Llandudno: Victorian Seaside Resort with a 2,295 ft long 1878 pier (89 piers were built in the UK from 1814-1910) with shops and entertainment, shopping street (or CBD, Central Business District) behind the beach, a host of hotels, the Great Orme Tramway (one of only three cable-hauled street cars in the world), and a church and cemetery on the headland.  "En suite" on hotel signs means a toilet and shower are in each room. Historically, vacationers on one floor shared common bathrooms and toilets Although sinks might be in each room. Some hotels still have "private hotel" signs which in the past prohibited the sale of liquor to non-hotel residents without eating food in the hotels' restaurants. Middle class vacationers from nearby Liverpool first came here by steamers across the bay, and later by trains. Llandudno doubled its population from 1851-1861 and increased by 33 percent in the next decade. Click on a picture to see a larger view.  Look at a short video of the promenade and beach. Read about the declining percentage of retirees in seaside resort towns.