Editing Old Colwyn (section)

{{Short description|Village in Conwy County Borough, Wales}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| label_position              = bottom
| country                     = Wales
| welsh_name                  = Hen Golwyn
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Clwyd West (Assembly constituency)|Clwyd West]]
| population                  = 8,113
| population_ref              = ''(2011)''
| coordinates                 = {{coord|53.291|-3.704|display=inline,title}}
| official_name               = Old Colwyn
| community_wales             = Old Colwyn
| unitary_wales               = [[Conwy (county borough)|Conwy]]
| lieutenancy_wales           = [[Clwyd]]
| constituency_westminster    = [[Clwyd North (UK Parliament constituency)|Clwyd North]]
| post_town                   = COLWYN BAY
| postcode_district           = LL29
| postcode_area               = LL
| dial_code                   = 01492
| os_grid_reference           = SH864784
| static_image_name           = Old Colwyn in the Afternoon.jpg
| static_image_caption        = Old Colwyn seen from Rhos-on-Sea
| module= [[File:Wales Conwy Community Old Colwyn map.svg|240px]]<br />Map of the community
}}

'''Old Colwyn''' ({{langx|cy|Hen Golwyn}}, formerly ''Colwyn'' bilingually) is a large village just to the east of [[Colwyn Bay]], in [[Conwy County Borough]], [[Wales]].

Prior to local government reorganisation in April 1974 it was part of the [[Municipal Borough]] of Colwyn Bay, but the reorganisation established it as a separate [[Community (Wales)|community]], whose [[population]] at the 2001 [[UK census|census]] was 7,626,<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do;jsessionid=ac1f930b30d5949f8001401f4363ae9beb81c0a9b241?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790561&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1280 Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Conwy'']</ref> increasing to 8,113 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127229&c=LL29+8EX&d=16&e=62&g=6489335&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=0&s=1432206136028&enc=1|title=Town population 2011|access-date=21 May 2015}}</ref> It hosted the [[National Eisteddfod]] in 1941. It also harbours the [[Scouting in Clwyd|3rd Colwyn Bay (Old Colwyn) Scout Group]] headquarters and is home to the area's comprehensive school, [[Ysgol Bryn Elian]].