Summerhill. The legend has it that one of the wives of the family used to watch out with a telescope, from the tower, for their sugar boats on their way into Liverpool from the West Indies."
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 REVERB CHRISTIAN CAFE, MADOC STREET, LLANDUDNO 201053 views
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 HARMONY HOUSE, ST GEORGES PLACE, LLANDUDNO 201152 views
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 LITTEN TREE PUB, STATION ROAD, COLWYN BAY52 viewsCurrently derelict (2023)
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 GREAT ORME BIKE HIRE, UPPER MOSTYN STREET, LLANDUDNO52 viewsNow Providero (2023)
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 TILED WATER FOUNTAIN, RHOS POINT SHELTER, RHOS ON SEA51 viewsPretty sure it has gone now, sadly (2023)
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 HOTEL 70 DEGREES, COLWYN BAY51 viewsThe Colwyn Bay Hotel (formerly Hotel 70 Degrees) enters its final days in 2006 after permission was granted for demolition and replacement by apartments. The building was a local landmark, both due to its trendy 70s angled design and the fact that it is perched upon the top of a cliff overlooking Colwyn Bay.
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 CLOSING DAY, HMV STORE, MOSTYN STREET, LLANDUDNO 201951 viewsOriginally built as the Prince's Hall Theatre
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 HIGH TIDE, COLWYN BAY PROMENADE, MARCH 200950 viewsThe Pier & Promenade have since been redeveloped, leaving very little remaining as in this photo.
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 CLARENCE HOTEL, GLODDAETH STREET, LLANDUDNO 201249 viewsBoarded up and awaiting renovation into a Travelodge
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 INTERIOR WOOLWORTHS, MOSTYN STREET, LLANDUDNO 24-12-200849 viewsThe pitiful remains of the once mighty Woolworths empire are picked over by bargain hunters in the Llandudno store. Even the shelving units themselves are disappearing as they are sold off, with the remaining shelves full of dusty & ancient stock retrieved from the depths of the storeoom. Sad to see it end this way.
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 WASHINGTON NIGHTCLUB, LLANDUDNO PROMENADE 201249 views
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 CONWY ANTIQUES SHOP48 views
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 TOWN GUIDE, RHOS ON SEA PROMENADE 200548 views
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 IMPERIAL PUB, STATION ROAD, COLWYN BAY 201047 viewsAwaiting redevelopment (2023)
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 HIGH TIDE AT COLWYN BAY PIER, 200947 views
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 RHOS HARBOUR BISTRO, RHOS ON SEA PROMENADE46 viewsCurrently derelict and awaiting redevelopment (2023)
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 JOKES AND TOYS KIOSK, LLANDUDNO PIER 200945 views
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 CO-OP FOODSTORE, PENRHYN AVENUE, RHOS ON SEA.45 viewsCurrently Linney Cooper Carpets (2023)
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 FORMER SHOPS, BOTTOM OF PENRHYN ROAD, COLWYN BAY45 viewsThese shop frontages are all that remains of Colwyn Bay's Market Hall complex, semi derelict since the 1980s following a fire.
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 Llandudno_1980s_Shopping_Precinct_now_Victoria_Centre44 views
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 THE CLEMENCE RESTAURANT, CASTLE STREET, CONWY 201043 viewsCurrently the Midland Tapas Bar (2023)
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 ABANDONED FORMER GOODS YARD AT LLANDUDNO RAILWAY STATION43 views
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 KIOSK NEWSAGENTS, CONWAY ROAD, COLWYN BAY 200542 viewsLong since vanished
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 ROTHESAY HOTEL, COLWYN BAY PROMENADE 200942 viewsNow demolished and replaced by an apartment complex
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 ABANDONED COLWYN BAY PIER IN 201141 views
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 FAT CAT CAFE BAR, MOSTYN STREET, LLANDUDNO 201141 viewsThis was the original Fat Cat Cafe Bar.
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 COLWYN BAY PIER 1930S39 views
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