Garndolbenmaen
Garndolbenmaen, understood informally as Garn, is a village in the area of Gwynedd, Wales. It lies near the A487, roughly 6 miles north west of Porthmadog, in the community of Dolbenmaen, which has a population of 1,300. The closest towns are Dolbenmaen and also Bryncir. The Papur Bro, the neighborhood Welsh language paper, is called Y Ffynnon (The Source/Spring). Blaen y Cae tape-recording workshops lie in the village, where Pep Le Pew's album, Un tro yn y Gorllewin and the last album by Gwyneth Glyn, Wyneb Dros Dro, were recorded. The producer and also artist Dyl Mei also resides in Garndolbenmaen. Approximately 50 students participate in Ysgol Gynradd Garndolbenmaen, many pupils take a trip from neighboring towns consisting of Pant Glas, Bryncir, Cwm Pennant as well as Golan. The variety of students going to the institution has continued to be constant over the past twenty years. A lot of the old homes in Garndolbenmaen have been become vacation homes. There is a club in the village, the Cross Foxes (this is now shut). Nevertheless at the turn of the 20th century there were a number of bars including the Cross Pipes and Dafarn Faig, this was located on the "lôn gefn" (country road) resulting in Bryncir. The Gwynedd area councillor for the Dolbenmaen ward, Steve Churchman, a participant of the Liberal Democrats, is the postmaster and he made use of to run a little shop (this is currently shut).
