Rhos-on-Sea

Rhos-on-Sea
  • Welsh: Llandrillo-yn-Rhos
Saint Trillo's Chapel
Rhos-on-Sea is located in Conwy
Rhos-on-Sea
Rhos-on-Sea
Location within Conwy
Population7,593 (2011)
OS grid referenceSH842805
Community
  • Rhos-on-Sea
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCOLWYN BAY
Postcode districtLL28
Dialling code01492
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Conwy
53°18′32″N 3°44′17″W / 53.309°N 3.738°W / 53.309; -3.738

Rhos-on-Sea (Welsh: Llandrillo-yn-Rhos) is a seaside resort and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales. The population was 7,593 at the 2011 census.[1] It adjoins Colwyn Bay and is named after the Welsh kingdom of Rhos established there in late Roman Britain as a sub-kingdom of Gwynedd. It later became a cantref (hundred).

  1. ^ "Community/Ward population 2011". Retrieved 21 May 2015.