Rhyl: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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- I take you on a short tour of Rhyl promenade and town centre. I was returning from a trip to the Isle of Anglesey and thought I'd stop by in the North Wales seaside town as it was just a little detour for me on the way back.
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Its sad to say this but most of our seaside towns have been slowly crumbling for decades through under investment from government.
Its been twenty years since I visited the town and I don't think I will return any time soon.
I'd much rather go to the main honey-pots in Snowdonia or even Aberystwyth prom and pier. 😀
It is all over the country. In the past forty years of travelling I have come to see wreck after wreck of places that once were amazing to visit, that in the hands of doped up councillors, that is all I can think of their mentality, all is ruined
Rhyl was a fantastic place to be before circa 1995. I remember some great weekends there in the 80s and early 90s. Fantastic pubs, clubs, restaurants, arcades and would you believe, I once stayed in a very posh hotel in 1984! I think the decline started when the government at the time allowed the DSS to use B&B accommodation when there was a lack of social housing. Suddenly every man and his dog realised they could move to the seaside, stay in B&Bs and the DSS would pay housing benefit. So a win-win situation, the B&B owners get a regular income, the DSS guest gets bed and breakfast 365 days of the year at the seaside, but that only attracted the transient, so instead of holiday makers with cash to spend, these seaside resorts slowly turned into towns with a population on welfare and no spare cash to spend.
Allowing certain slum landlords to advertise flats for rent in prisons didn't help either.
@@davehornby4859 and don't forget Liverpool and Manchester using Rhyl
as a dumping ground for their rubbish.
Hi Stephen, we used to take the kids to Rhyl late 70s early 80s it wasn't too bad then. My parents also took me and my late brother there too, had some great holidays there in the 60s. The old building there knocking down was once the Queens Hotel had live entertainment on years ago and was a quite nice place, big hotel too. The other old building that's B&M Bargains was Woolworths. Thanks for some good memories, I think I'd give it a swerve now.👍
Rhyl was nice to go to in the late 50s and 60, today it's a shit hole, plus it's been ring fenced,ie people come out of prison and put into Rhyl so they know where they are, I avoid the place like the black death ☠️ and Iive In prestayn , only 4 mies away!!
Hubby and I watch all your content about Blackpool (thank you so much for all you do.) We both grew up in Rhyl, moved away eleven years back. The town clock is leaning but was made safe, took them an age to finish. Our son and family still live there (not in the clock) 😂 The telephone exchange looked that bad even when it was used! The new police station is outside St Asaph. The sky tower was from the Glasgow Garden Festival, we used to think it was amazing. The fun fair was at the end of the prom and closed when we were there, it’s now a small retail park. Lots to tell you if you need more info.
Thanks for the info!
Love visiting Rhyl.I stay at Talacre drive up,park up then walk along the Promenade to the Marina then back into Town.That retail park gets busy!
Great improvements to the Town are ongoing.Plus there is a fab yarn shop! In the centre.
Rhyl is not the seaside town it was, but it has improved to what it became in the 90's and 00's. It is a shadow of it's former self. I Loved my Rhyl holidays in the very early 80's as a child.
The councils for lots of seaside places need to be answerable for their actions and what we now see before us.Money minded councils for themselves and not the public sadly.I came to rhyl as a child and its deterioration is beyond belief.Thankyou for this video you are doing some really great interesting ones.
I lived in Rhyl in the early 80's. I know some of it is run down but I still visit and have a love for the place. The B& M building used to be Woolworths. I remember Don Estelle singing there while he sold his music cassettes. Nice video. Thanks for your work.
Some parts are rough, the same I guess of any seaside town. As a whole, in the 10 years I've lived in the area it has improved a lot. I hope it continues this trend for another 10 years.
Rhyl......its no Blackpool!! Cheers Steve,safe journey 😆👍
Sadly Blackpool has deteriorated, not a place I would even consider for a weekend break. I remember Rhyl from the sixties and early seventies, we stayed on the caravan park in Towyn, it was so lovely then, the outdoor lido, the tower clock on the roundabout was sat in the beautifully landscaped promenade. I’ll never understand how places like this get so bad, have we completely lost all sense of civic pride. I live in Wigan and that’s gone to the dogs.
We used to go there in the sixties and seventies and it was brilliant for us from the Midlands and we used to go in the library which was attached to the clocktower and it's really sad to see it now.
I remember when Rhyl was hit by an almighty storm a few years ago. Caused £2 million quids worth of improvements!
So sad to see what our governments and councils have allowed to happen to all these towns and cities over the years.
Social Engineering!
@@elizaphe58 You mean it was all planned?
