Pensarn lies between Rhyl to the east and Colwyn Bay to the west. It has a northerly facing promenade, approximately 500 metres long. The recent sea defence system incorporates an excellent beach access point, supported by cafeterias, shops and ample car parking adjacent to the shops with further extensive parking onto the beach.
Watersports: Windsurfing and canoeing
Directions: Abergele, is just off the A55 Expressway. Abegele and Pensarn railway station is close to the beach, but only local trains stop. Local and national bus routes.
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John Lever from Swinton, Manchester
My earliest holiday memories in the early 1950s are of staying in a railway carriage converted into a caravan and sited on the beach at Pensarn. I think a number of converted carriages existed, does any one remember them?
Mon Jun 15 10:22:22 2009
Luke Mainstone
Pensarn is a lovely place. I have lived here for seven years now. There is a lot to do and it's really fun going to Gwrych Castle walking or on a bike.
Thu Jun 11 09:22:21 2009
Margaret Hatton nee Collins Leigh
My grandparents Harry & Florence Bridge bought Pensarn Post Office around 1949, it was later taken over by my Aunt & Uncle Barbara & Bill, and some years later by my Mum & Dad Mary & Roger Collins. I have many happy memories of working on the candy floss stall on the beach in my school holsand Peter, my brother, delivering telegrams on his bike. We then moved to Lancs in approx 1966. So glad to see the place getting a facelift now.
Fri Nov 7 13:19:12 2008
Chris, Stockport
We used to stay in a bungalow on a road called Lon y Cill when I was a kid, I remember trotting over the railway bridge and playing in the arcade and on the beach, building stones up and knocking them down again. Still try to visit there about once a year now and get all nostalgic as I drive over the bridge and bore my kids about the fun I used to have as a kid. Used to play pitch and putt with my dad on the park in Abergele as well.
Tue Oct 7 16:20:31 2008
Wilf and Sylvia Owen Bolton
we had a caravan at pensarn it is the most interesting place we really loved the place it is agood place to visit,we used to walk from castle cove caravan site along the cycle track to the little cafe every day.wind or shine.we have lots of friends there. Dorothy, Jean and Frank, Jeff and Sandra, Pat and john and not forgetting Laurel and hardy tony and danny
Fri Jul 4 10:09:26 2008
debbie williams in wolverhampton
As a small child with my parents we holidayed at Roberts camp in Llanddulas and had many happy times. Now in my 30s we have our own caravan in Pensarn. It is our little piece of paradise and we wouldn't want to be anywhere else.
Fri May 23 09:39:38 2008
glen, hyde, cheshire
me and my wife have always taken our children to pensarn beach even in the rain and were fortunate enough to live there a while in a flat next to the hardware shop. the kids loved it, i was never off the cycle path that ran from talacre to rhos on sea, i think its the best thing they could have done, only last week my 23 year old daughter said how she enjoyed riding her bike up to rhos from pensarn and we did it every day without fail,we have missed it all though since moving away, but now were going back as we have just got an exchange through the council so in a month i'll be back on the cycle path. the beach fishing is good as well on pensarn beach at night.
Tue Apr 1 09:33:58 2008
Mrs Hurley of Ascot
On a recent visit to the North Wales Coast I came across a charming little bakery in Towyn: Sandbank Bakery. The cakes were delicious and the bread even nicer. It is a family business run by father & son and well worth a visit!
Fri Mar 14 09:17:32 2008
Hilda, Melbourne
I lived at "Lindsay" 2 Tennis Road, in 1945, went to Abergele School. Worked at Jones Bros Abergele, then at "Irwins" now Tesco. Loved walking on the Beach and the Sea Wall which went as far as Rhyl. Have many fond memories, which bring tears to my eyes. I loved living there and still miss it even today.
Mon Mar 10 11:29:02 2008
mand abergele
i have lived in abergele for over 20 years and i love it here. i have brought my children up here and my husband ownes the caravan park on the beach were we all love being there
Mon Mar 3 12:36:13 2008
brian dyche derby shire
like george i too have many happy memories of towyn pensarn abergele and the whole of the north wales coast really, i have been going there since the 1950s and used to stay in the wooden huts behind the sandbank bakery and used to fetch bread from there every morning. it first opened in 1958 and remember itvery well istill visit wales now around 6 times a year. i stay at nant mill touring site at prestatyn. the owners barbera and keith rowley have become very good friends over the years and always stay there in our tourer when we are up in wales. the site is always spotless and tidy and they will not put up with rowdy people, not like some of the sites up there. so any one who is thinking of going to north wales touring and you are wanting a good site try nant mill touring park on the a 548 just outside prestatyn. the most beutifull place in the british isles.
