Replacement Glass (Glazing) in Penrhyndeudraeth

Penrhyndeudraeth

Penrhyndeudraeth is a small town and community in the Welsh region of Gwynedd. The town is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 nearly 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) east of Porthmadog, and also had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, raised from 2,031 in 2001. The community consists of Minffordd and Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking community in Wales, with around 76% of the its citizens aged 3 years or older mentioning that they might speak Welsh. According to the most up to date Estyn assessment record of the town's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of pupils originated from residences where Welsh is talked. In an incident in June 2011, with brand-new English property owners of the Royal Oak pub in Penrhyndeudraeth, customers left the club in anger as well as were endangered with an airgun after being told to quit getting their drinks in Welsh. The bar consequently had an adjustment of administration. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children and Young People's Chaired Eisteddfod is held every year at the Memorial Hall. The town is home to the Snowdonia National Park Authority headquarters. There are several language traces of Old Welsh to be found in the place names in the Penrhyndeudraeth location, such as "Pont Briwet/ Briwet Bridge (Briwet is cognate with the Breton word "Brued" suggesting bridge). Remains of old huts can be found near Ty 'n y Berllan, which date back to the Bronze Age. Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws wrote a song, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (roughly "streets of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His popular band Y Tebot Piws also recorded their goodbye album at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.