As someone who lived in Rhyl for two decades, your video was the first time I noticed the leaning tower of the town hall of Rhyl! Fascinating what you miss when you're used to it...
I used to live in Rhyl when it was a lot of fun in the 1980s and a had a Saturday job at Woolworths, and after work off I went to enjoy the trampolines and Fun House at the old school funfair in my grey stockingfeet, ride the Mouse, Catterpillar, Dive Bomber, Dodgems, Big Dipper and many more amusements. Also swam in the Sun Centre sadly no longer here.
I live on the sea front, it’s probably not the best place to come on holiday but we love living here!
❤🤴Another Awesome Video Stephen 💖😍Thanks For Showing Us Around Rhyl Beautiful Beach 🥰👍❤ 🏖🌊
Grim… love it! 😄👍
Rhyl used to be a gret place in the 60s/70s, but it has deteriated since then, I called in last year, whilst we were staying in Llandudno, which is a beautiful seaside resort, the beat in Wales, because the Mostyn Estates whot own Llandudno, makes sure that the buildings are kept pristeen and have a strict planning programme for any new buildings, to blend it with the ret of the achetecture.
I doubt Rhyl will ever get back to what it used to be, as it is so run down., it is too run down and developers wont invest in the place, because the lack of counil and government funding.
I agree Llandudno is lovely Rhyl is a dump
Right back in 79/80 they built a Monorail Train track, from one end of the prom by Splash point
all the way up to the Harbour, with a Station, opposite the Clock tower, on the Prom, all of this 30ft up in the Air?
It was Only Open for a Year or Two, and then closed, after spending £m on it, took 5yrs, to demolish it, we used to go into the
Station, via a Stairs set, still Accessible, to climb up, Blue, Red, Green windows, all around the Station, concrete Pillars
Holding up the tracks, all the way up the Prom
Rhyl has gone from Holiday town to Poor town. I hope it makes a come back.
I doubt the tower is leaning, its more likely a vertical distortion caused by the lens
Went to Rhyl in 1986 as stayed in Prestatyn for 2 weeks and went on some of the rides they used to have at Ocean beach amusement park including the Runaway train powered coaster which was a bit like the Tokaydo express that was at Blackpool at the time
Queens arcade which is the buildings you showed being knocked down, used to be similar to the base of the Blackpool tower. Amazing ballroom, and also had had a Venice style river running in the basement that visitors could ride through on boats. Sadly Rhyl has seen better days, and I do feel the investment may be a case of "too little, too late", as it's reputation will have put generations of people off visiting again.
I haven't been to Rhyl since 1998 but all i can say from watching this vlog is that it has gone completely downhill, it's quite worrying and disappointing also.
Sad to see Rhyl like this, when I was a Young lad in the mid seventees, we used to go there for our holidays, and it was always jam packed, now it"s like a ghost town
Passing through one night and all you could hear were drunkards and junkies on the streets shouting, and litter, litter strewn the streets, and the back streets are appauling.
The Town Hall clock does lean, i remember as a kid in about 1980 it was a "thing" in the local press but apart from being sandblasted clean i don't think anything was done. The road on which it stands is Wellington Rd, Russell Rd is further out. Like most GB seaside resorts Rhyl has seen better days & cheap flights to sunnier climes hasn't helped. It's an ok place to live.
In 1958 my dad took us to Rhyl…my mum stayed at home she wouldn’t go..it was quite good,even though we weren’t allowed to go to the pleasure beach…
I had some wonderful times holidaying in Rhyl as a kid in the 80s and 90s. Now i take my two kids for holidays there, Rhyl is slowly improving now although it has lost its 80s charm. Either way I love the place. Always will.
I went to rhyl in the fifties and sixties,thought it was great for kids,....then In later years I thought....jeez give that place a miss...but the last couple of years its really poshed up...i really love a day out here now..i start off at kinmel Bay asda...then I'm off to the boardwalk...and promenade..i absolutely love it
It's changed beyond all recognition..its a best kept secret....as I've never heard any body else raving about it...
Hi Stephen thank you for another great video as wow some of that place was certainly run down such a shame take care xx
In the 1970's Rhyl had 3 theatres on the promenade. Absolutely bustling place. Sadly forign holidays led to the decline. The first building that you looked at with the B & M store was a Woolworth's 2 storey shop. The tower has been closed for a good 10 yrs and was going to be demolished until a petition kept it. It now lights up of a night in different colours. The building site was arcades with planning permission for town houses ro be erected.
Rhyl has a beautiful beach. I'ts a crying shame this town is lost to poverty.
