Porthmadog
Porthmadog known in your area as "Port", is a little Welsh coastal community as well as former neighborhood, now in the neighborhood of Penrhyndeudraeth in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd. It has been so spelt officially since 1974. Before 1972 in the administrative region of Caernarfonshire, it lies 5 miles (8 km) east of Criccieth, 11 miles (18 kilometres) south-west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles (40 km) north of Dolgellau as well as 20 miles (32 kilometres) 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 in other places, yet because the decrease of the industry it has actually ended up being a shopping center and also vacationer destination. It has easy accessibility to Snowdonia National Park and is the terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway. The 1987 National Eisteddfod was held in Porthmadog. It includes the neighboring villages of Borth-y-Gest, Morfa Bychan and Tremadog.