Cwm Penmachno
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| Cwm Penmachno | |
|---|---|
 Houses in Cwm Penmachno, showing the quarry behind | |
  Cwm Penmachno Location within Conwy | |
| OS grid reference | SH750472 |
| Community | |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BETWS-Y-COED |
| Postcode district | LL24 |
| Dialling code | 01690 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Cwm Penmachno (historically called Tre-Gynwal[1]) is a village at the head of Cwm Machno in North Wales.
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.[2] 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.[3]
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