Porthmadog
Porthmadog well-known in your area as "Port", is a small Welsh coastal community as well as former community, currently in the area of Penrhyndeudraeth in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd. It has been so meant officially since 1974. Before 1972 in the administrative region of Caernarfonshire, it lies 5 miles (8 kilometres) eastern of Criccieth, 11 miles (18 km) south-west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles (40 kilometres) north of Dolgellau as well as 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 in other places, yet because the decrease of the market it has ended up being a shopping center and also visitor location. It has simple 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 as well as Tremadog.
