Criccieth
Criccieth is a community and also neighborhood on the Llyn peninsula in the Eifionydd location of Gwynedd in Wales. The community exists 5 miles (8 kilometres) west of Porthmadog, 9 miles (14 kilometres) eastern of Pwllheli and also 17 miles (27 kilometres) south of Caernarfon. It had a population of 1,826 in 2001, minimizing to 1,753 at the 2011 census. The town is a seaside resort, preferred with households. Destinations include the damages of Criccieth Castle, which have considerable sights over the community as well as surrounding countryside. Nearby on Ffordd Castell (Castle Way) is Cadwalader's Ice Cream Parlour, opened in 1927, whilst Stryd Fawr (High Street) has numerous bistro-style restaurants. In the centre exists Y Maes ("The Field", or town square), part of the initial middle ages town common. The town is noted for its fairs, hung on 23 May and also 29 June yearly, when great deals of people visit the fairground as well as the marketplace which spreads out through a lot of the streets of the community. Famous people associated with the community consist of the British prime minister, David Lloyd George, who grew up in the neighboring town of Llanystumdwy, and poet William George. Group Captain Leslie Bonnet, RAF police officer, author and begetter of the Welsh Harlequin Duck and also his partner Joan Hutt, musician, both lived at Ymwlch simply outside Criccieth from 1949 until their deaths in 1985. Criccieth held the National Eisteddfod in 1975 and in 2003 was approved Fairtrade Town condition. It won the Wales in Bloom competition each year from 1999 to 2004. The community styles itself the "Pearl of Wales on the Shores of Snowdonia".
