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Rhos-on-Sea

This very sedate North Wales coastal resort has a breakwater to shelter the pleasure boats and, along the promenade, is the small Chapel of St Trillo. Though the chapel’s age is unknown, it is said to have been built above an ancient holy well and also on the spot from where, reputedly, Owain Gwynedd set sail in 1170, and eventually landed on the North American continent – some 322 years before Columbus made his historic voyage to the New World! It is said to be the smallest church in Britain, as it can only seat six people. Southwest of the town is Bryn Eurin, all that is left of a prehistoric fort.

On the promenade is a monument to the Rev W Venable Williams. He helped in the development of Rhos, but was in many ways a controversial figure. He resisted the demands of local farmers to have their tithes reduced, and his mission church in Colwyn Bay was set on fire because of this. He also tried frantically to stop Colwyn Bay from splitting from his own parish of Llandrillo yn Rhos, taking his fight all the way to Parliament and even Queen Victoria.

The Harlequin Puppet Theatre can be found on the town’s promenade. When built, in 1958, it was Britain’s first permanent theatre specially for puppet shows and continues to present shows to this day.