Harlech is a seaside resort as well as community in the north-west Wales county of Gwynedd. Prior to 1974 it remained in the historic borders of Merionethshire The town rests on Tremadog Bay in the centre of Gwynedd within the Snowdonia National Park. It has actually remained in the unitary authority of Gwynedd considering that 1996, and prior to that in the Meirionydd Area of the 1974 County of Gwynedd. Of its population of 1,447, 51 per cent habitually talk the Welsh language. Its spots Harlech Castle was begun in 1283 by Edward I of England, captured by Owain Glyndwr, and also in the 1480s a fortress of Henry Tudor. It was improved a cliff face beside the sea, yet coast modifications imply it currently lies about half a mile (800 m) inland. New real estate has been integrated in the low town location and also in the high community around the shopping road, church and castle. Both locations are connected by a steep, winding roadway called "Twtil".