Porthmadog
Porthmadog well-known locally as "Port", is a tiny Welsh coastal community and also former community, currently in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd. It has actually been so led to formally considering that 1974. Before 1972 in the administrative region of Caernarfonshire, it lies 5 miles (8 kilometres) east of Criccieth, 11 miles (18 kilometres) south-west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles (40 km) north of Dolgellau as well as 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 elsewhere, yet given that the decline of the industry it has actually become a shopping centre and traveler destination. It has very easy access to Snowdonia National Park and is the terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway. The 1987 National Eisteddfod was held in Porthmadog. It includes the close-by towns of Borth-y-Gest, Morfa Bychan and Tremadog.
