Plumbing in Penrhyndeudraeth

Penrhyndeudraeth

Penrhyndeudraeth is a village as well as area in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The community is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 virtually 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) east of Porthmadog, and also had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, enhanced from 2,031 in 2001. The community consists of Minffordd as well as Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking area in Wales, with around 76% of the its locals aged 3 years or older stating that they can speak Welsh. According to the most recent Estyn examination record of the village's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of students come from homes where Welsh is talked. In an incident in June 2011, with brand-new English property managers of the Royal Oak bar in Penrhyndeudraeth, clients left the pub in anger and were endangered with an airgun after being told to quit getting their drinks in Welsh. The pub consequently had a change of management. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children and also Youngster's Chaired Eisteddfod is held yearly at the Memorial Hall. The town is residence to the Snowdonia National Park Authority head office. There are many 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 located near Ty 'n y Berllan, which date back to the Bronze Age. Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws wrote a track, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (roughly "roads of long ago"), in tribute to the town. His popular band Y Tebot Piws additionally recorded their goodbye cd at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.