Penrhyn Bay
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The Church of Saint David in Penrhyn Bay (Parish of Llanrhos) | |
Location within Conwy | |
Population | 4,883 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SH822812 |
Community | |
Principal area | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Llandudno |
Postcode district | LL30 |
Dialling code | 01492 |
Police | North Wales |
Fire | North Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Penrhyn Bay (Welsh: Bae Penrhyn "headland bay"[1]) is a small town on the northern coast of Wales, in Conwy county borough, within the parish or community of Llandudno, and part of the ecclesiastical parish of Llanrhos. It is a prosperous village, with a cluster of local shops, a pub, a parish church and a modern medical centre with doctors' surgery at the foot of the pass over the shoulder of the Little Orme from Llandudno Bay. Here there is a highschool called Ysgol y Creuddyn and a primary school called Ysgol Glanwydden. It is considered to be a residential suburb of Llandudno lying east of the Little Orme. It adjoins the resort of Rhos-on-Sea and covers a large part of the Creuddyn peninsula. The population of Penrhyn Ward at the 2011 census was 4,883.[2]