2026-04-19 Penmaenmawr

A walk up to the quarries above Penmaenmawr, which is one stop west of Conwy on the North Wales Coast line.

The modern day quarry workings span from the loading stage, where quarried roadstone is transferred to lorries, up the hillside a substantial distance to the quarries.

The Welsh name ‘Penmaenmawr’ translates literally into English as ‘big stone head’, or perhaps more suitably, ‘Great Head of Stone’.

Older quarry workings appear still mainly intact, high above the town.