Porthmadog
Porthmadog well-known locally as "Port", is a tiny Welsh seaside community and also previous neighborhood, currently in the neighborhood of Penrhyndeudraeth in the Eifionydd location of Gwynedd. It has actually been so spelt officially because 1974. Prior to 1972 in the management county of Caernarfonshire, it lies 5 miles (8 kilometres) east of Criccieth, 11 miles (18 km) south-west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles (40 km) north of Dolgellau as well as 20 miles (32 km) south of Caernarfon. It had a population of 4,185 (2011 census). It developed in the 19th century as a port exporting slate to England and also elsewhere, however considering that the decline of the sector it has actually come to be a shopping center and also tourist location. It has 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 includes the nearby towns of Borth-y-Gest, Morfa Bychan as well as Tremadog.
