Pwllheli
Pwllheli is a neighborhood and the primary market town of the Llyn Peninsula (Welsh: Penrhyn Llyn) in Gwynedd, north-western Wales. It had a population of 4,076 in 2011 of whom a large percentage, 81%, are Welsh speaking. Pwllheli is the location where Plaid Cymru was founded. It is the birth place of the Welsh poet Sir Albert Evans-Jones (bardic name Cynan). Pwllheli has a series of shops as well as various other services. As a regional railhead with a market every Wednesday, the community is a gathering point for the population of the entire peninsula. For years a holiday camp run by Butlins operated a couple of miles from Pwllheli at Pen-y-chain. During the Second World War it ended up being a naval camp, HMS Glendower, and it ran a medical facility for injured servicemen at Brynberyl on the Pwllheli to Caernarfon roadway 2 miles out of community. After the war, Butlins re-established the vacation camp. The camp, currently renamed Hafan y Môr ("Haven of the Sea"), has been redeveloped and also is currently run by the Haven team.
