Penmaenmawr

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Penmaenmawr
Foel Lûs towers above Penmaenmawr
Penmaenmawr Location within Conwy
Population	4,353 (2011)
OS grid reference	SH714765
Community	Penmaenmawr
Principal area	Conwy
Preserved county	Clwyd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENMAENMAWR
Postcode district	LL34
Dialling code	01492
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Bangor Aberconwy
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Aberconwy
List of places UK Wales Conwy 53°16′12″N 3°55′41″W / 53.270°N 3.928°W / 53.270; -3.928

Penmaenmawr (/ˈpɛnmaɪnˌmaʊər/, Welsh: [ˈpɛnmaːɨnmaur] ^ⓘ) is a town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, which was formerly in the parish of Dwygyfylchi and the traditional county of Caernarfonshire. It is on the North Wales coast between Conwy and Llanfairfechan and was an important quarrying town, though quarrying is no longer a major employer. The population of the community was 4,353 in 2011, including Dwygyfylchi and Capelulo. The town itself having a population of 2,868 (2011).^[1]

It was named after Penmaenmawr mountain, which stands above the sea immediately west of the town. Much of its formerly rounded top (with an old hill-fort) has been quarried away, leaving the present-day lower flat top.

The town was bypassed by the A55 Expressway in the 1980s, losing its old Edwardian period promenade in the process, which was largely replaced by a modern one. Penmaenmawr is noted for its spectacular mountain and coastal walks. Nearby are the popular attractions of Sychnant Pass and Mynydd y Dref, and the town also lies partly within Snowdonia National Park (Eryri).