Harlech
Harlech is a seaside resort and community in the north-west Wales county of Gwynedd. Before 1974 it was in the historic borders of Merionethshire The community pushes Tremadog Bay in the centre of Gwynedd within the Snowdonia National Park. It has actually remained in the unitary authority of Gwynedd given that 1996, as well as before that in the Meirionydd District of the 1974 County of Gwynedd. Of its population of 1,447, 51 percent habitually talk the Welsh language. Its landmark Harlech Castle was begun in 1283 by Edward I of England, caught by Owain Glyndwr, and also in the 1480s a garrison of Henry Tudor. It was improved a cliff face alongside the sea, but coast changes indicate it now lies regarding half a mile (800 m) inland. New housing has been constructed in the reduced town area and also in the high community around the buying street, church and castle. Both locations are connected by a steep, winding road called "Twtil".