North Wales Links

Passenger Focus, the independent rail watchdog, confirmed that Wrexham & Shropshire has secured the highest satisfaction rating ever recorded in the National Passenger Survey. Wrexham & Shropshire, which runs trains out of London Marylebone, scored 98% for overall customer satisfaction. The company also scored record breaking 98% ratings for both staff service and punctuality.

Penmorfa.com is factual, historic, fascinating, entertaining and especially visually stunning through the unique photo’s David has taken over the years in and around North Wales

Look into the web pages of Keith Atkinson to see the tremendous history behind the town, not least the arrival of John Summers and Son, and it’s importance along with Connah’s Quay and the Mold Buckley railway line of being a vibrant port.

One of the most prominent landmarks in North Wales is an old ship in mostyn called The Duke of Lancaster. It’s been ‘beached’ in Mostyn since 1979, and was originally planned as being a floating leisure and retail complex.

Oystercatchers, redshanks and curlews are common and, in summer, there are flocks of sandwich terns. To the west looms Moel-y-Gest, which rises 860 feet (260 m) above the town. The town has a temperate maritime climate which is influenced by the Gulf Stream.

For anyone considering rail travel in North Wales this web site is a mine of information, news, reviews and related articles, compiled largely by enthusiasts for the unique North Wales Coast railway.

News in north Wales is predictably split into four genres. Newspapers, television, radio stations and on line web sites.

The Welsh Highland Railway (WHR) is a narrow gauge railway in Wales, which originally ran from Dinas near Caernarfon to Porthmadog, with a branch line to Bryngwyn and the slate quarries at Moel Tryfan.

Snowdonia is a region in north Wales and a national park of 838 square miles (2,170 km2) in area. It was the first to be designated of the three National Parks in Wales, in 1951.

Llandudno Pier is a pier in the seaside resort of Llandudno on the coast of North Wales between Bangor and Colwyn Bay.