Mon Sep 3 10:36:36 2007
C Proffo, Liverpool
I went to the beach with my family and had a brilliant day until we went in the water. Fair enough, we went quite far out and the tide was going out, but we didn't realise how far out we were. The next thing I know I'm getting pulled further out. I am a good swimmer, but I had no chance against the waves, until my brother saw me and came to help. We were struggling for 20 - 25 mins with no help. There should be coastguards watching the water, there were kids in there and everything and this could have ended in a bad way. I love this beach and I would go back again, but not go too far out when the tide is going out.
Wed Aug 29 09:47:58 2007
Errol from Stretford
We use to have a caravan in Pensarn, it's such a peaceful place one could just sit by the beach and relax.
Tue Aug 28 09:53:32 2007
ALISON FROM STOKE-ON-TRENT
Pensarn Beach is fantastic, a bit of a concern for the growing amount of amusements this year though. The Beach Cafe serves excellent food at excellent value. My family, including the extended family pay regular day trips to the beach just to visit a lovely quiet beach and get a good feed afterwards. In fact have just had four nights in Prestatyn and paid Pensarn 2 visits in that time.
Mon Apr 16 12:04:08 2007
clare
ive just bought a caravan in towyn and its great i would choose wales any time. now i can spend more time there.pensarn beach is beautiful an di will spend many a day there.
Thu Mar 15 09:38:17 2007
emma from merseyside
i used 2 live in abergele but moved - i luvd pensarn beach and evry1 should go der. its brill an will always b a gud memory 4 any1 who wud go der.
Thu Feb 15 09:23:25 2007
Emma Langston from Cannock
Pensarn is a lovely place with a really long and sandy beach. The few shops are very pleasant, and the caravan sites are too. It's a great place to ride your scooter or roller skate down the slopes. The amusements are excellent and some of the cafes' are wonderful. It's really good fun there.
Thu Nov 16 09:43:30 2006
george from abergele
it is a nice place but sometimes its spoilt by visitors who just throw their chip wrappings on the ground instead of walking just a few feet to a wastebin - sometimes i have picked the paper up and put it back in the car, i don't think anybody wants to argue with me
Mon Oct 23 10:33:49 2006
George originally from Towyn
That area of the coast is beautiful and Pensarn has a lot of happy memeories for me, but it has gone very much down market over the years with too many amusements and caravan camps. Stayed at a caravan on Winkups camp (Towyn) recently and it was fine except for all the noise from the club house late, they even lock a gate over the railway bridge at 9.00pm and open it 9.00am so one can't get access to the beach. One place that hasn't changed is the bakery in Sandbank Road in Towyn - delicious cakes particulary their custard slices, recommend dropping in there and then passing on westwards towards Llandudno, Conwy and beyond.
Mon Oct 2 10:44:34 2006
Allan Clare from Tranmere
Very good beach and plenty of parking. a total fantastic day was had by my family.
Mon Jul 31 10:41:14 2006
Pete Bonehill, Belgrano, Abergele
We moved here from Warrington five years ago - a beautiful place to live and central to the coast and countryside alike.
Also it is two minutes from the A55 the main route through North Wales.Pensarn beach is a regular outing for us - friendly people, clean cafes and a ten minute walk from our front door!
Mon Jun 12 10:02:49 2006
gemma jones wrexham
me n ma best m8 went in da caravan da ova day n we walked 2 pensarn. we went on da beach n had a lollie it was funni lol i like it der its gr8
Mon May 15 09:01:04 2006
Chloe Ithell Cefn Mawr
i have a lot of fun when i go 2 pensarn. My auntie and uncle and cousins liv der! i vist them a lot in da summer me and my cousins have lodza fun playin on da beach they live only across the road frm dabeach, they only have to walk through da caravan park and dn ova da train track n den u r der
Tue May 9 09:00:49 2006
nattie from abergele
ive been living in abergele for about 6 years and i have never experienced a place like this for years it is very peacefull and theres plenty to do!
Sun Apr 2 09:40:40 2006
Ian Robinson
Party animals beware summer 06!!!waheeeyyy!!!
Tue Mar 28 15:09:45 2006
karen from cheshire
My family and I adore Abergele, we have a static caravan between Abergele and Llanfair, when my brothers and I were young our grandparents had a caravan on Ffynonnau farm in Abergele and we spent all our time there during weekends and school holidays. Im now in my thirties and also have a caravan there and my 12yr old son is enjoying the same things and places we did. we love it there its beautiful.
Wed Mar 22 19:48:42 2006
Rob (Wolverhampton)
Pensarn's a great place to take young kids, loads of penny slot machines to keep them entertained, bingo for mom, while dad's 200 yards away doing a bit of sea fishing - what more can you ask...ALL HAPPY!
Wed Mar 8 11:35:21 2006
Do you think Pensarn beach is worth a visit?
