Region: Wales · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay is a city in Wales, United Kingdom, home to about 10,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Colwyn Bay, with about 61 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Nearest airport
- LPL57 km · Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Plugs
- G · 230 V
- Emergency
- 112
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay is a town, community and seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales overlooking the Irish Sea. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Denbighshire.
While "not as bad as Rhyl" may seem like a spurious fame to claim, Colwyn Bay still has many interesting locations. A new water-sports centre is being built near the pier and is likely to attract more week-end holiday makers and 'day trippers' from Liverpool and Manchester which are both about an hour away by car. There is already a dedicated jet-ski area. The greater Colwyn Bay area includes Old Colwyn to the east and Rhos-On-Sea at the north west end of the 3-mile (5-km) wide bay.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Colwyn Bay
See
- The Welsh Mountain Zoo
- Eirias Park
- Victoria Pier
Do
- Theatre Colwyn
- The Promenade and Beach
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Colwyn Bay
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Colwyn Bay hotel | 61 | 4.4/5 1,259 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Colwyn Bay to stay in
Prior to the building on the A55, there used to be hundred of hotels and guest houses in Colwyn Bay but many have been closed and converted to other types of living accommodation. This was probably because the journey times from the main conurbations of Liverpool and Manchester was with the jams tortuous.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
Where the places to stay in Colwyn Bay are
16 places to stay in this guide with known coordinates, grouped by straight-line distance from the city centre (the point Wikidata gives for Colwyn Bay), nearest first. Distance on foot or by road is longer.
3 places
- Ffarm Country House · 6.1 km
- The Bee Hotel · 7.7 km
- Bull Hotel · 7.8 km
11 places
- Tal-y-Cafn · 10.4 km
- Plas Maenan Country House · 14.1 km
- Fairy Falls Hotel · 17.5 km
- The King's Head · 18.1 km
- Cornucopia Hotel · 18.1 km
- Eagles Hotel · 18.1 km
- Pen-y-Bont Inn · 18.2 km
- Aberconwy House B&B · 22.8 km
- Swallow Falls Hotel · 23.0 km
- Coed-y-Fron · 23.2 km
- Ty Gwyn Hotel · 23.7 km
Where to stay
More hotels in Colwyn Bay
16 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Maenan Abbey | 1201 | 14.9 km |
| Bull Hotel | 7.8 km | |
| Cornucopia Hotel | 18.1 km | |
| Eagles Hotel | 18.1 km | |
| Fairy Falls Hotel | 17.5 km | |
| Pen-y-Bont Inn | 18.2 km | |
| Swallow Falls Hotel | 23.0 km | |
| The Bee Hotel | 7.7 km | |
| Ty Gwyn Hotel | 23.7 km | |
| Aberconwy House B&B | 22.8 km | |
| Bryn Woodlands House | 1.9 km | |
| Coed-y-Fron | 23.2 km | |
| Ffarm Country House | 6.1 km | |
| Plas Maenan Country House | 14.1 km | |
| Tal-y-Cafn | 10.4 km | |
| The King's Head | 18.1 km |
All 17 hotels in Colwyn Bay, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 18 °C; November is the wettest, with about 206 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Colwyn Bay travel calendar 2027: every day with public and school holidays, sunrise and sunset and the typical high and low (also as JSON).
Public holidays in United Kingdom, 2026
Shops and offices may close on these dates.
Getting there
Getting to Colwyn Bay: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), about 57 km from the city centre in a straight line; Manchester Airport (MAN, 95 km) and Isle of Man Airport (IOM, 107 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Colwyn Bay is right on the main east-west road passing through north Wales, the A55. Colwyn Bay station is also on the main north Wales route that services Holyhead, with its links to Ireland.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
LPL · Liverpool John Lennon Airport
MAN · Manchester Airport
IOM · Isle of Man Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Colwyn Bay
Drink
Some of the pubs in Colwyn Bays have seen better days. Many locals steer clear of the centre at night, a more salubrious night out can be found in Old Colwyn or Rhos-On Sea.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Colwyn Bay
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Colwyn Bay: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Colwyn Bay?
By published guest score: Travelodge Colwyn Bay (4.4 / 5 · 1,259 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Colwyn Bay?
Colwyn Bay has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 18 °C; November is the wettest, with about 206 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Colwyn Bay?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), about 57 km from the city centre in a straight line; Manchester Airport (MAN, 95 km) and Isle of Man Airport (IOM, 107 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Colwyn Bay?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Colwyn Bay
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.