Used to sing in the clubs there years back, never was a great place. Looks like it has gone downhill somewhat over the years though.
I cant believe how quiet it is we have been heaving with tourists in norfolk since may
I remember it well or some of it the obversion tower hasn’t worked in years and yes a nice beach 🏖 there used to be a funfair on the sea front but sadly that’s been gone a few years along with the sun centre thanks again for the memories Mr Blackpool 👍
Hi stephen,what you said what you could see was the great orme in the distance from rhyl prom,it was Anglesey.The derelict building was an indoor market,it is all being demolished.
Really was a good place to go 70s and 80s since then gone down in my opinion due to, The travelling work Dodgers who said to themselves might as well be unemployed at the seaside rather than elsewhere I’ve noticed this with Blackpool as well.
The town hall tower was leaning, Your eyes weren't deceiving you!😂, opened in the 1860's as of today major structural work was done on it and, its straight as a dye now..
Long time since I have been to there too video again.
Town hall definitely the highlight , what a beautiful building amongst the dross. Love your videos by the way.
We went a visit from Llandudno one year on holiday by bus we spent about a hour in Rhyl it made us quite ill but it has been good at one time ?
Thanks for uploading mr blackpool
Rhyl Airshow is fabulous was there in 2019 the place was heaving.
I moved into an apartment on West Parade looking out onto the sea in June 2019. I knew nothing about the airshow at the time, and got a heck of a surprise that weekend 😯
we still have thousands of visitors every year blackpool has some very ugly places aswell it is what it is
Poor old Rhyl. It’s a shadow of its former self. We have fond memories of it and I hope the money being poured in helps it to recover. Thanks for your tour. 🍻
A like Rhyl, holidayed ere as a child and hung around we random mancs n scousers also on holiday.
Think prestatyn is growing more. Nice places
A fistful of Rhyl Mr C wowzers don’t think I’ve been! Quite interesting Stephen you master of travel top video
I was in Rhyl on Sunday with the family. Parked the car and another family where letting there 4 year old have a poo against the wall. I do have a 4 year old and when they need to go they need to go. But when I returned to the car for the beach stuff 2 hours later the poo was still on the floor next to the bin 😂 wife said can we never come back please lol yes hun
OMG! 😱
They should never have closed down the sun centre what great memories
Pretty sure they have re-opened it.
Well stephen, good to watch vid, very sad how Rhyl has seemed become. I went. Over 20-30 ago, to. Tire prince raceway (horse trotting). Enjoyed that and could see lovely hills in back drop, but never ever had vacations in Rhyl. As for Rhyl only drove through or nearby to pass it. Some resorts change, or they get new ideas which don’t workout, maybe a lot unemployment, I’ve totally no idea, but very sad for those who may remember how it once was, and now a shadow of its former self. Takecare. Di. Xx
Haha you are in my neck of the woods here. Rhyl was great for the fair and for clubbing late 90s as well - I still like Rhyl, I haven't done a video there for a while now (probably 12 months) so best get back up there as its only round the corner from here. Love your videos, I have done a couple of Blackpool walks but really enjoy your knowledgeable walks and great night videos too of the darker places - great channel mate, keep em coming.
Sounds great!
Maybe the tower is straight and the other buildings are leaning, just a thought.
Since the fair as gone in Rhyl not much there now…
I remember as a kid on the front was a open air swimming pool..
I use to take my kids to Rhyl and stayed on Sunnyvale camp in a caravan
And then we stayed in Prestatyn Robin Hood camp…
I also loved towyn stayed in a caravan in wincups holiday camp
I love north Wales but it’s ashame not much left in Rhyl
Enjoy your stay if you are staying
Another good video and I have good memories as when I was a kid staying there in a caravan and my kids also loved it..
My son as just come back from towyn he stayed two weeks he came back on Saturday but caravans are expensive now
I was in haven camp in 2014 that’s called preset haven sands a brilliant camp for kids in Prestatyn
Yes I remember Sunnyvale and we used to stay at The Co-op Camp Kimnel Bay.
Stayed in Rhyl recently for one night at the new Travelodge on the sea front, walked along passed the Lifeboat station and dined at Weatherspoons, seemed OK to me (but it was daylight)
Rhyl as gone hill since they got rid of the fair i have seen on TH-cam what Rhyl was like in 60s and 70s it was a good place to go then it's a shame really i remember i it was the late 70s there was talk go around that they was going to make it as good as Blackpool i wonder what happened to that idea yes at one time it was a nice place to go with lots of things to do.
