:Cwm Penmachno

{{Infobox UK place

| country = Wales

| welsh_name =

| constituency_welsh_assembly = Aberconwy

| coordinates = {{coord|53.008|-3.862|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Cwm Penmachno

| population =

| community_wales = Bro Machno

| unitary_wales = Conwy

| lieutenancy_wales =

| constituency_westminster = Bangor Aberconwy

| post_town = BETWS-Y-COED

| postcode_district = LL24

| postcode_area = LL

| dial_code = 01690

| os_grid_reference = SH750472

| static_image_name = Cwm Penmachno - geograph.org.uk - 147746.jpg

| static_image_caption = Houses in Cwm Penmachno, showing the quarry behind

}}

Cwm Penmachno (historically called Tre-Gynwal{{cite map |publisher=Ordnance Survey |date=1912 |title=Caernarvonshire XXIX.NE |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/101606985}}) is a village at the head of Cwm Machno in North Wales.

History

The village was built in the 1860s as a quarry settlement. The Penmachno quarry lay immediately south and above the settlement. Higher up the valley was the Rhiwbach slate quarry, which was formerly linked by the Rhiwbach Tramway to the Ffestiniog Railway at Blaenau Ffestiniog.{{cite web|title=Rhiwbach Slate Quarry and its tramway|url=http://www.penmorfa.com/Rhiwbach/rhiwquarry.html}} Streams flow from the steep-sided valley, forming the source of the River Machno, which flows through the larger village of Penmachno before joining the River Conwy south of Betws-y-Coed.{{cite web|title=Cwm Penmachno, Conwy County|url=http://www.walesdirectory.co.uk/Towns_in_Wales/Cwm_Penmachno_Town.htm|publisher=Wales Directory|access-date=18 April 2015|archive-date=22 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922141256/http://www.walesdirectory.co.uk/Towns_in_Wales/Cwm_Penmachno_Town.htm|url-status=dead}}

Facilities

The village attracts tourists, particularly mountain bikers, kayakers, canoeists and walkers. The Penmachno Mountain Bike Trail starts at the car park located between Cwm Penmachno and Penmachno.

There is a community centre and Heritage Room in the village at the former Shiloh Chapel.{{cite web|title=New heritage room for Cwm Penmachno|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/new-heritage-room-cwm-penmachno-2654961|publisher=Daily Post}}{{cite web|title=Shiloh Community Centre|url=http://www.conwy.gov.uk/doc.asp?cat=11369&doc=35699|publisher=Conwy Borough Council|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150418102158/http://www.conwy.gov.uk/doc.asp?cat=11369&doc=35699|archivedate=2015-04-18}}

Situated near the end of the valley is The Latymer School's outdoor centre, Ysgol Latymer Outdoor Pursuits Centre (occupying the buildings of the former primary school). The school runs residential trips each year for year 7 and year 9 pupils, as well as various Geography and PE trips. The Latymer School purchased this centre in Snowdonia National Park so that its pupils could get to know each other better and to discover their individual skills.{{cite web|title=Ysgol Latymer Outdoor Pursuits Centre|url=http://web.latymer.co.uk/extracurricular|publisher=Latymer School|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504132558/http://web.latymer.co.uk/extracurricular|archivedate=2015-05-04}}

File:Rhiw Bach Terrace - geograph.org.uk - 749540.jpg|Terraced housing built for quarry workers (Rhiw Bach Terrace).

Image:cwmpenmachno1969.jpg|Cwm Penmachno from the south (quarry in foreground), 1969.

File:The head of Cwm Machno - geograph.org.uk - 559910.jpg|The head of Cwm Machno, the village and quarry in the background.

File:Capel Shilo, Cwm Penmachno - geograph.org.uk - 750478.jpg|Capel Shiloh, Cwm Penmachno.

File:Ysgol_Centre,_The_Latymer_School_(London,_2005).jpg|The Ysgol Latymer Outdoor Pursuits Centre.

References

External links

[http://www.jgd.org.uk/rotwsi/cwmmachno01.html Photographs of Cwm Penmachno Slate Quarry]

Category:Bro Machno

Category:Villages in Conwy County Borough