Penmaenmawr is a town and community in Conwy Region Borough, Wales, which was previously in the church of Dwygyfylchi. It gets on the North Wales coast in between Conwy and also Llanfairfechan and also was an essential quarrying community, though quarrying is no longer a significant employer. The population of the area was 4,353 in 2011, including Dwygyfylchi and Capelulo. The community itself having a population of 2,868 (2011 ). It was named after Penmaenmawr hill, which stands over the sea quickly west of the community. Much of its previously rounded top (with an old hill-fort) has actually been quarried away, leaving the contemporary lower level top. The town was bypassed by the A55 Expressway in the 1980s, shedding its old Edwardian duration promenade in the process, which was largely changed by a contemporary one. Penmaenmawr is noted for its magnificent mountain as well as seaside walks. Close-by are the prominent tourist attractions of Bwlch Sychnant (Sychnant Pass) as well as Mynydd y Dref, and the community also lies partially within Eryri, the Snowdonia National Park.