Its always been a bump Steven hasn't changed its seams to have got worse i felt depressed with prom walk boarding thanks for sharing 👍 👍
Sky tower now lights up at night, same with Fforyd Bridge, sea defence work is continuing. Rhyl has a Travel Lodge as well, and nature reserves. West end of Rhyl... Like Abbey Street is in process of regeneration... Not the best end of Rhyl, East South and North better areas. Clock Tower is the town hall... But Rhyl has more than one clock tower.
Shame I didn't see you whilst whilst you had a flying visit.
A little background info, like many seaside towns up and down the country including your home town to which I'm a regular visitor, Rhyl has lacked investment and forward planning from local government and property/business owners some of whom have just left property fall into disreepair, The building on the prom currently being demolished was the Queens hotel, market, amusement arcade and other associated businesses.
It will be replaced by a modern indoor market area, affordable apartments with retail units below, a new library, outdoor bistro style eateries etc.
The SC2 is an indoor and outdoor family splash centre with bistro cafes and bars as well as a tag activity centre, the arcades all provide hours of fun and as for the beaches, what can I say stunning with acres of free space to enjoy a fun family day out.
Much of the promenade has seen huge investment recently, for instance we have an outstanding kite surf school with an excellent restaraunt, pizzeria and bar, next to the Pavillion theatre is the 1891 restaurant and bar, at the other end of the promenade we have the harbour with the feature of the Pont Y Draig bridge across the Estuary, again an excellent cafe in the way Hub and cycle hire.
Our local council and housing associations have been compulsory purchasing many hmo's and converting them to family homes and apartments rather than multiple bedsits in one propert, this in turn has improved many areas of the town.
People still come to the are in the thousands each year so the town must be doing something right and have an appeal, yes it may look a little unloved back from the prom but so do Blackpool, Mablethorpe, Skegness etc but hopefully with investment and funding all our towns will see an improvement.
Thanks for visiting.
Well said
I 10000% agree, what is this slag off Rhyl month,? I live in Rhyl and noone EVER says about the love, friendship and sense of community of people that live here, only concentrating on the bad and it pisses me right off. Why do people always have to come and try to pull it down? Is it jealously because we are developing ourselves with the council knocking down the old, repairing and improving with new? I am sick to death of the media and everyman with a mobile and dog slagging off my home town. LEAVE US ALONE AND GO concentrate on ur OWN crappy town or the Welsh/Scottish/Uk goverment if ur unhappy, bored or whatever!!!
The way I filmed Rhyl is no different to anywhere else I have been. This is just my style.
I Stephen it was nice to see Rhyl again love the channel
Hi Steven It's seen better days now all gone down hill since they took away the fair
I used to enjoy it, so sad to see it all knocked down and demolished.
Good video thanks 👍
It is a walk on the wide side going to Rhyl.
I love rhyl.
Les and Rita's chippy.
The Sussex. (Weatherspoons)
The sun centre.
The beach ⛱
Rhyl air show. Bloody great.
My grandad had a caravan there it seemed great as a kid
Excellent video well done
Rhyl was great in 70s and 80s wen I was a kid. Always holidayed there and towyn. Parts of Blackpool are run down to not just rhyl
I have been up the observation tower. Great views.
Great 👍
The SC2 building you were looking at is the new water park. Where the old sun centre used to be in the 80s.
the SC" is the new water park, but in a new, more central location. The old Sun Centre has been demolished and we now have a Travel Inn located there.
Wrong.. The Suncentre was on the east of the prom adjacent to The Pavilion theatre.
Sc2 is new sun centre water park.
The sun centre 2 is where the free paddling pool used to be before they started charging for it
Lets hope the seaside towns return to their former glory. Too much has been spent abroad. Covid has put paid to foreign holidays at the moment so hopefully some investment in these towns will be welcome.
Spent 2 week there back in the 70s had a great time
It's an old telecoms BT communication centre
Last time I went there was about 3 or 4 years ago. It wasn't that bad to be honest and I've seen worse places in the UK. Obviously it looks a bit down trodden now compared to a few decades ago, but definitely not the worse place I've seen. Worth a visit for a couple of hours if you're passing by somewhere.
My aunt's had a caravan on lyons camp in the mid seventies to early eighties spent many good holiday there still love the place a bin for a few years now but this brings back some great memories 😁
I think the telephone exchange made the B&M building look like beautiful and like Buckingham Palace lol.
Why do people come to my town and ducking slag it down? Because they have nothing better to do. Rhyl is a lovely town and has major improvements going on so leave Rhyl alone or I’ll come slag your town down with pleasure
Rhyl used to be a lovely place lived their for awhile, they are tying to rebuild a lot along the seafront and make it look good but it's going to take a few more years.... It's really gone downhill over the years... Had some great times in the George pub .....
