Porthmadog
Porthmadog well-known in your area as "Port", is a tiny Welsh coastal community and previous neighborhood, currently in the area of Penrhyndeudraeth in the Eifionydd location of Gwynedd. It has actually been so spelt formally given that 1974. Before 1972 in the administrative area of Caernarfonshire, it lies 5 miles (8 km) east 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 created in the 19th century as a port exporting slate to England and elsewhere, however since the decline of the market it has actually come to be a shopping centre and traveler destination. It has simple access to Snowdonia National Park and also is the terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway. The 1987 National Eisteddfod was held in Porthmadog. It includes the nearby villages of Borth-y-Gest, Morfa Bychan and also Tremadog.