Railway at Towyn
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Railway at Towyn by Stephen McKay as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Railway at Towyn
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 8 Oct 2021
The railway towards Abergele curves round past the static caravan sites on this stretch of the north Wales coast. It is tempting to think that the track leading off to the right was once a railway formation, but if so it has been disused for a very long time and it is not obvious what purpose it might have served. In February 1990 deep low pressure conditions combined with a north westerly gale and a spring tide created a storm surge that inundated this area causing immense property damage to homes and caravans.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.307043
Longitude
-3.535686