@Sutty Yes there's a lot of drug addicts now in Rhyl it used to be such a lovely place many years ago
Sunny vale caravan site the harbour the fair the 50p shops good memories from this place as a child ❤❤❤😄
It was absolutely ace in the seventies. The back streets look neglected. It’s a shame the funfair wasn’t refurbished. It would have brought more ppl back
Only ever visited once in 2013, it looks grimmer now than it did then. The B&M had the best beer selection I'd seen in any B&M😁
your right BT BUILDING near to where I LIVED
The b & m top town there just had a £1.5m cannabis grow found lol
Apparently the Sky Tower closed in 2010
What are they doing different in Llandudno?
Rhyl had a monorail too
Outside plus the sun centre
1 year late to the party but just seen this. I lived there and around there in the late 70s early 80s., the ugly building wasn't ugly back when it was a fantastic Woolworths, it was massive with 2 sales floors inc a cafe/restaurant and one of the best shops in town for variety of items. Now I have to test my memory and if I recall correctly pretty much the entire parade from where you started to Abbey st was arcades and no Premiere Inn just arcades. If I recall correctly the demolished bit was one massive arcade with premium machines in the front section such as Gogar and Hunted House pinballs and you walked down some steps to the back section and to the left was a row of old pinballs, in front of you were many pool tables and to the right space invader machines and there may also have been food (not sure on that) anyways I think the building did not have the Victorian fronts and this may be why that section is completely demolished and the other bit retained. The leaning tower has leaned since I can remember and around 1980ish for several years the building was used for a continuous model railway exhibition that was run by the same person as the nearby Marine Lake Railway, at the rear behind the tower was a public toilet block and as a young boy it amused me a sign in the mens saying 'please adjust your dress before leaving'. I haven't been to Rhyl for many years now but it doesn't really look like its former self. It also had a short lived monorail , floral Hall , half decent fair and the sun centre on the seafront...All long gone.
Thanks for the info.
The observational tower used to go up and down, but not any more
As a frequent visitor to Rhyl and a holiday home owner nearby, I suggest you do a dad run over to the actual prom and walk along and view the money that has been spent to improve and make a pleasant walk along next to the sea. There is a cycle path right along and a wide prom for walkers and runners including many catering facilities and toilets and disabled beach access. At one end there is a new retail park with free parking. There is a childrens playground, a new swimming pool/activity centre and a travelodge have been to attract more visitors. Even Blackpool has its dingy side streets, as does any seaside town. Also, suggest if you film on a weekend in the daytime you will get a true representation of the number of people who visit.
Dot ....You don't go to the Seaside to go to a retail park.....and the walk next to the sea is the Offas Dyke Coastal Path..........
Shopping area terrible main shops looked bit better see you back in Blackpool Steven yar😘👍👍♥️
The B&M store on the promenade was a Woolworths in its day
I went once in the 80's and haven't been back since
Beautiful walk, new sub here, nice place and views, great upload
Thanks for the sub
HAS ANYBODY EVER HEARD ABOUT THE UNDERGROUND BOAT RIDE WHICH IS STILL THERE SEALED UP IN THE TOWN ?
Premier inn and impressive. Not often used in a sentence.
Demolishing that terrace at the beginning of the video is a start but they should not stop until the whole town is flattened, Rhyl is a complete and utter dive. Blackpool may have its problems but this place makes it look like Monte Carlo.
I live 3 minutes away from Rhyl, and you aren't wrong lmao
There's no civic pride anymore
Have you never seen the Crooked spire, in Chesterfield
Rhyl is undergoing some major regeneration schemes. All the buildings that are fenced off on the front are being demolished and a new mix of commercial and residential properties will be there. The Town Hall clock tower was noticed by a photographer some years ago and was found to be in a precarious leaning position. This was all renovated and is now secure, yes you can still see a little lean but it's safe and adds to its charm. Rhyl is fast becoming a renewed lovely place but it takes time. Shame you missed off the Marina and our little lake with its own miniature steam train. The BT Exchange is a constant state of issue as supporters of Rhyl constantly have to tell BT to keep the building and its grounds in good condition. I remember Rhyl as a child and I really feel its better now and will be more modern in the near future. Rhyl is really not as grim as you make it, there are really more positives to it. Thank Debbie ☺
Where’s the adams family machine that would have it’s music playing? It was around the place where they were calling out bingo. You would have been able to hear it from there. Rhyls changed a lot from when was a kid in the 90s. A lot worse now. Where the high tower ride? It should have been where you were near the car park? Just not the same place now