Huge £10.8m boost for 'rundown' UK seaside town just two hours from Birmingham

A in desperate need of a revival is finally getting one. in Wales looks hopeful of a return to days of former glory with a £10.8 million make over, reports The Telegraph. of the rugged Ceredigion coastline, making it an .

In its past, the was a hub of lead mining and ship building with another boom during the Victorian period when Brits were told taking in the seaside air was good for them. The town is home to a popular university and remains a something of a hotspot for those fancying a .

Not only this, Aberystwyth is home to the National Library of Wales which is the nation's largest arts centre.

But despite everything has going for it, the town is in need of an update to modernise this iconic seaside area.

On Mumsnet, one person advised on the best place to live in the area, she said: "I would live uphill rather than down in the town which always feels a bit typical British slightly rundown seaside town."

According to The Telegraph, the first phase of the wave-crashed promenade's £10.8million facelift is almost complete, although the introduction of promenade parking charges is a bugbear to locals.

The renaissance of the Old College, the grand old that first served as the first home of the University of Wales, should be completed by 2027, with a new cultural centre and a four-star hotel.

Britain's only statue of Edward VIII, who abdicated, will be restored to its starring role upon reopening.

If you're hoping to take a trip to the , you can get there easily by car, take the A44 via Welshpool, and follow the A487 into the town centre.

Or, if you'd rather travel via train, there's a connection from which takes two hours and there's another from Birmingham New Street which takes three.

Located between the cathedral city of St Davids in and the surfers' haven of Aberdaron at the Western tip of the Lln Peninsula, it makes an ideal base to tour the 180 mile Coastal Way.

Express.co.uk has contacted Aberystwyth Town Council for a comment.