Porthmadog
Porthmadog known in your area as "Port", is a tiny Welsh seaside town and previous area, now in the neighborhood of Penrhyndeudraeth in the Eifionydd location of Gwynedd. It has been so led to officially because 1974. Before 1972 in the management region of Caernarfonshire, it lies 5 miles (8 km) eastern of Criccieth, 11 miles (18 km) south-west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles (40 km) north of Dolgellau and also 20 miles (32 km) south of Caernarfon. It had a population of 4,185 (2011 census). It established in the 19th century as a port exporting slate to England and elsewhere, yet since the decline of the industry it has come to be a shopping centre and traveler destination. It has simple accessibility to Snowdonia National Park and is the terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway. The 1987 National Eisteddfod was held in Porthmadog. It consists of the neighboring towns of Borth-y-Gest, Morfa Bychan as well as Tremadog.