Harlech
Harlech is a seaside resort as well as neighborhood in the north-west Wales county of Gwynedd. Before 1974 it was in the historic boundaries of Merionethshire The community lies on Tremadog Bay in the centre of Gwynedd within the Snowdonia National Park. It has actually remained in the unitary authority of Gwynedd since 1996, as well as prior to that in the Meirionydd Area of the 1974 County of Gwynedd. Of its population of 1,447, 51 per cent constantly talk the Welsh language. Its site Harlech Castle was started in 1283 by Edward I of England, captured by Owain Glyndwr, as well as in the 1480s a garrison of Henry Tudor. It was built on a cliff face next to the sea, yet coast changes mean it currently lies about half a mile (800 m) inland. New housing has actually been built in the reduced town area as well as in the high town around the shopping road, church as well as castle. The two locations are linked by a steep, winding road called "Twtil".
