Penmaenmawr
Penmaenmawr is a town and also area in Conwy Area Borough, Wales, which was previously in the parish of Dwygyfylchi. It gets on the North Wales coastline between Conwy and also Llanfairfechan and was an important quarrying community, though quarrying is no more a significant employer. The population of the community was 4,353 in 2011, consisting of Dwygyfylchi and Capelulo. The community itself having a population of 2,868 (2011 ). It was called after Penmaenmawr mountain, which stands above the sea immediately west of the community. Much of its formerly rounded top (with an old hill-fort) has actually been quarried away, leaving the contemporary reduced level top. The community was bypassed by the A55 Expressway in the 1980s, shedding its old Edwardian period boardwalk at the same time, which was mainly replaced by a modern one. Penmaenmawr is noted for its spectacular mountain and seaside walks. Nearby are the prominent destinations of Bwlch Sychnant (Sychnant Pass) and also Mynydd y Dref, and also the town additionally lies partially within Eryri, the Snowdonia National Park.