Porthmadog
Porthmadog known locally as "Port", is a tiny Welsh seaside community and also former community, now in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd. It has actually been so spelt formally considering that 1974. Prior to 1972 in the management area of Caernarfonshire, it exists 5 miles (8 kilometres) eastern of Criccieth, 11 miles (18 km) south-west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles (40 kilometres) north of Dolgellau and also 20 miles (32 kilometres) south of Caernarfon. It had a population of 4,185 (2011 census). It created in the 19th century as a port exporting slate to England and in other places, yet since the decrease of the sector it has become a shopping center as well as visitor destination. It has simple access to Snowdonia National Park and also is the terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway. The 1987 National Eisteddfod was held in Porthmadog. It includes the nearby villages of Borth-y-Gest, Morfa Bychan as well as Tremadog.
