Porthmadog
Porthmadog well-known in your area as "Port", is a little Welsh seaside community and also previous neighborhood, now in the area of Penrhyndeudraeth in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd. It has been so meant officially considering that 1974. Before 1972 in the administrative area of Caernarfonshire, it lies 5 miles (8 kilometres) eastern of Criccieth, 11 miles (18 km) south-west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles (40 kilometres) north of Dolgellau as well as 20 miles (32 kilometres) south of Caernarfon. It had a population of 4,185 (2011 census). It established in the 19th century as a port exporting slate to England and elsewhere, but considering that the decrease of the sector it has come to be a mall and also visitor location. It has easy accessibility to Snowdonia National Park as well as is the terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway. The 1987 National Eisteddfod was held in Porthmadog. It includes the neighboring towns of Borth-y-Gest, Morfa Bychan and Tremadog.
