Porthmadog
Porthmadog well-known in your area as "Port", is a small Welsh seaside town as well as previous neighborhood, currently in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd. It has been so meant formally because 1974. Prior to 1972 in the management region of Caernarfonshire, it lies 5 miles (8 kilometres) east of Criccieth, 11 miles (18 kilometres) south-west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles (40 kilometres) north of Dolgellau and 20 miles (32 km) 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 also somewhere else, however since the decrease of the market it has become a shopping center and tourist location. It has very easy accessibility to Snowdonia National Park as well as is the terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway. The 1987 National Eisteddfod was held in Porthmadog. It consists of the neighboring villages of Borth-y-Gest, Morfa Bychan and Tremadog.